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March 16, 2021

Headlines for March 16, 2021

  • WHO Urges Continued Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine as Countries Suspend Jabs over Blood Clot Fears
  • U.S. Air Travel Hits Highest Pace Since Start of Pandemic 
  • 440 Tesla Workers Tested Positive for Coronavirus After CEO Elon Musk Defied Plant Closure Order
  • Senate Confirms Deb Haaland as First Native American Cabinet Secretary
  • Biden Admin to Detain Thousands of Teenage Asylum Seekers in Dallas Convention Center
  • Rep. Ilhan Omar Leads Congressional Call to End ICE Contracts with Local Jails  
  • Two Charged with Assaulting Capitol Police Officer Who Died After Jan. 6 Insurrection
  • Police Begin Scaling Back Massive Security Perimeter Around U.S. Capitol
  • Derek Chauvin's Lawyers Ask Judge to Move Murder Trial Away from Minneapolis 
  • Voting Rights Activists Lobby Georgia's Corporations to Oppose GOP Voter Suppression 
  • Biden Envoys Begin Asia Tour as U.S. Takes More Aggressive Posture Toward China
  • Vatican Says Priests Cannot Bless Same-Sex Marriages
  • Jane Fonda Joins Indigenous-Led Movement Against Enbridge's Line 3 Pipeline
  • Newly Formed Musicians' Union Demands Spotify Pay Artists a Penny Per Stream, Up from $0.0038

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