Headlines for April 20, 2022
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5YC1Y)
- Russia Rejects U.N. Ceasefire Proposal; Ukrainian Refugees Top 5 Million
- NYT Reveals Ukraine Used Cluster Munitions; U.S. to Send $800M More in Military Aid
- Prominent Russian Banker Blasts "Insane War," Urges West to Give Putin "A Clear Exit"
- U.N. Warns 350,000 Children in Somalia Could Die of Starvation
- U.K. Judge OKs Extradition of Julian Assange to U.S.
- Justice Dept. Holds Off on Appealing Mask Mandate for Travelers
- One Killed in Sri Lanka as Protests Mount over Economic & Political Crisis
- Solomon Islands & China Sign Security Deal Despite Protests from U.S.
- Jose Ramos-Horta Takes Commanding Lead in East Timor Election
- New Jersey Diocese to Pay $87.5 Million to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims
- Biden Administration Moves to Reduce Student Debt Burden on Some Borrowers
- Mexican Mother Found Dead Hanging from 30-Foot-High Border Fence in Arizona
- DOJ Threatens to Take Over NYC's Rikers Island, Citing "Extraordinary Level of Violence"
- Autopsy Shows Police Officer Fatally Shot Patrick Lyoya in the Back of His Head
- Trump Supporter Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Rep. Ihan Omar
- Workers at Five Starbucks Stores in Richmond, Virginia, Vote to Unionize