Headlines for February 23, 2021
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5EHWW)
- U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 500,000
- AG Nominee Merrick Garland Pledges to Prosecute January 6 Insurrectionists
- Confirmation Hearings Open for Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary, Xavier Becerra for HHS Secretary
- President Biden to Meet Virtually with Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau
- Supreme Court Won't Block Release of Trump Tax Returns to Manhattan Prosecutors
- Boeing 777 Jets Grounded After Engine Explosion Scatters Debris Over Colorado
- U.N. Calls for Rescue of Rohingya Refugees Stranded at Sea
- Colombian Inquiry Reveals Army Carried Out 6,400 Extrajudicial Killings from 2002-08
- Italian Ambassador to Congo Among 3 Killed in Ambush of World Food Programme Convoy
- Haitian Protesters Blast U.S. Support for Jovenel Moise, Who Has Refused to Step Down
- Offshore Oil Spill Hits Israel's Beaches, Devastating Wildlife
- Texas Refineries Flared 337,000 Pounds of Toxic Chemicals as Winter Storm Hit
- U.N. Probe Finds Erik Prince Broke Libya Arms Embargo to Aid Rebel Commander
- Independent Probe Finds No Legal Basis for Fatal Assault by Cops and Paramedics on Elijah McClain
- Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Outlaw Capital Punishment
- New Jersey Governor Signs Bills Legalizing and Decriminalizing Marijuana