Headlines for January 4, 2023
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#67FD8)

- Far-Right Republicans Block Kevin McCarthy's Bid to Become House Speaker
- Patty Murray Becomes First Female Senate President Pro Tempore
- FDA OKs Sale of Abortion Pill Mifepristone at Retail Pharmacies
- Russia Admits 89 Soldiers Killed in Ukraine Missile Attack in Makiivka
- Erdogan to Speak Today with Putin & Zelensky
- UAE & China Call for U.N. Security Council Meeting on Ben-Gvir's Visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque
- Israeli Forces Kill 15-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Near Bethlehem
- U.S. Embassy in Cuba to Resume Processing Immigrant Visas for First Time Since 2017
- Venezuela: Maduro Seeks Normalization with U.S. as Opposition Drops Guaido as "Interim President"
- New California Law Allows Incarcerated People to Make Free Phone Calls
- Amber McLaughlin Becomes First Trans Woman Executed in United States
- FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud & Money Laundering Charges
- Buffalo Bills Player Damar Hamlin Remains in Critical Condition
- Funeral Held for Soccer Legend Pele in Santos, Brazil
- Google Doodle Highlights Legacy of Egyptian Writer Ihsan Abdel Kouddous