Headlines for August 12, 2021

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