Headlines for May 6, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5HH0K)
- In Reversal, Biden Administration Will Support Waiving Patents for COVID-19 Vaccines
- India Sets New Global Record for Daily Coronavirus Cases
- CDC Predicts Sharp Drop in U.S. COVID-19 Cases by July If Vaccinations Continue
- Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Throws Out National Eviction Moratorium
- Study Predicts "Rapid and Unstoppable" Sea Level Rise Unless Paris Climate Goals Are Met
- U.N. Warns of Soaring Hunger, Child Mortality and Maternal Deaths During Pandemic
- Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Ban on Trump
- Active-Duty National Guardsman Arrested over January 6 Insurrection
- Top Republicans Prepare to Oust Rep. Liz Cheney from Leadership Role over Anti-Trump Comments
- Israel's Yair Lapid Given Chance to Form Coalition Government After PM Netanyahu Fails
- 16-Year-Old Palestinian Said Odeh Shot Dead by Israeli Forces in Occupied West Bank
- Labor Dept. Voids Trump-Era Rule Making It Easier to Classify Gig Workers as Independent Contractors
- South Carolina Legislature Votes to Bring Back Electric Chair, Firing Squads
- DNA Evidence Suggests Ledell Lee Was Innocent of Murder for Which He Was Executed in 2017
- Olympic Committee to Ban "Black Lives Matter" Slogan and Protests at Tokyo Summer Games
- Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Jailed Ahead of July 13 Sentencing