Headlines for November 19, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5AKEY)
- U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 250,000; Nearly 1% of U.S. Population Currently Infectious
- Pfizer to Seek Emergency Authorization of COVID-19 Vaccine, Touting 95% Efficacy
- Lawsuit Alleges Tyson Foods Managers Wagered on Meatpackers' Coronavirus Infection Rate
- COVID-19 Surge Overwhelms Hospitals as Healthcare Workers Fall Ill
- Biden Says Trump's Refusal to Concede Could Set Back Vaccine Rollout by Months
- Arizona Secretary of State Faces Death Threats as Trump Promotes Election Conspiracy Theories
- Democratic Congressmembers Reelect Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House
- Australian Military Apologizes to Afghan People over Troops' War Crimes
- U.S. Secretary of State Tours Illegal Israeli Settlements, Declares BDS Movement "Anti-Semitic"
- Hurricane Iota Death Toll Climbs to 30, with Isla de Providencia 98% Destroyed
- Haitians March on U.S. Embassy Demanding Biden End U.S. Support for Haiti's Authoritarian President
- U.S. Dropped Charges Against Ex-General After Mexico Threatened to Expel DEA Agents
- Court Clears Path for More Federal Executions
- Families of Passengers on Doomed Flights Protest as FAA Clears Boeing 737 MAX Planes
- Philadelphia City Council Formally Apologizes for 1985 Police Bombing That Killed 11
- Colin Kaepernick Demands Freedom for Renowned Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
- National Book Award for Nonfiction Goes to "The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X"