Headlines for May 4, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#530SF)
- U.S. Makes Up a Third of Known Cases as Trump Revises Predicted Death Toll
- NYC Nursing Home Reports Nearly 100 Deaths Linked to COVID-19
- Trump Admin Continues Attack on China, Insists COVID-19 Developed in Wuhan Lab
- White House Blocks Anthony Fauci from Testifying to House
- Senators Return to Work in Coronavirus Hot Spot Washington, D.C.
- SCOTUS to Hear Cases by Phone, Arguments Will Be Open to Public
- NYPD Violently Attack Two Black Men During Social Distancing Enforcement
- Guards Sue ICE Jail for Failing to Protect Workers
- Georgia Restaurants Refuse to Reopen After Gov. Kemp Lifts Lockdown
- Spain, Italy Ease Coronavirus Restrictions
- Children in Afghanistan Facing Severe Hunger Risk Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
- India Extends Lockdown, Introduces Tracking App to Trace Coronavirus
- Pakistan Medical Workers Score Win as Gov't Says It Will Ensure PPE
- U.N. Calls for Countries to Accept Rohingya Refugees as They Flee Burma by Boat
- South African Nurses Call on Gov't to Deliver PPE
- May Day Protests Call for Housing Protections, Workers' Rights and Immigrant Rights Amid Pandemic
- Unhoused Activists Take Over San Francisco Vacant Home in May Day Protest
- North and South Korea Exchange Gunfire 2 Days After Kim Jong-un Makes Public Appearance
- "They Deserve More Than Thoughts and Prayers": Canada Bans Assault Weapons After Nova Scotia Massacre
- Venezuela Says It Foiled Coup Attempt by "Mercenary Terrorists"
- 100+ Killed, Thousands Displaced in Kenya from Massive Flooding
- Valentina Blackhorse, Pageant Winner and Prominent Navajo Nation Figure, Dies of COVID-19
- Kent State Marks 50 Years Since National Guard Shot and Killed 4 Students