Headlines for August 21, 2024

Kamala Harris Accepts Democratic Nom; Obamas, Bernie Sanders Take to the DNC Stage on Night Two, Chicago PD Arrests Protesters at Israeli Consulate; 16 Activists from U.K.’s Palestine Action in Prison, U.S. Doctors Share Horrors They Witnessed in Gaza at DNC Press Conference, Israel Continues Its Genocidal War, Attacking Another Gaza School and Pushing Gazans Out of Deir al-Balah, Released Palestinian Describes Detention at Ofer Prison, Site of “Systematic Torture and Humiliation”, Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Kill at Least 6 as Cross-Border Fighting Adds to Growing Tensions, Report Says Countries and Oil Co’s Supplying Israel May Be Complicit in Genocide Under Int’l Law, Russia Says It Intercepted Major Drone Attack on Moscow as Ukraine Pushes Ahead in Kursk, Arizona and Montana Join at Least 6 Other States in Putting Abortion Rights on the Nov. Ballot, RFK Jr.’s Running Mate Says They Could End Their Campaign and Join Team Trump, Nurses at Univ. of Illinois Hospital Strike over Unfair Labor Practices, Work Safety Issues, Bob Menendez Is Resigning, Will Be Replaced with NJ Gov. Aide Until New Senator Elected in Nov., Panama Deports 29 Colombian Migrants on U.S.-Funded Flight, Migrant Deaths Surge on U.S. Southern Border Amid Extreme Heat, Biden’s Hard-Line Immigration Policy, NYC Evicts Makeshift Migrant Camp; NY State Greenlights Shelter Eviction of 30,000 Migrant Families, Six Unhoused People Dying Each Day in Los Angeles Amid Brutal Crackdown, Failed Policies, Mass Shooting in Bosnia Kills at Least 3 School Workers, U.S. Sanctions Ex-Haitian President Michel Martelly for Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, East Palestine Residents Consider $600 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern, Maryland Officials Warn PFAS Levels at Harford County Schools Too High for Drinking, Air Force Refuses to Clean Up Contamination of Tucson Waters, Cites SCOTUS “Chevron Doctrine” Ruling