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The FDA OKs a Pfizer booster for people 65+ or at high risk for severe COVID-19. Some Haitian migrants have been released into the U.S. The U.N. says people in an area of Ethiopia face severe hunger.

Many K-12 school districts are tapping federal funds to pay for regular surveillance testing of students. It's an effective pandemic tactic when used alongside mask-wearing and other precautions.

Isko Moreno, the celebrity mayor of Manila City, has launched a bid to succeed Rodrigo Duterte. At 46 years old, the former actor would represent generational change for the nation of 109 million.

Attributed to climate change, Brazil's historic drought is devastating its coffee farmers, who's crops supply much of the world.

President Biden announced an effort to vaccinate 70% of the world's population against COVID by this time 2022. Health officials from lower income countries say they need more than donations of doses.

A commenter said the new uniforms look like something from Battlestar Galactica, adding one of the show's taglines: "So say we all."

Democrats have just over a week to come up with a plan to avoid a government shutdown after tying a spending bill to a suspension of the federal debt limit.

The phone call was the first between President Biden and President Emmanuel Macron since last week's fracas over a nuclear submarine deal. France had recalled its ambassador from Washington.

Mercy Iowa City announced Wednesday it is requiring all employees, contractors, students and volunteers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 20. A vaccine mandate announced earlier this summer had applied to other hospitals in the Mercy network but not to the Iowa City location.

After a discussion charged by the polarized debate over masks, the Ankeny school board voted to require them to be worn in schools, following the same decision for Johnston Tuesday evening.