Headlines for May 6, 2021

In Reversal, Biden Administration Will Support Waiving Patents for COVID-19 Vaccines, India Sets New Global Record for Daily Coronavirus Cases, CDC Predicts Sharp Drop in U.S. COVID-19 Cases by July If Vaccinations Continue, Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Throws Out National Eviction Moratorium, Study Predicts “Rapid and Unstoppable” Sea Level Rise Unless Paris Climate Goals Are Met, U.N. Warns of Soaring Hunger, Child Mortality and Maternal Deaths During Pandemic, Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Ban on Trump, Active-Duty National Guardsman Arrested over January 6 Insurrection, Top Republicans Prepare to Oust Rep. Liz Cheney from Leadership Role over Anti-Trump Comments, Israel’s Yair Lapid Given Chance to Form Coalition Government After PM Netanyahu Fails, 16-Year-Old Palestinian Said Odeh Shot Dead by Israeli Forces in Occupied West Bank, Labor Dept. Voids Trump-Era Rule Making It Easier to Classify Gig Workers as Independent Contractors, South Carolina Legislature Votes to Bring Back Electric Chair, Firing Squads, DNA Evidence Suggests Ledell Lee Was Innocent of Murder for Which He Was Executed in 2017, Olympic Committee to Ban “Black Lives Matter” Slogan and Protests at Tokyo Summer Games, Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Jailed Ahead of July 13 Sentencing