August 6, 2021: California wildfire, COVID-19 booster shots, CNN, Lionel Messi, Greece fires

1. The main thoroughfare in a historic California gold-rush town was in smoldering ruins, hours after the state's largest wildfire engulfed the hamlet of Greenville in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

2. CNN has terminated three of its employees for coming to the office unvaccinated against COVID-19 last week, according to a memo sent to staff internally.

3. The United States is working to give additional COVID-19 booster shots to Americans with compromised immune systems as quickly as possible, top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said.

4. FC Barcelona fans were left reeling after the club announced that star striker Lionel Messi would be leaving the Camp Nou.

5. Thousands of people fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens and hundreds were evacuated by boat from the nearby island of Evia as Greece faced a fourth day of wildfires.

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