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Millions more Americans just became eligible for COVID-19 boosters but figuring out who’s eligible and when can be confusing — and adding to the challenge is that this time around, people can get a different type of vaccine for that extra dose.

EXPLAINER: Is it time to get a COVID-19 booster? Which one?

Millions more Americans just became eligible for COVID-19 boosters but figuring out who's eligible and when can be confusing -- and adding to the challenge is that this time around, people can get a different type of vaccine for that extra dose.
This aerial video image provided by KOAT 7 News, shows Santa Fe County Sheriff's Officers responding to the scene of a fatal accidental shooting at a Bonanza Creek, Ranch movie set near Santa Fe, N.M. Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. Authorities say a woman has been killed and a man injured Thursday after they were shot by a prop firearm at a movie set outside Santa Fe. The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office says a 42-year-old woman was airlifted to a hospital, where she died, while a 42-year-old man was getting emergency care at another hospital. (KOAT 7 News via AP)

Alec Baldwin fired prop gun on set, killing cinematographer

Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of a Western and killed the cinematographer in what the actor Friday called a "tragic accident." The director of the movie was wounded, and authorities were investigating.
A child stands on the grounds of the Christian Aid Ministries headquarters in Titanyen, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police say is holding 17 members of missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he doesn't get what he's demanding. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Gang boss in Haiti threatens to kill abducted missionaries

The boss of a notorious Haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group last weekend is warning that the hostages will be killed if his demands aren't met
This photo from Oct. 16, 2021, shows the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue as a man jogs past the fencing with artwork submitted by Pittsburgh area school students in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Renowned architect Daniel Libeskind is among those working to transform the site to share space with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. The goal to create a solemn memorial as well as a place of regular activity is underway as the date marking the third year since 11 people were killed in America's deadliest antisemitic attack on Oct. 27, 2018 approaches. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

3 years after Pittsburgh synagogue attack, trial still ahead

A landmark synagogue building in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood remains dormant three years after it was the scene of a rampage that left 11 people dead in what was America's deadliest anti-Semitic attack
In this photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, emergency personnel work at the site of an explosion and fire at a gunpowder factory in the Ryazan region, about 270 kilometers (about 167 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Russian emergency officials say that at least seven people have died and a further nine are missing following an explosion and fire at a gunpowder factory. (Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)
16 killed in Russian gunpowder factory blast
Russian emergency officials say 16 people have been killed by an explosion and fire at a gunpowder factory
Yel Aguer Deng, who does not know his age, walks through water from his compound to the Wanyhok-Akon road, near Malualkon in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. The worst flooding that parts of South Sudan have seen in 60 years now surrounds his home of mud and grass. His field of sorghum, which fed his family, is under water. Surrounding mud dykes have collapsed. The United Nations says the flooding has affected almost a half-million people across South Sudan since May. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
In South Sudan, flooding called 'worst thing in my lifetime'
This is the third straight year of extreme flooding in South Sudan
A TV news crew works outside Buckingham Palace in central London, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in a hospital for checks this week after canceling an official trip to Northern Ireland on medical advice, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The palace said the 95-year-old British monarch went to the private King Edward VII's Hospital in London on Wednesday for 'preliminary investigations.' It said she returned to her Windsor Castle home at lunchtime on Thursday, 'and remains in good spirits.' (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)
Queen Elizabeth II back at castle following hospital visit
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is back at Windsor Castle and in good spirits after revelations that she spent the night in a London hospital earlier this week
What is the 'delta plus' variant? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
What is the 'delta plus' variant of the coronavirus?
British officials have identified a relative of the delta variant
6 Rohingya die in clashes between two groups in Bangladesh
Two groups of Rohingya refugees have clashed in a camp in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least six refugees dead and 10 others injured, police say
Award-winning teenage rapper shot to death in Sweden
An award-winning 19-year-old Swedish rapper has been shot to death in southern Stockholm in an incident that media reports suggest could be gang-related
Illinois COVID-19 vaccine providers have administered more than 15.2 million shots, but demand is growing after federal regulators approved boosters for those who received Moderna and Johnson & Johnson versions.
Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 1,300 patients
Illinois hospitals are reporting fewer than 1,300 COVID-19 patients for the first time since Aug.7, according to Illinois Department of Public Health records.
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the El Paso County, Colo., Sheriff's Office shows Carla Faith. Faith, a Colorado day care owner convicted of misdemeanor child abuse and other crimes for keeping 26 children hidden in a basement was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, to six years in prison. Faith was only licensed to care for up to six children and only two of them were allowed to be under the age of 2. (El Paso County Sheriff's Office via AP, File).
Day care owner gets 6 years for hiding 26 kids in basement
A Colorado day care owner convicted of keeping 26 children hidden in the basement of her business in 2019 has received a six-year prison sentence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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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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Jackie Rakers, of St. Charles gets a high-five from Heaven, a dog she fostered and then adopted in 2019 from Starfish Animal Rescue in Batavia. Heaven was announced the 2021 winner of People magazine’s “World’s Cutest Rescue Dog Contest” on Wednesday.
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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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