Headlines for November 16, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5AEHZ)
- U.S. COVID-19 Cases Top 11 Million as States Enact New Restrictions to Combat Surge
- Nurses Report Dangerous Working Conditions Persist as U.S. Heads into Flu Season
- Prisoners Have Led 100+ Strikes over Dangerous Conditions During Pandemic
- El Paso Prisoners Paid $2/Hour to Help Move Bodies of COVID-19 Victims
- Moderna Vaccine Is 95% Effective at Preventing COVID-19 During Trial
- 130+ Secret Service Ordered to Isolate or Quarantine, Some After Working Trump Rallies
- Boris Johnson in Self-Isolation After Possible COVID-19 Exposure
- Biden Transition Team Shut Out of Key Funding and Access as Trump Refuses to Concede
- MAGA Rally Ends in Two Stabbings, 20+ Arrests
- DACA Nearly Fully Restored After Judge Rules Chad Wolf Not Lawfully Serving as Head of DHS
- Unrest Mounts in Peru After at Least 2 Killed in Protests, Interim President Resigns
- Conflict Escalates in Ethiopia After Tigray Forces Fire Missiles in Eritrea & 10,000s Flee to Sudan
- Armenian Villagers Burn Their Homes as They Withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh
- 15 Asia Pacific Countries Sign Trade Deal Representing One-Third of World Economy
- Trump Pushes Ahead with Drilling Auction in Arctic Wildlife Refuge Before Biden Becomes President
- Michigan Moves to Shut Down Enbridge Line 5 Pipelines
- Hurricane Iota Threatens More Destruction in Central America; Storm Vamco Pummels Southeast Asia
- Sixth Kings Bay Plowshares Anti-Nuclear Activist Sentenced to Prison