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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers! President Joe Biden will head to familiar territory to promote his bipartisan infrastructure deal. The FDA could approve booster shots that are different from the recipients' original COVID-19 vaccines. The gunman who killed 17 people in the Parkland high school mass shooting is set to plead guilty to murder. And if you look up to the sky tonight, you're in for a treat – the best meteor shower of the fall. |
| It's Steve and Jane, with Wednesday's news. |
| 🔵 New this morning: Philadelphia police seized their property. Most were never convicted of a crime. They never got their stuff back. |
| 🐖 Pig kidneys to the rescue? More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for an organ replacement. A breakthrough surgery offers hope animals may help fill the void. |
| 🚊 "Angry and disgusted": Train riders held up phones and didn't call 911 as a woman was raped on a Philadelphia train, police say. |
| 🚘 "No basis in reality": Elio Motors promised 1,500 jobs at an old GM plant in Louisiana. Not a single vehicle has rolled off the firm's Shreveport assembly line and not one job has been created. |
 | | Since early 2013, Elio Motors has accumulated more than 65,000 deposits for its three-wheeled, two-seat, 84 mpg vehicle. But it has failed to deliver any vehicles. A prototype is seen here on the streets of Royal Oak, Michigan, in 2014. | | Paul Sancya, AP | |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, hear what health experts are saying about mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's what's happening today: |
Biden heads to his birthplace to push his economic agenda |
| President Joe Biden will travel to his birthplace of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, and deliver remarks "promoting his Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and Build Back Better Agenda," according to his official schedule. The visit comes after Biden hosted nine members of the left-leaning caucus for over two hours Tuesday, and met separately with a group of moderate House members and senators, including holdouts Sens. Krysten Sinema , D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as the White House pushes "urgency" to get Biden's economic agenda passed. Rep. Pramila Jayapal , D-Wash., chair of the House Progressive Caucus, said Biden is sticking to a topline number between $1.9 trillion and $2.2 trillion, down from his original $3.5 trillion Build Back Better proposal, in a push to gain the support of moderate Democrats. |
FDA may approve mixing and matching booster shots, report says |
| The Food and Drug Administration may give its approval to administering booster shots that are different from recipients' original COVID-19 vaccine by Wednesday, the New York Times reported . The decision would fulfill the requests of state health officials, who have been seeking increased flexibility in giving the vaccines. Pfizer boosters were authorized for certain populations last month. The Moderna and J&J boosters are expected to be cleared by Wednesday evening, the Times said, and that may also be the timeline for the announcement on the differing boosters. Some studies have found benefits in combining different vaccine shots as part of the initial protocol, but there isn't a uniform consensus about the practice yet. |
What else people are reading: |
| 🔵 The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt after he denied a congressional subpoena. |
| ⚖ A day after the death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former President Donald Trump disparaged the diplomat and decorated general in a statement. |
| 🐠 "Stunned": A sunfish estimated to weigh more than 4,000 pounds – it was too heavy for the scale – has been rescued from a fishing net off the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. |
| 🛩 "Get out, get out, get out": Nearly two dozen people escaped from a plane that rolled off a Texas runway and caught on fire, authorities said. There were no deaths or major injuries. |
| 🏨 Think resort fees are too high? A lawsuit claims they made Marriott tens of millions. |
| 📺 CNN anchor shares a significant health update: While applauding vaccine mandates, John King revealed that he has multiple sclerosis. |
 | | CNN's John King | | Getty Images photo; USA TODAY Life graphic | |
Gunman in Parkland school massacre to plead guilty to murder |
| The gunman who killed 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland, Florida, high school is set to plead guilty to their murders , more than three years after the attack. Attorneys for Nikolas Cruz, 23, told a judge he will plead guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The guilty plea would set up a penalty phase, decided by jury, where Cruz would seek life without parole and not the death penalty. In the aftermath of the shooting, Parkland student activists formed March for Our Lives, a group that rallied hundreds of thousands around the country for tighter gun laws. |
Ahead of scheduled worker walkout over Chappelle special, Netflix exec speaks out |
| The controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle's transphobic remarks in his latest stand-up special "The Closer" intensified late Tuesday, as Netflix's co-CEO Ted Sarandos admitted he "screwed up" his response to staff, but reiterated his support of the show. While Sarandos allowed that storytelling can negatively impact society, he said he didn't feel Chappelle's special needed a disclaimer. His comments arrived hours before Wednesday's reported planned virtual walkout by Netflix's trans employees. The protest stems from complaints about Chappelle's jokes about trans people and his re-alignment with those who believe a person's sex at birth is immutable. Employees have expressed concern that such rhetoric can lead to violence against marginalized communities. |
Newsmakers in their own words: Paris Hilton urges reform for 'troubled teen industry' |
 | | Paris Hilton in 2020 | | Associated Press file photo; USA TODAY graphic | |
| Paris Hilton has previously spoken about the verbal, emotional and physical abuse she says she endured at Provo Canyon School, a Utah boarding school for troubled teens. Now, she is urging for federal-level reform in a deeply personal piece published this week. |
| In the essay, Hilton recalled her experience after being sent to Provo by her parents, who "fell for the misleading marketing of the 'troubled teen industry.'" Hilton went to Provo when she was 17 and stayed for 11 months. |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories Tuesday |
| 💉 "Super-immunity": Natural immunity is good. Getting vaccinated after being sick with COVID-19 is better. |
| ✋ "I got banned": Alicia Silverstone says she was kicked off a dating site — twice. |
| ⚾ Why does Braves outfielder Joc Pederson wear a pearl necklace? The answer isn't certain, and Pederson has given various replies. |
| ⚔ "Priceless" and "extremely rare": A diver found a 900-year-old iron sword dating back to the Third Crusade in the Mediterranean Sea. |
 | | Jacob Sharvit, director of the Marine Archaeology Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority holds a 4-feet-long sword, that experts say a scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast at Cesarea, Israel, Oct. 19, 2021. | | Ariel Schalit, AP | |
Autumn sky show: Orionids meteor shower reaches peak tonight |
| Stargazers who venture out Wednesday night through dawn Thursday will get an extra treat: the peak of the Orionids , usually the best meteor shower of the fall. The Orionids happens when the Earth passes through the debris of the famous Halley's Comet. (Meteors are remnants of comets that leave a glowing trail as they burn up in the atmosphere.) This year, the meteors have to compete with a full moon, so a lot of them won't be visible. Even so, experts say you should still be able to see meteors if you are patient. Some tips: Use a lounge chair or blanket, so you don't have to crane your neck; let your eyes adjust to the darkness; and plan to spend at least an hour outside. |
Fact check: Let's clear up a few things |
| ✔ The claim: An employee strike over COVID-19 vaccine mandates shut down multiple restaurants at Denver International Airport. Our rating: False ❌ |
| ✔ The claim: A headline in U.K. newspaper The Guardian reported an ambulance carrying an Insulate Britain protester was caught in traffic jam from another Insulate Britain protest. Our rating: Altered. The screenshots are not a published Guardian headline, and there is no evidence anything like that happened. |
| ✔ The claim: Southwest Airlines' CEO Gary Kelly said the company won't follow the federal vaccine mandate and won't fire anyone over it. Our rating: Partly false. Kelly said he doesn't support corporate mandates and won't be firing anyone over one, but the company has said it will comply with the Biden administration's mandate. |
| ✔ The claim: Former President Bill Clinton was poisoned to death at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Our rating: False ❌ |
| 🔵 Did you know we have an entire newsletter devoted to fact checks? Get the real story by signing up here. |
📸 Elle Women in Hollywood Celebration: Ciara, Halle Berry, Eva Longoria hit the red carpet 📸 |
 | | (From left) Rita Moreno and Eva Longoria attend ELLE's 27th Annual Women In Hollywood Celebration, presented by Ralph Lauren and Lexus, at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 19, 2021 in Los Angeles. | | Frazer Harrison, Getty Images for ELLE | |
| The Elle Women in Hollywood Celebration, held in Los Angeles Tuesday night, was set to honor A-listers including "Eternals" stars Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan and Lauren Ridloff, along with director Chloé Zhao. |
| However, the "Eternals" stars had to skip the celebration after they "were just" exposed to COVID-19, said Elle Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia. |
| So who was present at the event? Halle Berry, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Hudson, Rita Moreno and Demi Moore, to name just a few. |
| Check them out in our gallery of photos from the night. |
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