Headlines for December 16, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5BQK3)
- Positive Vaccine News Tempered by Surging Cases, 3,000 New Deaths and Record Hospitalizations
- California Activates "Mass Fatality" Program as Coronavirus Spikes
- FDA OKs At-Home Rapid Test, as Staff Warns Against Possible Bell's Palsy Symptoms After Vaccine
- Mitch McConnell Acknowledges Biden's Win, Urges GOP Senators Not to Oppose Election Results
- Biden Taps Pete Buttigieg for Transportation Secretary, Jennifer Granholm for Energy Secretary
- Immigration Activists Call on Biden to Enact Major Reforms After Helping Propel Him to Victory
- Biden Hits Georgia Campaign Trail to Get Out the Vote for Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff
- Trump Rolls Back Endangered Species Act, Removes Habitat Protections of At-Risk Animals
- Bolivian Expedition Uncovers 20 New Species, Underscores Need to Protect Natural Habitats
- ICC Rejects Calls to Probe China for Genocide Against Uyghur Population
- ICC Says Philippines Likely Committed Crimes Against Humanity in President Duterte's Drug War
- European Officials Introduce Measures to Curb Monopoly Power of Big Tech, Halt Misinformation
- New Trump Admin Rule Will Send Asylum Seekers to Wait in El Salvador Despite Dangers
- Myon Burrell Leaves Prison After Minnesota Commutes Life Sentence
- Chicago Woman Speaks Out After Being Terrorized by 9 Officers in Her Own Home in Botched Raid
- Report Finds Massive Wage Theft on Farms as Farmworkers Provide Essential Services During Pandemic
- MTA Workers Rally Against Layoffs and Service Cuts, Call for Taxes on the Rich