Headlines for August 20, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5NJM3)
- Pentagon Boosts U.S. Troop Levels in Kabul as Chaotic Evacuations Follow Taliban Takeover
- Taliban Says It Executed Former Islamic State Leader Abu Omar Khorasani
- Afghan Youth Soccer Player Zaki Anwari Died in Fall from U.S. Plane Evacuating Kabul Airport
- Afghan Immigrants in Greece Demand Sanctuary for Refugees Fleeing Afghanistan
- WHO Slams Rich Nations for Offering Booster Shots While Just 2% of Africa's Population Is Vaccinated
- Texas Supreme Court to Allow Schools to Defy Gov. Abbott's Ban on Mask Mandates
- Major Hospital in Port-au-Prince Closes After Gangs Kidnap Doctors, Hampering Earthquake Relief
- Rep. Mo Brooks Voices Sympathy for Man Behind Capitol Hill Bomb Threat
- Texas House Reaches Quorum After Dems Return to Capitol as Fate of Voting Bill Hangs in Balance
- Movement for Black Lives Says Federal Government Worked to Undermine Protest Groups
- FTC Asks Court to Compel Facebook to Divest from WhatsApp and Instagram
- Biden Admin Cancels Federal Student Loan Debt for Over 300,000 People with Disabilities
- R. Kelly's Doctor Says He's Had Genital Herpes for Years as Survivor Details Abuse Endured as a Teen
- Rain Falls on Greenland's Highest Peak for First Time on Record Amid Record Temperatures
- Extinction Rebellion U.K. Stages Die-in, Blocks Entry to ExxonMobil Facility
- Immigrant Justice Groups Protest Reopening of Berks County ICE Jail