Headlines for January 29, 2021
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5DG23)
- South African Coronavirus Variant Detected in U.S. for First Time
- Novavax Vaccine Cut COVID-19 Cases by 90% in Trial But Lagged Against South African Variant
- President Biden Expands Affordable Care Act Enrollment Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- U.S. Economy Shrank by 3.5% in 2020 as Pandemic Took Hold
- "Brazen, Entitled, Dangerous": Capitol Rioter Who Looted House Speaker's Office Denied Bail
- House Speaker Blasts GOP for Assigning Racist Conspiracy Theorist to House Education Committee
- House GOP Leader Signals Devotion to Trump as Lawmakers Target Rep. Liz Cheney over Impeachment Vote
- Indian Farmworkers Call Off Upcoming March After Violent Clashes with Police
- Pakistan Court Rules to Free Men Convicted of Kidnapping and Murdering Journalist Daniel Pearl
- Robert Malley, Who Helped Negotiate Iran Nuclear Deal, to Be Named Special Envoy on Iran
- Russian Authorities Crack Down on Social Media Ahead of More Protests as Navalny Speaks Out
- German Neo-Nazi Who Killed Official Walter Lubcke in 2019 Sentenced to Life in Prison
- Dutch Appeals Court Orders Shell to Pay Damages to Nigerian Farmers for Oil Spills
- GM to Phase Out Gas Cars, Aims to Go Carbon Neutral by 2040
- Lawmakers Demand Probe into Trading App Robinhood After It Blocked Stock Sales That Hurt Hedge Funds
- Veteran NYT Reporter Investigated for Racist and Sexist Language
- CBS Suspends Two Execs over Charges of Sexist and Racist Behavior
- Austin to Turn Hotel into Permanent Shelter for Unhoused People Using Diverted Police Funds
- At Least 2 Mexican Nationals Among Six Dead After Nitrogen Leak at Georgia Poultry Plant
- Pioneering African American Actor Cicely Tyson, Winner of Two Emmys, Dies at 96