Headlines for December 18, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5BTJQ)
- U.S. Has Second-Worst Day of Pandemic as L.A. Logs Two COVID-19 Deaths Per Hour
- FDA Panel Recommends Emergency Use of Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine
- U.S. Unemployment Claims Surge as Lawmakers Haggle Over Pandemic Relief
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls for New Democratic Party Leadership
- Biden Nominates Deb Haaland to Become First-Ever Native American Cabinet Member
- Biden Taps North Carolina's Top Environmental Official Michael Regan to Head EPA
- Rep. Cedric Richmond, Top Biden Adviser, Tests Positive for COVID-19
- 28 Children from Haiti, Central and South America to Be Deported with Their Families
- 344 Kidnapped Schoolboys Have Been Freed in Nigeria
- Billionaire Sackler Family Refuses to Apologize for Fueling Deadly Opioid Epidemic
- Federal Death Row Prisoner Contracts COVID-19 Weeks Before Planned Execution
- Google Faces Third Major Antitrust Challenge as Dozens of AGs Launch Lawsuit
- Google Employees Demand Company Reinstate Researcher Who Was Fired for Calling Out Bias in AI
- NYC Council Passes Bill to Protect Fast-Food Workers from Being Fired Without Cause