Headlines for December 22, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5T9PF)
- Biden Announces New Measures, Defends Vaccine Mandates, Amid Omicron Surge
- TX Man Is 1st Omicron-Linked U.S. Death; States Announce Incentives, New Rules to Fight Surge
- Rep. Barbara Lee, Govs. Hogan and Walz Announce Breakthrough COVID Infections
- U.S. Military to Announce Highly Effective COVID Vaccine
- Israel Rolling Out 4th Dose of COVID Vaccine; France Expected to Reach 100,000 New Cases Per Day
- Oxfam Files Complaint Against Moderna; EU Approves Novavax COVID Vaccine
- Biden Says There Is Still Hope for Build Back Better as Mining Union Urges Manchin to Support Bill
- Kellogg's Workers End 11-Week Strike After Reaching Deal on New Contract
- 160 Refugees Drowned Off Coast of Libya over the Weekend
- U.N.'s World Food Programme Forced to Cut Back Yemen Aid Due to Funds Shortage
- UAE Agency Put Pegasus Spyware on Phone of Jamal Khashoggi's Wife Months Before His Murder
- Maya K'iche' Communities Block Roads, Protest Weekend Massacre Related to Guatemala Land Dispute
- Rep. Perry Refuses Interview with Jan. 6 Cmte.; Michael Flynn Sues to Block Release of Phone Records
- Incoming NYC Mayor Eric Adams Attacks Council Members, Defends Support of Solitary Confinement
- New Report Warns "Tidal Wave" of Voter Suppression Laws Set to Intensify in 2022
- 110-Yr. Prison Term for Truck Driver in Fatal Crash Prompts Outcry; Colorado DA Requests Resentencing