Headlines for August 12, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5N88T)
- WHO Warns World Could Log 100 Million More COVID-19 Cases by 2022
- 200+ Scientists Ask Biden to Adopt "Wartime Footing" to Scale Up Vaccine Production
- CDC Urges Pregnant People to Get Vaccinated; FDA to Approve Third Dose for Immunocompromised
- Florida Asks U.S. Government for Hundreds of Ventilators Amid Its Worst COVID-19 Surge
- California to Require K-12 Teachers and Staff to Get Vaccinated or Face Weekly Tests
- Sen. Joe Manchin Has "Serious Concerns" About Democrats' $3.5T Spending Bill
- Sen. Ted Cruz Filibusters Senate Bills on Gerrymandering, Campaign Finance & Voting
- Sicily Sets Europe-Wide Temperature Record of 120 Degrees Fahrenheit
- Pacific Northwest Faces Another Heat Wave with Triple-Digit Temperatures
- White House Asks OPEC to Pump More Oil
- Taliban Seizes 10th Provincial Capital in a Week
- U.K. Judge Says U.S. Can Expand Scope of Appeal Arguments Against Julian Assange
- Mexican News Anchor Confronts Drug Cartel on Live TV After Threat
- U.N. Condemns U.S. Expulsion of Central American Asylum Seekers to Mexico
- Report: Canada Violated Arms Treaty with Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia
- Activists Blockade Raytheon Weapons Facility in Rhode Island
- Kathy Hochul Distances Herself from Gov. Cuomo, Promises Her Office Will Not Be a "Toxic" Workplace