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Shyrel Ritter, a certified nursing assistant at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, receives her COVID-19 booster shot at her workplace in New York.

FDA OKs mixing COVID vaccines, backs Moderna, J&J boosters ­-- but who can get them still TBD

U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible for an extra dose can get a brand different from the one they received initially. But before more people roll up their sleeves, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will consult an expert panel later this week before finalizing official recommendations for who should get boosters and when.
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Willie B. Smith III. Federal judges heard arguments Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 about whether Willie B. Smith III, an Alabama inmate had the mental capacity to understand the paperwork setting up his planned execution next week, with a defense lawyer arguing the man's cognitive deficiencies warranted disability assistance.. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Alabama man faces 2nd execution date this year for killing

An Alabama man is facing his second execution date this year for the killing of a woman taken at gunpoint from an ATM location and shot in a cemetery

Accidental shot from Chicago officer wounds 2 other police

Authorities say an officer accidentally fired his handgun during a struggle while police were making arrests in suburban Chicago, wounding two other officers
Lava flows from a volcano destroying houses at La Laguna neighbourhood on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain on Thursday Oct. 21, 2021. A second tongue of lava is expected to reach the Atlantic today and release more toxic gases into the atmosphere, an event which will lead to the home confinement of some nearby towns. (AP Photo/Saul Santos)

La Palma: Hundreds more evacuate to flee volcano lava

Hundreds of people were evacuated during the night on the Spanish island of La Palma as a river of molten rock creeps deeper into a coastal town during a protracted volcanic eruption
In this Sept. 9, 2021 photo provided by auctioneer Morton & Eden Ltd., a rare 17th century one shilling coin is displayed above a metal box containing other coins, at the auction house, in London. Morton & Eden Ltd. says the extraordinarily rare coin, with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England, could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000 when it's put up for auction in London next month. (Menelaos Danellis/Morton & Eden Ltd. via AP)
Rare coin made in Colonial New England could fetch $300,000
An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000 when it's put up for auction in London next month
Fred Guttenberg, the father of slain student Jaime Guttenberg leaves the courtroom at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, after Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 massacre that left 17 dead at a Parkland, Fla., high school. Guttenberg is joining the top ranks of a progressive anti-gun group to promote like-minded political candidates around the country ahead of next year's midterm elections. He will be a senior adviser to Brady PAC. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool
Activist dad of school shooting victim joins anti-gun group
The father of a 14-year-old girl killed in the 2018 Florida high school shooting massacre is joining the top ranks of an anti-gun violence group to promote like-minded political candidates around the country ahead of next year's midterm elections
Tool for police reform rarely used by local prosecutors
The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer has sparked a national conversation on police reform, ranging from defunding departments to enhancing training
Turkish media: Russians held over targeting of Chechens
Turkish state broadcaster TRT News says six suspects have been jailed pending trial over an alleged plot against Chechen dissidents
Joshua Samuel, who says he was shot during last year's police brutality protests, speaks with The Associated Press on Oct. 14, 2021, in Lagos, Nigeria. Samuel painfully recalls the day that Nigerian soldiers opened fire at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos while he and thousands of others were protesting brutal police practices. He is among more than 100 Nigerians awaiting a verdict from a panel that is reviewing both the Lekki shootings and allegations of police brutality that inspired the October 2020 protests. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Year after Nigeria's deadly protests, police still accused
Joshua Samuel painfully recalls the day, one year ago, that Nigerian soldiers opened fire in Lagos while he and thousands of others were protesting police brutality
Australian town overwhelmed by response to free land offer
The Australian Outback town of Quilpie (Quill-Pea) hoped its offer of free residential land to anyone who would make it their home might attract five new families to the remote community of 800
Minor injuries in early morning Wauconda crash
Lake County authorities said the drivers involved in a two-vehicle crash early Thursday morning in Wauconda suffered minor injuries, but were not transported to a hospital.
Sister Letitia Lapid is retiring from her ministry as a spiritual care chaplain at Amita Health St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin after 24 years. Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart founded the hospital in 1902 and have had a nun working there ever since.
The last nun? Sister Leticia's retirement at St. Joseph Hospital could end nearly 120-year streak
Sister Leticia Lapid is retiring from her ministry as a spiritual care chaplain at Amita St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin. The hospital was founded by Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart in 1902. If another nun isn't hired to replace her, it will be the first time in the hospital's history a nun working there.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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In this Feb. 15, 2001 file photo, Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on as President Bush addresses State Department employees at the State Department in Washington. Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84.
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Benet Academy’s Clare Lopatka plays against Ottawa’s Ella Marvel in the second round of the Rolling Meadows girls tennis invitational at Fremd High School in Palatine on Saturday, October 2, 2021.
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