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| Happy Friday, Daily Briefing readers! Joe Biden is meeting his fellow Catholic, Pope Francis, at the Vatican amid a fierce debate in the American Catholic Church over the president's support for abortion rights and same-sex marriage. Back in the U.S. meanwhile, there's a mandate for New York City's municipal workers to be vaxxed by today. And in sports news, it's Game 3 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves. |
| It's Jane and Steve with Friday's news. |
| 🌎 New this morning: Urgency pervades the United Nations Climate Change Conference as the U.S. grapples with environmental justice. |
| 🔵 President Joe Biden is looking to ease tensions with Europe and tackle climate change at a pair of global summits. |
| 📺 "I knew the show did not reflect my values": Abby Huntsman is diving into further detail about why she left her seat at "The View." |
| ✈️ "One of the worst displays of unruly behavior": An American Airlines flight was forced to divert after the airline said a passenger "physically assaulted" a flight attendant. |
| 🏫 School lap-dance fallout: Newly surfaced videos show more Hazard High School, Kentucky, skits in which students acted provocatively as teachers laughed and sometimes participated. |
| 💻 "Never Meta worse idea": Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook the company (but not Facebook the social media platform) will be renamed Meta. The company's critics were quick to mock its latest move. |
 | | The new Meta logo | | AFP photo via Getty Images; USA TODAY graphic | |
| ⛵️ Militarykind: This Coast Guard rookie got a baptism of fire on his first mission when he and his team were called to rescue a sinking sailboat. |
| 📰 What happened this week? Take our news quiz to test your knowledge. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, Tech Editor Brett Molina offers some tips for going virtual with your COVID-19 vaccine card. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's what's happening today: |
Biden, Pope Francis meet amid debate over Communion |
| Joe Biden, only the second Catholic U.S. president in history, is meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican Friday amid a debate in the American Catholic Church over whether he and other politicians who go against church doctrine should be denied communion. Biden faces serious criticism among some U.S. Catholic bishops over his support for abortion rights and same-sex marriage. Analysts, however, doubt Francis will lecture Biden about his support for those issues and instead will focus on issues where they can find common ground, such as the environment, immigration and helping the poor. Francis already has registered his discomfort with the movement led by conservative bishops to deny communion to politicians who back abortion rights. |
'Colin in Black and White' begins streaming on Netflix |
| "Colin in Black and White" centered on the adolescence of NFL star and activist Colin Kaepernick, will start streaming on Netflix Friday. The series mixes fictionalized scenes from Kaepernick's life as a teen athlete in California with bigger-picture parables and stories about the history of race and racism in America. Nick Offerman ("Parks and Recreation") and Mary-Louise Parker ("Weeds") portray Kaepernick's adoptive parents and Jaden Michael ("The Get Down") stars as the the young Kaepernick, who became an icon for his advocacy and kneeling during the national anthem in protest of the unfair treatment of people of color. In addition to co-producing the series, Kaepernick also lends his voice and perspective as a narrator. |
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| ⚖️ Charleston church shooting: The DOJ announced an $88 million settlement with victims' families and survivors of a 2015 shooting in which a white nationalist killed nine people in an iconic Black church in Charleston, South Carolina. |
| 💰What's in Biden's latest budget offer? Climate programs and universal preschool, but no paid leave. |
| ⚖️ The Senate confirmed Elizabeth Prelogar on Thursday to be solicitor general – the top lawyer representing the federal government before the Supreme Court. |
| 🚨 The San Bernardino, California county coroner announced that human remains found in open desert near Yucca Valley are those of Lauren Cho, 30, of New Jersey, who had been missing since June. |
| 🔵 Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was accused of forcibly touching a woman at the Executive Mansion late last year in a criminal complaint. He denies the allegation. |
 | | The complaint, filed Thursday by Investigator Amy Kowalski, accused Cuomo of "knowingly and intentionally" committing the crime of forcible touching, a class A misdemeanor. | | USA TODAY | |
Vaccine mandate for NYC municipal workers goes into effect |
| The vaccine mandate for New York City municipal workers will go into effect Friday , after a judge refused to block it. Police officers, firefighters, garbage collectors and most other city workers face a 5 p.m. deadline to show proof they've gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Those who don't comply will be put on unpaid leave starting Monday. The city's police union sought to block the mandate, which increases the requirements for workers who previously could show negative test results to keep their jobs. As of Wednesday, 73% of police department personnel and 68% of fire department personnel, which houses EMS services, had been vaccinated. Judge Lizette Colon ordered the city to defend the requirement against a union lawsuit in a hearing scheduled for Nov. 12. |
Florida Panthers look to the future as NHL continues Blackhawks probe |
| Joel Quenneville resigned from his position as head coach of the Florida Panthers following a meeting Thursday with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman at the league's office in New York. Quenneville's resignation came two days after the second-winningest coach in NHL history was among those implicated for not swiftly responding to allegations by former Chicago Blackhawks player Kyle Beach of being sexually assaulted by former video coordinator Brad Aldrich during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs. Andrew Brunette — an assistant coach under Quenneville in Florida — was hired as Florida's interim coach, and is expected to make his debut when the 7-0 Panthers play at Detroit Friday night. |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories Thursday |
| 🏫 "Disciplinary action" taken after photos appeared to show Kentucky high school staff members getting lap dances from students. |
| 🔴 "An act of hate": A man has been arrested after he was accused of defacing a bronze statue of George Floyd in New York City this month. |
| 🛒 Can't wait for Black Friday? Shop these early deals at Walmart, Best Buy and more. |
| 🔵 A Malaysian gynecologist says he has created the world's first unisex condom that can be used internally and externally. |
| 🎭 Why do some people passionately hate celebrities like James Corden and Anne Hathaway? |
Braves, Astros head to Atlanta for Game 3 of World Series |
| The World Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves continues Friday night, when the scene shifts to Atlanta for Game 3 in what is now a best-of-5 series (8:09 p.m. ET, FOX). The two teams split the first two games, with the Astros winning the most recent matchup , 7-2, behind their potent lineup. Looking ahead, Game 3 will feature a matchup of two younger pitchers when 23-year-old Ian Anderson takes the mound for the Braves, and 24-year-old Luis Garcia starts for the Astros. Anderson has had a solid postseason so far, sporting a solid 2.25 earned run average. Garcia, on other hand, has a 9.64 ERA in three appearances in the playoffs. But he did shut out the Boston Red Sox for 5 2/3 innings in the Astros' ALCS-clinching win last week. |
📸 Photo of the day: Capitol Hill hosts a bipawsitan event 📸 |
 | | Sen. Thom Tillis (left) walks his dog Mitch dressed as Sen. Mitch McConnell while his other dog Theo is dressed as Sen. Kyrsten Sinema during the annual Congressional Dog Costume Parade on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2021. | | JIM WATSON, AFP via Getty Images | |
| The annual Halloween dog parade on Capitol Hill showcased a host of pups in all their fancy dress glory Thursday. Host Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) who first organized the event in 2017, dressed his two pooches as Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), respectively. Other costumes, including the Cowardly Lion and Paris Hilton, also were on show. |
| Click here to see more photos from the 2021 Congressional Dog Costume Parade. |
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| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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