Headlines for March 16, 2021
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- WHO Urges Continued Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine as Countries Suspend Jabs over Blood Clot Fears
- U.S. Air Travel Hits Highest Pace Since Start of Pandemic
- 440 Tesla Workers Tested Positive for Coronavirus After CEO Elon Musk Defied Plant Closure Order
- Senate Confirms Deb Haaland as First Native American Cabinet Secretary
- Biden Admin to Detain Thousands of Teenage Asylum Seekers in Dallas Convention Center
- Rep. Ilhan Omar Leads Congressional Call to End ICE Contracts with Local Jails
- Two Charged with Assaulting Capitol Police Officer Who Died After Jan. 6 Insurrection
- Police Begin Scaling Back Massive Security Perimeter Around U.S. Capitol
- Derek Chauvin's Lawyers Ask Judge to Move Murder Trial Away from Minneapolis
- Voting Rights Activists Lobby Georgia's Corporations to Oppose GOP Voter Suppression
- Biden Envoys Begin Asia Tour as U.S. Takes More Aggressive Posture Toward China
- Vatican Says Priests Cannot Bless Same-Sex Marriages
- Jane Fonda Joins Indigenous-Led Movement Against Enbridge's Line 3 Pipeline
- Newly Formed Musicians' Union Demands Spotify Pay Artists a Penny Per Stream, Up from $0.0038