Headlines for October 7, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5QF32)
- Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Texas's Near-Total Ban on Abortions
- Senate GOP Leader McConnell to Allow Debt Limit Extension into December
- WHO Approves Use of First-Ever Vaccine Against Malaria
- U.S. COVID Deaths in 2021 Surpass 2020's Total
- U.N. to Pay Salaries of Aid Workers in Afghanistan
- U.N. Appoints Envoy to Western Sahara After Two-Year Vacancy
- Education Department to Expand Student Loan Forgiveness for Public Workers
- Crude Oil Spills from Galveston Bay, TX Refinery
- Biden Administration Restores Key Environmental Review Provisions to NEPA
- Appeals Court Blocks California Law Banning Private Prisons
- Shooter Injures Four at Texas High School; Student Taken into Custody
- Colorado Workers Sue Amazon for Refusing to Pay for Time Spent at Mandated COVID Screenings
- Bernie Sanders Challenges Joe Manchin to Name Benefits He Wants Stripped from Build Back Better Act
- Immigrant Justice Advocates Demand Schumer Include Immigration Reform in Reconciliation Package
- Nobel Prize in Literature Goes to Tanzanian Author Abdulrazak Gurnah