Headlines for October 27, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#59K0Y)
- Amy Coney Barrett Sworn In, Giving SCOTUS Heavy Conservative Majority Ahead of Pivotal Cases
- SCOTUS Rules Wisconsin Cannot Count Ballots Received After Election Day
- Surging COVID-19 Cases Trigger Curfews; Doctors Say 800,000 Children Have Been Infected
- China Testing 5 Million People After One Asymptomatic Case in Xinjiang
- New Lockdowns in Germany, Mask Orders in Russia as COVID-19 Cases Surge
- Oxford Vaccine Shows Promising Results as New Data Suggests Antibodies in Recovered Cases Don't Last
- U.S. Imposes Harsh New Sanctions on Iranian Oil
- Airstrikes Kill Dozens at Training Camp in Idlib, Syria
- Explosion at Religious School in Pakistan Kills at Least 7 People, Injured 120+
- Bolivian Court Dismisses Terrorism Charges and Arrest Warrant Against Evo Morales
- Mexico Reaches Disputed Deal with U.S. in Water Debt Case
- Thai Protesters Ask Germany to Probe King's Activity as Protests Show No Sign of Slowing Down
- China Imposes Sanctions on U.S. Military Contractors After U.S.-Taiwan Arms Deal
- Japan Says It Will Become Carbon Neutral by 2050
- Climate Activists Arrested in NYC After Shutting Down Construction of North Brooklyn Pipeline
- Protests Erupt in Philadelphia After Police Killing of a Black Man, Walter Wallace Jr.
- Illinois Police Officer Fired After Fatally Shooting a Black Teenager
- Activists Demand Probe into Fatal Shooting of Mexican Man by Border Patrol
- Jared Kushner Makes Racist Comments About Black People "Complaining" About Systemic Problems
- 100,000 SoCal Residents Evacuated as New Blaze Explodes in Size
- Diane di Prima, Feminist Utopian Beat Poet and San Francisco Poet Laureate, Dies at 86