Headlines for October 4, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5QAMD)
- Rallies Across U.S. Call for Reproductive Justice Amid GOP Assault on Abortion
- U.S. Tops 700K COVID Deaths; CA Announces Student Vaccine Mandate as NYC Educator Mandate Starts
- Major Orange County Oil Spill Blankets Beaches, Kills Wildlife
- Pandora Papers Expose Secret Financial Dealings of World Leaders, Billionaires and Other Elites
- Facebook Whistleblower Says Co. Repeatedly Put Profit Over Safety, Calls for Regulations
- Kabul Blast Kills Five People as Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Grows
- 8 Killed at Indian Farmworker Protest
- 4,000 Refugees, Including Children, Arrested in Raids by Libyan Authorities
- 3 Million in Northern Syria Face Water Shortages After Decade of War
- Qatar Holds First-Ever Legislative Election in Poll That Excludes Many from Voting
- Canary Islands Volcanic Eruption Grows More Powerful
- Taiwan Scrambles Warplanes After Chinese "Air Incursion"
- With Democrats at Impasse, Biden Proposes Scaling Back $3.5T Spending Bill
- House Passes Bill to End Racist Sentencing Disparity for Cocaine Offenses
- Lawyer Steven Donziger, Who Led Suit Against Chevron, Sentenced to Six Months for Contempt
- George Floyd Memorial Statue Defaced in New York City