Headlines for December 21, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5BXNP)
- Lawmakers Agree on $900B Stimulus Bill with Reduced Direct Payments, Unemployment and No Local Aid
- Moderna Vaccine Ships Out; CDC Recommends People 75+, Other Essential Workers Receive the Shot Next
- Coronavirus Surges in U.S. as Tennessee Emerges as Major Hot Spot
- U.K. Increasingly Isolated After Highly Infectious Coronavirus Strain Prompts Strict Lockdown
- Joe Biden Introduces Diverse Climate Crisis Team
- Trump Mulls Martial Law, Sidney Powell as Special Counsel on Election Fraud
- Trump Asks SCOTUS to Throw Out PA Votes; Judge Rejects GA Senators' Attempt to Block New Voters
- Rockets Fired at U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Ahead of Anniversary of Qassem Soleimani's Assassination
- Violent Attacks Continue in Afghanistan as Car Bomb Kills 9 in Kabul, Ghazni Blast Kills 15
- 25 Protesters Die as Historic Strike Against Deregulation of Agricultural Markets in India Continues
- Cyclone Yasa Kills at Least 4 in Fiji, on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
- NYPD Used Excessive Force in Response to Racial Justice Uprising
- Bodycam Footage Shows Police Did Not Immediately Assist Ahmaud Arbery as He Lay on Ground Dying
- Seattle Police Clear Encampment in Public Park Amid Pandemic Surge
- Apache Nation Organizes Day of Action Against Proposed Copper Mine
- Trump Downplays Cyber Espionage Attack That Penetrated Nuclear Weapons Agency
- SCOTUS Tosses Challenge to Trump's Plan Excluding Immigrants from Census Count