Top Stories this AM: The truth about Gabby Petito's relationship, according to friends; Vax boosters approved for "high-risk" workers; McConnell's Russian roulette moment

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What's going on today:

• High risk jobs eligible for extra jab. Workers with a higher risk of getting COVID-19, like healthcare workers and teachers, are eligible for a Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot. Workers with a higher risk, such as healthcare workers, teachers, and grocery store employees, are eligible for the booster, the FDA said Wednesday.
• Friends say Petito-Laundrie relationship was not what it seemed. People who knew the couple say their relationship had "very high highs and very low lows." One close friend of Petito's said Laundrie was charismatic but manipulative, and was often jealous.
• A Laundrie family vacation? Neighbor says they saw Brian Laundrie and his parents leave their Florida home with an 'attached camper' after he returned from his trip with Gabby Petito. One neighbor told WINK-TV they saw Laundrie leave his Florida home on September 11, the same day Gabby Petito was reported missing.
• QAnon weighs in. QAnon conspiracy theorists say Gabby Petito was an 'actress' and a 'false flag' the mainstream media is using to distract Americans from "Biden's failures." Insider saw multiple posts spring up on QAnon-focused Telegram channels claiming that the Petito case was either a ruse to distract from current events or a sign from Q.
• Mitch McConnell's Russian roulette. Mitch McConnell tells Democrats not to 'play Russian roulette with the economy' as the GOP plays Russian roulette with the economy. McConnell started a logjam in Congress. Now he's lecturing Democrats about fixing it, as the US barrels towards a potential default within weeks.
• That's all for now. See you tomorrow.