Headlines for May 17, 2024
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6MWK8)
- "We Don't Want Ships. We Want Safety": Displaced Gazans Reject U.S. Pier; U.N. Calls for Land Access
- Spain Bars Ships with Weapons For Israel; 13 Foreign Ministers Warn Against Israel's Rafah Assault
- "Israel's Genocide Has Reached New and Horrific Stage": South Africa Requests Urgent ICJ Intervention
- Police Raid and Arrest Students at Gaza Solidarity Encampments at UC Berkeley, DePaul University
- WaPo: Billionaires and Execs Urged Eric Adams to Send Police to Columbia's Gaza Encampment
- SCOTUS Overrules Challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- NYT: Upside-Down Flag Seen Outside Alito's Home in Jan. 2021, a Symbol Used by Election Deniers
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Pardons Known Racist Who Murdered BLM Protester in 2020
- Texas Storms Kill 4, Cut Power to a Million Customers
- Biden Admin to End New Leases in U.S.'s Largest Coal-Producing Region
- Ron DeSantis Eliminates Climate Change as Priority in Florida's Energy Policy
- Congolese Mourners Call Out Rwanda and Western Supporters for "Genocide" on Its People
- HRW Says Rwanda Denied Entry to Its Researcher
- Another Deportation Flight Leaves the U.S. for Haiti Despite "Grave Dangers"
- DOJ Moves to Reclassify Marijuana