State

• Audit: ISP not following law in processing ID for legal gun buyers

• Illinois economy recovering slower than rest of country

• Businesses face decisions, questions over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

• Illinois GOP expect Democrats to continue partisan process with Congressional redistricting

Report details community colleges’ impact on economy, earnings

Brian Richard, of the Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies, is pictured at a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol. He is the author of a report showing the economic impact of community colleges. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Nation

Los Angeles moves toward barring the unvaccinated from most businesses

Students line up to be inoculated as vaccination teams begin visiting every Los Angeles Unified middle and high school campuses to deliver first and second doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake

• Texas abortion clinics struggle to survive under restrictive law

• Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupting in 'full swing' - USGS

• Britney Spears 'on cloud nine' after father suspended from conservatorship

Government, Politics, Campaigns  & Elections

'Unmitigated disaster': Republicans attack Biden's defense of Afghan pullout

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley, responds to questions during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on "Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2021. Rod Lamkey/Pool via REUTERS

• U.S. defense secretary says he is concerned for Afghan pilots held in Tajikistan

• Democrat Sinema in spotlight as obstacle to Biden economic agenda

  • U.S. Congress seeks to ward off government shutdown as Biden agenda at risk

  • Senate working to fund gov't until early December, avoid shutdown -Schumer

  • Explainer-Standing at the precipice, Washington courts debt limit catastrophe

  • Factbox-Congress struggles over U.S. debt ceiling as deadline looms

• Panel probing U.S. Capitol riot issues subpoenas to Trump rally organizers

• U.S. House panel approves three bills aimed at tackling high drug prices

• Democrats weigh first nationwide fee on plastic in U.S. budget negotiations

International

Flight carrying Americans from Kabul departs UAE bound for U.S.

Taliban soldiers stand in front of a sign at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 9, 2021. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

• Editor who investigated Navalny poisoning says Russia declares him wanted man

• A French court artist stares into the eyes of an Islamic State militant

• France's Sarkozy likely to avoid jail despite new conviction

• UK police officer given whole life sentence for murder of London woman

'This is chaos': Christmas prices will rise in Britain, truckers say

A shopper looks at produce and empty shelves of the meat aisle in Co-Op supermarket, Harpenden, Britain, September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

• 'We live day to day': Almost half of Argentines in shadow of poverty

• Analysis-Japan 'shadow shogun' Abe assured clout over next PM Kishida

• Our future, our decisions: young activists call for seat at climate table

Science, Medicine, Technology & Environment

England's Isle of Wight was Isle of Fright, with two big dinosaur predators

The meat-eating dinosaurs Ceratosuchops inferodios, in the foreground, and Riparovenator milnerae, in the background are seen in an undated artist's rendition. Fossils of these two Cretaceous Period dinosaurs were discovered on England’s Isle of Wight. Anthony Hutchings/Handout via REUTERS.