Headlines for December 15, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5T2TZ)
- U.S. Tops 800,000 COVID Deaths as Officials Around the World Warn of Omicron's Rapid Spread
- House Votes to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt; D.C. Sues Oath Keepers, Proud Boys over Insurrection
- Judge Dismisses Trump Attempt to Shield Tax Docs from House; NY Probe into Trump Org. Continues
- Another GOP Rep. Attacks Ilhan Omar as House Passes Anti-Islamophobia Bill
- Congress Votes to Increase Debt Ceiling by $2.5 Trillion, Averting Default
- UAE Suspends Talks with U.S. on $23 Billion Arms Sale
- Presidents Putin and Xi Meet Amid Mounting Tensions with U.S.
- Belarusian Opposition Leader Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison
- Fuel Tank Explosion Kills at Least 62 People in Haiti's Second-Largest City
- Mexican Families Remember Disappeared Loved Ones
- Thermostat Reached Unprecedented 100.4 Degrees in 2020 Arctic Heat Wave
- Muhammad Aziz, Exonerated in Murder of Malcolm X, Sues State of New York over Wrongful Conviction
- Killing of Mario Gonzalez by Alameda Police Ruled a Homicide
- Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo Ordered to Repay $5.1 Million Received on Pandemic Book Deal
- Ex-NFL Player Had Severe Brain Trauma When He Shot Dead 6 People and Took His Own Life
- Voting Rights Advocates Are on Hunger Strike to Demand Passage of Freedom to Vote Act