Headlines for April 14, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5GJTX)
- Biden Announces U.S. Will Withdraw Its Troops from Afghanistan by September 11
- Protests Continue After Police Killing of Daunte Wright as His Family Demands Justice
- Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Continues with Defense Calling Its First Witnesses
- Iran Ramps Up Uranium Enrichment Following Natanz Attack and Amid Talks on 2015 Nuclear Deal
- White House Moves Forward with $23 Billion Weapons Sale to UAE
- Russian Troops Amass on Eastern Border as U.S. and NATO Pledge Support for Ukraine
- U.S. Sends Unofficial Delegation to Taiwan as China Warns Against Foreign Intervention
- Burkina Faso to Try Ex-President Blaise Compaore for Murder of Iconic Leader Thomas Sankara
- Facebook Allowed Honduran Pres. Juan Orlando Hernandez to Use Fake Accounts to Appear More Popular
- More Countries Delay Use of J&J Vaccine After Blood Clot Reports
- India Reports New Daily Case Record, Announces More Lockdown as COVID Surges
- U.N. Secretary-General Calls for Wealth Tax on Pandemic Profiteers
- Watchdog Report Says Officers Instructed to Hold Back in Response to Jan. 6 Insurrection
- Matt Gaetz Ally Reportedly Working with DOJ, Says Rep. Gaetz Exchanged Money for Sex
- Biden Taps Robert Santos to Become Census Bureau's First Director of Color
- FDA Will Allow Pregnant People to Receive Abortion Pill by Mail During Pandemic
- Wisconsin Declares State of Emergency as Firefighters Battle Hundreds of Wildfires
- New York Becomes First State to Divest Pension Fund from Tar Sands Companies