Headlines for August 21, 2024
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6Q4QV)
- Kamala Harris Accepts Democratic Nom; Obamas, Bernie Sanders Take to the DNC Stage on Night Two
- Chicago PD Arrests Protesters at Israeli Consulate; 16 Activists from U.K.'s Palestine Action in Prison
- U.S. Doctors Share Horrors They Witnessed in Gaza at DNC Press Conference
- Israel Continues Its Genocidal War, Attacking Another Gaza School and Pushing Gazans Out of Deir al-Balah
- Released Palestinian Describes Detention at Ofer Prison, Site of "Systematic Torture and Humiliation"
- Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Kill at Least 6 as Cross-Border Fighting Adds to Growing Tensions
- Report Says Countries and Oil Co's Supplying Israel May Be Complicit in Genocide Under Int'l Law
- Russia Says It Intercepted Major Drone Attack on Moscow as Ukraine Pushes Ahead in Kursk
- Arizona and Montana Join at Least 6 Other States in Putting Abortion Rights on the Nov. Ballot
- RFK Jr.'s Running Mate Says They Could End Their Campaign and Join Team Trump
- Nurses at Univ. of Illinois Hospital Strike over Unfair Labor Practices, Work Safety Issues
- Bob Menendez Is Resigning, Will Be Replaced with NJ Gov. Aide Until New Senator Elected in Nov.
- Panama Deports 29 Colombian Migrants on U.S.-Funded Flight
- Migrant Deaths Surge on U.S. Southern Border Amid Extreme Heat, Biden's Hard-Line Immigration Policy
- NYC Evicts Makeshift Migrant Camp; NY State Greenlights Shelter Eviction of 30,000 Migrant Families
- Six Unhoused People Dying Each Day in Los Angeles Amid Brutal Crackdown, Failed Policies
- Mass Shooting in Bosnia Kills at Least 3 School Workers
- U.S. Sanctions Ex-Haitian President Michel Martelly for Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering
- East Palestine Residents Consider $600 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern
- Maryland Officials Warn PFAS Levels at Harford County Schools Too High for Drinking
- Air Force Refuses to Clean Up Contamination of Tucson Waters, Cites SCOTUS "Chevron Doctrine" Ruling