Headlines for January 8, 2021
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5CJK9)
- U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Top 4,000 in New Daily World Record
- Trump Pledges Orderly Transition of Power, One Day After Inciting Insurrection at Capitol
- Nancy Pelosi Says House May Vote on Impeachment Unless VP Pence Removes Trump from Power
- Mob Unleashed by Trump Kills Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick
- Federal Prosecutor Won't Rule Out Charges Against Trump for Inciting Riot at U.S. Capitol
- Violent Mob of Trump Supporters Attacks Black Woman in Los Angeles
- Public Health Officials Warn Insurrection in D.C. Was Likely Superspreader Event
- South Africa Overwhelmed by COVID-19 Surge; Brazil Deaths Top 200,000; Japan Declares Emergency
- Iraqi Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Trump over Killing of Top Militia Chief
- Biden Taps Marty Walsh for Labor Sec, Gina Raimondo for Commerce, Isabel Guzman for Small Business Admin
- Elaine Chao and Betsy DeVos Join Other Trump Allies in Resigning Following Storming of Capitol
- Boeing Reaches $2.5 Billion Settlement in Federal Investigation into Two 737 MAX Crashes
- Ex-Security Head of Canadian Mine in Guatemala Convicted of Murdering Indigenous Leader Adolfo Ich