Headlines for August 15, 2019
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#4NBFG)
- Trump Administration Moves to Seize Iranian Tanker Held in Gibraltar
- Chinese Paramilitaries Mass on Hong Kong Border as Pro-Democracy Protests Continue
- Dow Jones Plunges 800 Points on Fears of Looming Recession
- Study Finds CEO Pay Increased 1,000% Since 1978 While Wages Stagnated
- Facebook Hired Hundreds to Listen In on Users' Audio Messages
- Mexico City Police Officers Suspended over Rape of Two Teenagers
- Italian Court Allows Rescued Migrants to Disembark as Hundreds More Remain Stranded at Sea
- NBC News: ICE Now Jailing 8,000 Migrants in Mississippi, Louisiana
- Federal Court Weighs Fate of Protected Status for 300,000 Immigrants
- Philadelphia Mayor Blasts NRA After Gunman Shoots and Injures Six Police Officers
- FBI Says Ohio Gunman Praised Mass Shootings, Plotted Planned Parenthood Attack
- Iowa Rep. Steve King Says Rape and Incest Helped Populate the World
- Planned Parenthood Says It's Being Forced to End Title X Family Planning Program
- Newark Officials Suspend Bottled Water Distribution as Lead Crisis Grows
- Scientists Warn Microplastic Pollution Has Gone Airborne, Threatening Human Health
- Swedish Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Sets Sail for U.N. Conference