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True or false? The new COVID-19 vaccines, which federal regulators signed off on in recent days, won’t be available until mid-October.​​

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They were expected to be available within days of the CDC’s Sept. 12 sign-off.

We reported that the inflation gauge used by Social Security to calculate annual cost of living adjustments went up by this much in August.

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That gauge will be combined with rates from July and September to calculate next year’s COLA, which experts say is likely to be about 3%.

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The new iPhone line will ditch Apple’s proprietary Lightning connector, we reported. What type of connector is replacing it?

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About 50 percent of all smartphones already use USB-C, according to global research firm Omdia.

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Speaking of iPhones, what is the latest iteration of the wildly popular item, which was announced Sept. 12?

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Apple announced four new models in the iPhone 15 line.

The Food and Drug Administration recently issued letters warning CVS, Walgreens and other retailers not to sell unapproved versions of this/these:

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The FDA says the eye drops were illegally marketed to treat cataracts, glaucoma, pink eye and other conditions.

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We recently featured a video full of facts about actress-writer-producer Tina Fey. Which of these is not true (and thus not in the video)?​​

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She actually nicknamed the car Karen.

We recently published a list of six common drugs that may cause depression. Which of these was on it?

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Other drugs cited included hormone replacement therapies and Parkinson’s disease medications.

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“It was a roller-coaster ride, right? A lot of places it got emotional — going back over different things — but it freed my soul,” this musician told us about his newly published

memoir.

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Neville’s book is titled “Tell It Like It Is: My Story.”

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Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and

CNN.

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