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FILE - Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives at Manhattan federal court in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. McGonigal pleaded guilty Friday, Sept. 22, to concealment of material facts, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 16. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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FILE - This photo provided by Pfizer in August 2023 shows their RSV vaccine Abrysvo. On Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, U.S. health officials are recommending RSV vaccinations for moms-to-be as a second option to protect newborns. (Pfizer via AP, File)

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FILE - Wildfire wreckage is shown on Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. When the town of Lahaina, which was leveled by wildfire in August, is rebuilt, local residents who survived the conflagration might not be able to afford to live there, leading economists warned on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Scott Bierman, a water taxi driver in Annapolis, Md., said the water taxi service in Maryland's capital city was shutting down at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, 2022 due to an intensifying weather system off the mid-Atlantic coast, and the decision has already been made for water taxi service to be closed on Saturday. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Department of Education, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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