Headlines for January 18, 2022
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5V4XR)
- MLK's Family Leads Protests Demanding Passage of Voting Rights Legislation
- U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit New Record High
- China Won't Sell Winter Olympics Tickets to Public After Beijing Logs First Omicron Case
- Novak Djokovic Deported for Violating COVID-19 Rules, Will Miss Australian Open
- Hostages in Texas Synagogue Escape; Police Shoot and Kill Gunman
- Volcano Erupts Near Tonga, Devastating Islands and Triggering Pacific Tsunamis
- Sudanese Forces Kill Seven More Anti-Coup Protesters
- Palestinian Family Threatens Self-Immolation, Resisting Eviction from East Jerusalem Home
- Authorities in Indian-Administered Kashmir Shut Down Independent Press Club
- Salvadorans Protest Following Reports That Phones of Journalists and Civil Society Groups Were Hacked
- North Korea Carries Out Fourth Missile Test This Month
- New Jersey Chemical Fire Nearly Caused "Catastrophic" Release
- World's Richest Saw Their Wealth Double as Pandemic Pushed 160 Million People into Poverty