Debt Disaster Avoided, Ex-NBA Players Charged & Tesla Moves HQ - Friday, October 8th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 8 October 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, October 8th, 2021!
What to know about the next step in allowing younger children, ages 5 to 11, to get a COVID-19 vaccine, the latest action to avoid a debt disaster in the U.S., and deadly flooding in Alabama.
Plus: why more than a dozen former NBA players are now facing federal charges, why Tesla is moving its headquarters, and what you may get to see if you look up at the sky tonight…
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Sources:
Pfizer Seeks OK for Kids 5-11: NPR, LA Times, AP
U.S. Debt Disaster Avoided, For Now: WSJ, Politico, AP, WaPo
Biden to Restore Monuments' Protection: WaPo, NYT, NBC News
Deadly Alabama Flooding: USA Today, Accuweather
Ex-NBA Players Charged: AP, CNN, WSJ, NY Post
Nobel Prize in Literature: BBC, Reuters, NobelPrize.org
Nobel Peace Prize (Watch Live): PBS News
CDC Urges Flu Shot: USA Today, AP, NY Times, NFID
United Ramps Up Schedule: CNBC, NY Times, Fox Business, United Airlines
Tesla HQ Moves to TX: The Verge, TechCrunch
YouTube Won't Pay for Climate Denial Videos: Axios, The Verge, Engadget
Draconid Meteor Shower: USA Today, People, Earth Sky, American Meteor Society
Indigenous People's Day or Columbus Day: History, Smithsonian Magazine, Reuters, NPR, National Geographic
Feel Good Friday: Children Discovered Ancient Giant Penguin: Guardian, Live Science, Smithsonian Magazine, EurekAlert
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, October 8th, what to know about the next step in allowing younger children |
| 0:04.3 | ages 5 to 11 to get a COVID-19 vaccine. |
| 0:07.4 | The latest action to avoid a debt disaster in the U.S. and deadly flooding in Alabama. |
| 0:12.2 | Plus, why more than a dozen former NBA players are now facing federal charges, why Tesla |
| 0:17.0 | is moving its headquarters and what you may get to see if you look up at the sky tonight. |
| 0:24.1 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:28.4 | Last, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm Air Commandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:33.5 | You ready? |
| 0:34.5 | Let's do this. |
| 0:39.0 | The U.S. is another step closer to having COVID-19 vaccines ready for younger children. |
| 0:43.9 | Pfizer has now formally asked the FDA to give the OK for kids 5 to 11 years old, though |
| 0:48.9 | the younger kids would get a smaller dose, about a third of the vaccine given to people 12 |
| 0:53.2 | and older. |
| 0:54.2 | An estimated 28 million children in the U.S. would become eligible for the shots if |
| 0:58.0 | regulators give the green light. |
| 1:00.1 | Remember, Pfizer already said last month that the lower dose for ages 5 to 11 is both |
| 1:04.2 | safe and effective. |
| 1:05.9 | At this point, there's no timetable for how long it might take for federal health officials |
| 1:09.4 | to give it emergency use authorization, but they are set to publicly discuss the evidence |
| 1:13.6 | on October 26th. |
| 1:15.5 | The FDA vaccine chief has said he hopes approval will happen within a matter of weeks. |
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