New York Times

• F.D.A. Vaccine Panel Considers Conflicting Data on Pfizer Booster ShotsThe presentations underscored the complex array of data from disparate sources on whether coronavirus booster shots are needed in the U.S. The independent panel of advisers is set to vote on whether t...
• Retailers Rethink Pandemic-Battered ManhattanStarbucks has closed more than 40 stores, while adding mobile-order pickup counters in others. Other chains like Sonic are taking advantage of vacancies to establish themselves in New York....
• Carmine's Hostess Is Attacked by Tourists Over Vaccine Requirement, Police SayEnforcement of a city policy requiring proof of vaccination to dine indoors began Monday. Days later, a hostess at Carmine’s was assaulted after asking three women for their vaccine cards, the police ...
• Thousands of Migrants Huddle in Squalid Conditions Under Texas BridgeThe temporary camp in Del Rio has grown with staggering speed in recent days during a massive surge in migration that has overwhelmed the authorities....

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National Public Radio

• All Employees In Italy Will Be Required To Show A COVID-19 Vaccination PassThe "green pass" will show whether a person has been vaccinated, recently recovered from COVID, or tested negative for the virus. Workers failing to present a pass will be suspended without pay....
• 2 Men Are Charged In The Murder Of Northern Ireland Journalist Lyra McKeeMcKee was observing anti-police rioting in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, when she was hit by gunfire in April 2019. Among the charges the two men face are murder, possession of a firearm and arson....
• He Was An Interpreter For U.S. Forces In Afghanistan And Now He's Driving For UberMany Afghans who worked for the U.S. government in Afghanistan end up doing gig work or other low wage jobs in America, even when they come with language and professional skills....
• PHOTOS: They Could Put Food On The Table — Until The Pandemic StruckA single mom with HIV. A grandmother who thought she had enough money to get by. A lawyer who lost her job. They're among the millions around the world pushed into food insecurity by the pandemic....

Stock markets

News-Gazette

• Giant California sequoias wrapped in aluminum as fire nearsTHREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as part of an effort to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from ...
• Organizer of Saturday rally looks to rewrite Jan. 6 historyWASHINGTON (AP) — The architect of a Washington protest planned for Saturday that aims to rewrite history about the violent January assault on the U.S. Capitol is hardly a household name....
• Biden, world leaders try to hammer out next steps on climateWashington (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to hammer out the world's next steps against rapidly worsening climate change in a private, virtual session with a small group of other global leaders Frida...
• Protest for jailed Capitol rioters: Police ready this timeWASHINGTON (AP) — Allies of Donald Trump are mounting a Saturday rally at the U.S. Capitol, aimed at supporting what they call the “political prisoners” of the Jan. 6 insurrection — about 60 people he...

Daily Illini

• DI Voices | Forgive me, Father, for I have not sinnedOn Sept. 6, 2019, I desperately desired God’s guidance as I entered the chapel of St. John’s Catholic Newman Center. While waiting to confess, I knelt at a pew, praying for guidance. After confessing ...
• Nectar prepares for Pygmalion, reflects on summer showsOver the past year, there has been an absence of shows, which has put many musicians and artists temporarily out of commission. This is not the case for Champaign’s own indie-punk band, Nectar, who ha...
• Krannert Art Museum exhibit pays unexpected tribute to Louise FishmanAmy Powell, Krannert Art Museum’s curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, was putting the finishing touches on Louise Fishman’s exhibit when she got the news. Fishman passed away on July 26 — just a m...
• Quick picks: The Daily Illini sports staff makes predictions ahead of Maryland matchupIllinois has struggled offensively and defensively in two consecutive losses, with the Illini falling to the UTSA Roadrunners, 37-30, at Memorial Stadium and getting blown out on the road against the ...

Wichita Eagle

• Kansas sex offender bribed 8-year-old online gamer to make child porn, officials sayHe bribed the Michigan child with game credits, according to court records. The child’s mom found out....
• Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office sergeant charged with stalking ex pleads no contestThe sergeant was “relieved of duty without pay” when he was arrested in April, the Sheriff’s Office said. He later resigned....
• Wichita restaurant inspections: Box of moldy tomatoes, old fish paste, meat issuesA local gourmet butcher shop and a seafood restaurant failed their Kansas Department of Agriculture food safety inspections last week. ...
• Wichita Eagle’s Dion Lefler, Chance Swaim win Victor Murdock AwardThe Eagle reporters won the award for their July 2020 series exposing a smear campaign organized by local officials....

Marion County Record

• 3 Tabor athletes arrested for marijuanaThree Tabor College football players arrested at 3:34 a.m. Sunday on suspicion of possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia face undisclosed consequences from the college. "We are aware of the situa...
• Theft probe crosses county linesWhen Dickinson County deputies caught two suspects allegedly stealing gasoline from tanks of cars at Simmons Towing and Auto Repair in Herington, they were quick to come to Marion with a search warran...
• Herington's ex-chief, assistant chargedA May 18 incident in Herington in which the police chief and assistant allegedly forced their way into a residence without a search warrant resulted Sept. 8 in criminal charges against both. Chief Joh...
• Misfortune doesn't stop Peabody Family DollarA combination Family Dollar and Dollar Tree on 9th St. in Peabody finally opened at 6 p.m. Monday but not without difficulty. Poor Internet service wouldn't support their registers. After installing a...

KU basketball

• Freshman forward KJ Adams an early standout at Kansas basketball boot camp, according to 2 of his teammates Three days into the Kansas basketball program’s latest round of boot camp, seniors Ochai Agbaji and Cam Martin highlighted freshman forward KJ Adams as one of the standouts so far. By Matt Tait ...
• Kansas men's basketball program to open Big 12 slate at home vs. TCU on Jan. 1 The Kansas men's basketball team will open Big 12 play on Jan. 1 at home against TCU, the conference revealed Wednesday. The Big 12 Conference released the complete conference schedule for both the me...
• KU Chancellor Girod believes KU is on good footing following recent Big 12 expansion University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod said Monday that KU “ended up in a good place,” in the wake of last week’s addition of four schools to the revamped Big 12 Conference. By Matt Tait ...
• KU AD Travis Goff hires Wayne Simien Jr. to associate AD role Former Kansas basketball All-American Wayne Simien Jr. has been hired as an associate athletic director for engagement and outreach, KU Athletic Director Travis Goff announced on Tuesday night. ...

KU football

• D.C. Brian Borland looking for improved physicality from KU football defense The Kansas football defense faced its first substantial test of the season in Week 2 at Coastal Carolina. The 49-22 road loss against a veteran-laden top-20 team, KU defensive coordinator Brian Borlan...
• Lance Leipold hopeful KU football RB Amauri Pesek-Hickson can play 'a little bit more' Following a brief appearance for Amauri Pesek-Hickson late in the Kansas football team’s road loss at Coastal Carolina this past week, head coach Lance Leipold hopes the redshirt freshman running back...
• 5 questions with KU football super-senior D-end Kyron Johnson Ahead of KU’s Week 3 Big 12 opener versus Baylor (2:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN+), Kyron Johnson spoke about his role and what he’s hoping to get accomplished — on and off the field — this fall with the Ja...
• Coming off first productive game with KU football, RB Devin Neal wants to be 'more physical' The Kansas football coaches asked far more of running back Devin Neal in Week 2 than they did in the Jayhawks’ opener. So much so that the true freshman became the featured back for the offense on its...

Packers

• Dougherty: Hard to blame fans for wondering if Aaron Rodgers is all-in with Packersif Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wants out next year, he needs to show prospective teams he still has plenty of good football left in him....
• Green 19 podcast: Are the Packers missing some of that Jamaal Williams juice that the Detroit Lions now enjoy?The Green Bay Packers sure looked like they could have used the Detroit Lions' Jamaal Williams' enthusiasm against the New Orleans Saints....
• Davante Adams lobbying for Packers to test double coverage more oftenPackers wide receiver Davante Adams said double teams have become so commonplace for him that it might be worth ignoring that rule from time to time....
• What you need to know about watching the Packers-Lions 'Monday Night Football' gameWhat you need to know about watching the Packers-Lions game....