Headlines for August 17, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5701J)
- Pelosi Calls House Back from Recess as Outrage Mounts over Turmoil at USPS
- AZ Teachers Halt School Reopening; COVID-19 Data Shows Devastating Effect on Latinx, Black People
- New Zealand Postpones Election Amid COVID-19 Spike; Virus Compounds Disaster in Lebanon
- Mass Protests Continue in Belarus Amid Reports of Torture in Jails
- Student Protests in Thailand Swell, Demanding Democratic Reforms
- 16 People Killed After Car Bomb Blast at Hotel in Somalia
- At Least 6 People Killed as Protests Intensify in Ivory Coast
- Trump Vows to Reinstate U.N. Sanctions Against Iran
- Lawyers Say Guards at Immigration Jail "Systematically" Sexually Assaulted Prisoners
- Top Homeland Security Officials Were Invalidly Appointed, Says Congressional Watchdog
- Far-Right Protesters Attack Antiracist Protesters in Georgia, Michigan and Oregon
- Three Officers in Jackson, MS Charged with Murdering Black Man
- White Georgia State Trooper Charged with Murdering Black Motorist
- Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz Lose Primary Bids
- 2 Million Californians Lose Power as Heat Wave Sparks Rolling Blackouts
- Robert Trump, Younger Brother of President Donald Trump, Dies at 71