Headlines for May 4, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5HDS7)
- In Reversal, Biden to Raise Cap on Refugees Admitted to U.S.
- U.S. Allows Four Refugee Families Separated Under Trump to Reunite
- India's Official COVID-19 Caseload Tops 20 Million
- Nepal's COVID-19 Crisis Becomes "Unmanageable" Amid Exponential Rise in Cases
- Argentina Passes 3 Million Confirmed COVID-19 Cases as Brazil Delays Second Vaccine Doses
- Biden Under Pressure as World Health Organization Presses for Waiver on Vaccine Patent Rights
- U.S. States Roll Back Coronavirus Restrictions as New Cases Fall Below 50,000 Per Day
- Andrew Brown Jr. Laid to Rest Amid Mounting Calls to Hold Officers Who Shot Him Accountable
- Biden Says Corporations Should Pay "Their Fair Share" of Taxes to Fund Infrastructure Plan
- EPA Plans to Phase Out Highly Potent Greenhouse Gases Known as Hydrofluorocarbons
- Landmark Trial on Opioid Epidemic Opens in West Virginia Federal Court
- Protests Continue to Rock Colombia as Family of 17-Year-Old Protester Killed by Police Demands Justice
- El Salvador Rights Groups Warn of "Coup" Against Judiciary Led by President Nayib Bukele
- At Least 23 Killed in Mexico City Subway Disaster
- Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz Threatens to Punish CEOs Who Oppose Voter Suppression Bills
- Kansas Republicans Fail to Override Democratic Governor's Veto of Transgender Athlete Ban
- Ballroom Legend and Trans Activist Jahaira DeAlto Murdered at 43