Federal public health and medical experts said the Biden administration is prepared to begin offering the boosters the week of September 20. Source

The Biden administration is banning the use of chlorpyrifos on food crops after it was linked to neurological damage in children. The ban takes effect in six months. Source

The first of the disgraced R&B singer’s accusers testified against him Wednesday following opening statements in the high-profile trial. Source

A new study found pregnant women infected with COVID-19 are at a significantly higher risk for pre-term births. Source

Very few homes were left standing in Grizzly Flats. Susanville was warily eyeing the Dixie Fire. And PG&R was cutting power to 51,000 homes and businesses. Source

Fred blew into the northeastern U.S. on Wednesday, unleashing heavy rains and threatening to cause mudslides and flash floods in upstate New York after closing highways in the lower Appalachians. Source

McConnell sharply criticized President Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan but offered no solutions for how to resolve the chaos that has ensued as the country fell to the Taliban. Source

President Biden sat down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos for his first interview since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Source

The death toll has risen to nearly 2,000 in the aftermath of Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, and thousands of people were left injured or homeless. CBSN anchor Vladimir Duthiers reports on the impact from Haiti. Then human rights advocate and strategist Jocelyn McCalla joins CBSN to discuss the ongoing recovery efforts. Source

Maria Andrejczyk, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics, raised $125,000 to help a Polish 8-month-old boy fly to the United States for heart surgery. Source