Headlines for December 10, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5BFTH)
- U.S. Records Deadliest Day of Pandemic as COVID-19 Patients Fill Intensive Care Units
- Germans Asked to Skip Christmas Celebrations Amid Record COVID-19 Surge
- U.K. Warns People with Strong Allergies to Avoid Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine
- FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee Could Approve COVID-19 Vaccine Thursday
- UAE Reports China's Sinopharm Vaccine Has 86% Efficacy at Preventing COVID-19
- FTC and 46 States Demand Breakup of Facebook in Antitrust Lawsuits
- Joe Biden Taps Capitol Hill Attorney Katherine Tai as U.S. Trade Representative
- Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin's Nomination as Pentagon Chief Challenges Civilian Control of Military
- Senators Reject Bid to Halt $23 Billion U.S. Arms Deal with United Arab Emirates
- 8 People Killed in Kurdistan Protests Amid Mounting Unrest, Financial Crisis
- Gunmen Kill Afghan Television Journalist Malalai Maiwand
- Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo Wins Reelection as 5 People Killed in Related Violence
- NOAA Warns Climate Crisis Is Leading to Radical Transformation of Arctic
- New York to Divest Its $226 Billion Pension Fund from Fossil Fuels
- Trump Asks SCOTUS to Toss Millions of Votes in Battleground States as Part of Texas AG Lawsuit
- Rudy Giuliani Leaves Hospital After Exclusive COVID-19 Treatment
- Federal Investigators Probing Hunter Biden's Taxes, Foreign Business Dealings
- Minneapolis City Council Redirects $8 Million from Police Dept. in New Budget
- New Los Angeles DA George Gascon Calls for Major Changes to Criminal Justice System
- Johns Hopkins, Namesake of Baltimore Hospital and University, Enslaved Black People
- Connecticut to Require High Schools Offer African American, Black, Puerto Rican, Latinx Studies
- Lebanese Prime Minister, Ex-Ministers Charged With Negligence Over Deadly Beirut Blast