Headlines for December 14, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5BMGT)
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Rolls Out Across the U.S. as Death Toll Tops 300,000
- Gov't Funding Extended by One Week as Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Lingers in Congress
- Harris County, Texas, Prisoners Can Now Attend Virtual Funerals During Pandemic
- Germany Announces Hard Lockdown as Cases Surge in Japan, South Korea
- Electoral College Electors Cast Their Votes, Further Cementing Biden's Win
- Trump Rally in D.C. Turns Violent as Four People Stabbed, Protesters Attack Black Churches
- Police Go After Protesters Outside Bergen County Jail, While a Car Rams into a NYC Solidarity Action
- Indian Farmers Stage One-Day Hunger Strike as Historic Protest Against Agricultural Reforms Continue
- Nigerian Authorities Search for 300+ Missing Students After Gunmen Raid Boarding School
- Azeri and Armenian Forces Accused of Breaching Ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Israel and Bhutan Establish Full Diplomatic Relations
- U.S. Adopts New Map of Morocco Including Western Sahara After Israeli-Morocco Deal
- Fate of Brexit Uncertain as Both Sides Agree to Extend Talks with Just 2 Weeks to Spare
- U.S. Gov't Continues Execution Spree with Alfred Bourgeois, Despite His Intellectual Disability
- Protesters Demand Justice for Bennie Edwards, a Black Oklahoma Man Who Was Fatally Shot by Police
- Kris Smith Becomes Second Breonna Taylor Protest Leader to Be Killed in Under a Month
- Veto-Proof Majority of Lawmakers Approve $741B Pentagon Budget Bill
- Trump Admin Admits Russian Intelligence Was Likely Behind Major Hack of U.S. Networks
- Cleveland's Major League Baseball Team Drops Racist Name After 105 Years
- John le Carre, Iraq War Critic and Legendary Author of Spy Novels, Dies at 89