Ep. 101: News Roundup Week of 9/13/21

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On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel announced approval for the Pfizer booster shot for adults 65 and older and Americans who are at high risk. They did not approve it for widespread use yet because they still had too many questions for the younger population. —————- The U.S. military said Friday that it mistakenly killed at least 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children—but not an Islamic State terrorist, as intended—when it launched a drone strike on a car in Kabul last month. ———— The Biden administration is planning to send home thousands of Haitian migrants who are being held by the U.S. Border Patrol under a bridge in a small South Texas border town. ———— In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Capitol police are on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge on the nation’s capital for a “Justice for J6” rally today. ————- A small earthquake shook the Los Angeles area over night. The magnitude-4.3 quake struck just before 8 p.m. Friday was centered near Carson, about 21 miles of downtown Los Angeles. Also in that state, the California recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom failed. ————— Hurricane Nicholas, now a tropical storm, made landfall along the Texas coast on Tuesday, as a Category 1 hurricane bringing the threat of up to 20 inches of rainfall to parts of the Gulf Coast.