Headlines for August 31, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5NZX5)
- Taliban Celebrate as Last U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan
- Over 1 Million in Path of Hurricane Ida Could Remain Without Power for Weeks
- Florida Withholds Funds to Schools Defying Gov. DeSantis's Ban on Mask Mandates
- Advocates Demand Biden End Deportations to Haiti After Devastating Earthquake
- Over 500 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean; EU Plans to Bar Entry to Afghan Refugees
- U.N. Hails End to Worldwide Use of Toxic Leaded Gasoline
- Mass Evacuations Ordered for Lake Tahoe Region as Caldor Wildfire Spreads
- Federal Court Strikes Down Trump-Era Rule Gutting Clean Water Act
- Emergency Petition Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Texas Anti-Choice Law
- Texas House Advances Bill to Severely Restrict Use of Abortion Pills
- Lawmakers Order Telecom Companies to Preserve Records of January 6 Insurrection
- John Pierce, Anti-Vax Lawyer for Capitol Insurrectionists, Hospitalized with COVID-19
- Relatives of Mexico's Disappeared Accuse Government of Failing to Act