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News Wrap: NYC's scaled-back New Year's party to proceed
In our news wrap Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the annual "ball drop" festivities will move forward as planned on New Year's Eve. The FDA will reportedly authorize Pfizer's COVID vaccine boosters for 12 to 15-year-olds. Mourners lined up in South Africa to pay respects to the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he lay in state at St. George's Anglican Cathedral in Cape Town.