Headlines for August 5, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#56JG6)
- Massive Explosion Tears Through Beirut, Leaving Hundreds Missing and Thousands Injured
- Lebanon's PM Says 2,700 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate Sparked "National Catastrophe" in Beirut
- Mississippi Becomes Biggest U.S. Coronavirus Hot Spot as Governor Mandates Masks
- Georgia Prisoners Live-Stream Video from Prison Uprising Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
- Chicago Schools Cancel September Classes as Union Threatens Strike over Coronavirus Safety
- U.N. Warns Coronavirus School Closures Have Impacted Over 1 Billion Students
- Brazil COVID-19 Deaths Approach 100,000 as Infections Surge in India
- Black Lives Matter & Ferguson Activist Cori Bush Pulls Off Huge Upset in Missouri Democratic Primary
- Kris Kobach, Architect of Voter Suppression Efforts, Loses Kansas GOP Senate Primary
- Rep. Carolyn Maloney & NYC Councilmember Ritchie Torres Win New York Primaries
- Former Census Bureau Directors Blast Trump Admin's Early End to Collection Effort
- Trump Refuses to Praise Late Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
- Aurora, CO Police Detain Black Mother and Four Children at Gunpoint
- Ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Placed Under House Arrest
- U.S. Appeals Court Finds Former Bolivian President Liable for 2003 Indigenous Massacre
- Tropical Storm Isaias Kills At Least 5 People, Leaves Millions Without Power Across East Coast
- Heat Wave in Europe Shatters Temperature Records in the U.K., France & Spain
- Trump Mispronounces "Yosemite" Twice at White House Event
- BP to Slash Oil & Gas Production, Invest Billions into Renewable Energy