Headlines for August 8, 2023
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6DND3)
- ECOWAS to Hold Emergency Summit Thursday on Niger Coup as U.S. Freezes Funds to Niger
- Mali and Burkina Faso Warn Against Foreign Military Intervention in Niger
- Ukraine: Russian Missile Strikes in Pokrovsk Targeted Rescue Workers
- Ohio Election Day: Anti-Abortion GOP Megadonor Funds Effort to Make It Harder to Amend State Constitution
- George Floyd Murder: Ex-Cop Tou Thao Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison
- Judge Dismisses Trump Defamation Countersuit Against E. Jean Carroll
- Over 1 Million Lose Power in Deadly U.S. Storm; Death Toll Rises from Record Heat Waves
- Mass Flooding Kills Six in Slovenia in Nation's "Worst Natural Disaster"
- South American Leaders Gather in Brazil to Discuss Preserving Amazon Rainforest
- India: 300 Muslim Homes & Businesses Demolished in Possible "Exercise of Ethnic Cleansing"
- Britain Begins Housing Asylum Seekers on a Barge Described as a "Potential Deathtrap"
- New York City to House as Many as 2,000 Migrants in Tent Complex on Island
- Biden to Preserve a Million Acres of Land Near Grand Canyon as New National Monument
- Chicago Police Arrest Man Who Fatally Shot 9-Year-Old Girl Riding Scooter for Making Too Much Noise
- Alabama Brawl: Police Issue Arrest Warrants After White Boaters Attacked Black Dockworker
- 11,000 City Workers in Los Angeles Begin One-Day Strike