Headlines for April 13, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#522ZJ)
- U.S. Leads in Coronavirus Death Toll, as Trump Eyes Easing Restrictions in Weeks
- Trump Moves to Slash Pay for Essential Migrant Farmworkers
- USPS Says It Will Become Insolvent Without Gov't Help, But Trump Refuses to Bail It Out
- 200+ Prisoners Released in Philadelphia After Weeks of Protest Calling for Decarceration
- Protests Call Out Mounting COVID-19 Cases at Immigrant Prisons in Arizona, California
- Mounting COVID-19 Clusters Reported at Meat Processing Plants
- Almost 600 Sailors On Board USS Theodore Roosevelt Test Positive for COVID-19
- Judge Blocks Alabama Coronavirus Abortion Ban; Texas Providers Ask SCOTUS to Allow Medical Abortions
- Boris Johnson Leaves Hospital, Lauds NHS as U.K. Health Workers Say They Lack Critical Protection
- Italy Extends Lockdown, Spain Eases Restrictions, and Russia Notes Surge in COVID-19 Cases
- China Reports Spike in New "Imported" COVID-19 Cases
- Yanomami Teen Dies of COVID-19 as Fears Mount of Outbreaks Among Indigenous Groups
- Chloroquine Study in Brazil Halted After 11 Patients Died
- War-Displaced Syrians Return Home as They Now Flee the Coronavirus
- DRC Reports New Ebola Cases as Health Authorities Tackle Triple Public Health Crisis
- Liberians Say They Fear Hunger More Than COVID-19 as Police Violently Enforce Lockdown
- Africans in China Say They Are Being Targeted Amid Coronavirus Crackdown
- OPEC Deal Will Cut Oil Production by 10% in Effort to Stem Crash in Oil Prices
- Canada Subsidizes Employee Salaries in Bid to Curb Unemployment
- Fianci(C)e of Julian Assange Reveals Couple Have 2 Children, Calls for His Release
- NYT Reports on Tara Reade's Joe Biden Sexual Assault Allegation But Retracts Mention of Prior Sexual Misconduct