Headlines for December 27, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5TDD0)
- U.S. Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket as Omicron Spreads at Unprecedented Pace
- China Orders Lockdown for 13 Million in Xi'an; Pope Francis Calls for Universal Access to Vaccines
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Who Battled Apartheid and Championed Human Rights, Dies at 90
- Israel Plans to Double Population of Illegal Settlements in Occupied Golan Heights
- Burmese Military Accused of Massacring Dozens of Civilians
- Iraqi Kurds Hold Funerals for Family Members Who Drowned Crossing English Channel
- Dams Burst After Torrential Rains in Brazil; U.S. Records Record High December Temperatures
- Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully Argued Roe v. Wade at Supreme Court, Dies at 76
- El Salvador Frees Women Jailed for "Homicide" After Miscarriages
- Literary Icon Joan Didion Dies at 87
- Georgia Poll Workers Sue Rudy Giuliani, One America News for Defamation
- Minnesota Cop Kim Potter Guilty of Manslaughter for Killing Daunte Wright
- LAPD Fatally Shoots 14-Year-Old Girl in Department Store Dressing Room
- Parents of 43 Missing Mexican Students Demand Answers in 2014 Disappearances