Headlines for May 5, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5HFB4)
- India Reports New Record Death Toll as Indian G7 Delegation Self-Isolates in London
- Tanzania Adopts Travel Restrictions; Seychelles, Which Has Highest Vaccination Rate, Sees New Surge
- Biden Wants 70% of U.S. Adults to Get Vaccine by July 4; Pfizer to Seek EUA for Children 2+ in Sept.
- House Dems Call on Biden to Allow Vaccine IP Waiver; New York Extends Eviction Moratorium
- Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Reported in NY, SF as New Study Shows Surge in Crimes Against AAPI People
- Chauvin Lawyer Files Motion for New Trial as AG Seeks Harsher Sentence for Murder of George Floyd
- Community Demands Answers After Black LGBTQ Teenager Mikayla Miller Found Dead in April
- Women in Puerto Rico Demand Action After Surge in Femicides
- Trump's DOJ Threatened MIT Researchers over Report on 2019 Bolivian Election
- U.N. Condemns Crackdown on Colombian Protests as Rally Planned Against NYU Event with Ex-Pres. Uribe
- Zapatistas Set Sail to Europe to Mark 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance
- Mexico Apologizes for Centuries of Abuse Against Maya Indigenous Community
- Fighting Intensifies as U.S. Begins Military Retreat from Afghanistan
- Richard Cordray, Former Head of CFPB, Tapped to Oversee Federal Student Aid Program
- Judge Orders DOJ to Hand Over Memo Used by Bill Barr to Justify Clearing Trump of Obstruction
- "New Normal" for U.S. Climate Is Hotter and Wetter, According to New NOAA Data
- France Advances New Climate Bill, But Activists Say It Doesn't Go Far Enough