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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers! Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court rejected the Biden administration's latest attempt to stop the controversial new law. And, a day after approving the Moderna booster shots, the FDA will vote on Johnson & Johnson's. |
| It's Jane, with Friday's news. |
| New this morning: "Left to die." Jails in Indiana are home to a hidden epidemic – and it's growing worse. |
| ⚖️The Texas abortion law is still in effect, after a federal appeals court again suspended a lower court ruling that had blocked the law, which bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks. |
| 🔢 The 2020 census may have undercounted the nation's Black population by as much as 7%, according to simulations conducted by an independent researcher. |
| 🔵 Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a Southern California hospital with an infection but he is "on the mend," his spokesman said. |
| ⚾Tape-measure finish: The Dodgers hung on to depose the San Francisco Giants 2-1, advancing to the National League Championship Series. |
| 🔵 Former child actor and "Our Idiot Brother" star Matthew Mindler's cause of death has been determined. The 19-year-old died by suicide, a coroner said. |
 | | In this file photo, Matthew Mindler attends The Cinema Society & Altoids screening of The Weinstein Company's "Our Idiot Brother" at 1 MiMA Tower on August 22, 2011 in New York City. | | Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images | |
| 📝What happened this week? Test your knowledge with our news quiz! |
| 🎧On today's 5 Things podcast, we look at the latest from an FDA panel's review on COVID-19 booster shots. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's what's happening today: |
FDA to vote on J&J vaccine booster shots |
| A day after approving the Moderna booster shots, the Food and Drug Administration will be voting on Johnson & Johnson boosters Friday. While booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine were first authorized for some Americans in August, those who received Moderna and J&J as their first shots have been told to wait before receiving another round. With J&J boosters, though, it's unclear whether the federal committee will have sufficient data to approve another shot. About 8,000 people were studied after receiving a second dose of J&J's COVID-19 vaccine two months after their first, and only 17 were tracked after getting a second shot at six months. The panel will also hear information Friday about getting a different vaccine as a follow-up. |
Giant asteroid expected to pass by Earth |
| Several asteroids bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza will closely pass by Earth in the upcoming weeks, with the asteroid 2021 SM3 whizzing by Friday. The diameter of the asteroid is up to 525 feet, just bigger than the 482-foot long pyramid. An object of that size would be enough to "cause local damage to the impact area" if it were to hit Earth, NASA says. Discovered last month, 2021 SM3 is classified as a near-Earth object, which NASA says "are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth's neighborhood." At its closest point, the asteroid will be about 3.6 million miles from Earth. Though that sounds like a safe distance, it's much closer than our neighbor Venus, which can be 74.8 million miles away depending on each planet's orbit. |
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| 🏗 Left to rot: Even before developers sold off the condos, Champlain Towers South in Florida had been set on a course to rot from the foundation up, a USA TODAY investigation shows. |
 | | In 2001, Steve Rosenthal jumped at buying a two-bedroom unit with a view of the bay. | | USA TODAY | |
| 🎤 "Easy on Me": The wait for new Adele music is finally over. Almost six years after the release of her last studio album "25," the singer dropped a new song and music video. |
| 🏈Defending Super Bowl champs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers remained a step ahead of the hosting Philadelphia Eagles, winning 28-22 at Lincoln Financial Field. |
| 🛑"It's not helpful and doesn't feel good": Actor Jonah Hill asked fans, followers and others in an Instagram post to "not comment on my body," a move that was applauded by social media users. |
| ✍️WWII veteran Frank Grasberger, 95, never thought he'd get to meet Dashauna Priest, the 9-year-old who once wrote him a letter. Twelve years later, the story's next chapter began. |
Jill Biden heads to Virginia to support Terry McAuliffe in crucial governor's race |
| First lady Jill Biden will head to Richmond, Virginia on Friday to stump for Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a former Virginia governor who holds a slim polling lead over Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin in a commonwealth where Republicans haven't won statewide in a decade. Biden's trip comes as an unexpectedly tight race for the governor's mansion has set off alarm bells over Democrats' political standing and President Joe Biden's agenda before next year's midterm elections. The bellwether race may have wider implications for the Democratic Party, reinforcing its brand despite President Joe Biden's sagging polls and giving a critical boost to stalled efforts in Congress to pass the president's pair of domestic spending bills. |
'Halloween' sequel opens, with Curtis back in iconic role |
| The latest sequel to vintage horror flick "Halloween" opens in theaters and streams on Peacock Friday. "Halloween Kills" stars Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her iconic role as Julie Strode from the 1978 original and its sequels, picking up where the latest, 2018's "Halloween," left off. Of course the masked psycho character, Michael Myers, is back. Curtis will film "Halloween Ends" next (expected next year), though who knows if it'll be Laurie's end. |
 | | Michael Myers returns in "Halloween Kills," directed by David Gordon Green. | | RYAN GREEN/UNIVERSAL PICTURES | |
Apple Watch Series 7 in stores with larger, more durable display |
| Apple's newest smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 7 , hits stores Friday with a larger display. The iPhone maker and tech giant unveiled the latest watch last month and has been shipping units to customers who could place preorders as of Oct. 8. The Series 7 starts at $399 for the 41mm-sized model and $429 for the 45mm model. The displays on Apple's newest watches have 20% more screen area and are 40% thinner than the previous model, the Series 6. But do you need the new Series 7 Watch? If you own an Apple Watch released in the last three years – and are happy with it – there's no pressure to upgrade now, writes USA TODAY's Mike Snider. But if a new, larger display piques your interest, by all means consider it. |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories Thursday |
| 💆♀️Breast cancer patients say "cold capping" saved their hair. What is it and why aren't more people doing it? |
| ⛽️This is not supposed to happen at this time of year: Why are gas prices jumping? |
| 😷An Alaska lawmaker who was banned from Alaska Airlines flights after allegedly refusing to comply with its face mask policies has tested positive for COVID-19. |
| 📸Leni Klum and her dad Seal made a rare red carpet appearance together: See the photos. |
| 💉Joe Rogan said he isn't anti-vaccine and that he attempted to receive the COVID-19 shot but missed the appointment because of scheduling conflicts. |
📸 Dodgers beat Giants in winner-take-all Game 5 NLDS thriller 📸 |
 | | NLDS Game 5: Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias (middle) celebrates with teammates. | | Neville E. Guard, USA TODAY Sports | |
| It was a 24-round heavyweight prize fight in spikes, a tape-measure finish after a six-month marathon, and by the end of the night, the Los Angeles Dodgers were the last ones standing. |
| The Dodgers were weary and utterly exhausted, but they hung on Thursday night to finally depose the San Francisco Giants, 2-1, in front of a frenzied sellout crowd of 42,275 at Oracle Park, for their 110th victory of the season. |
| Check out our gallery of photos from the epic night. |
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| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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