Cardinals attend a Mass for the formal inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. / The Associated Press

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Nation

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions.

Novavax makes the nation’s only traditional protein-based coronavirus vaccine and while it has long been authorized for use, it had expected full approval last month. Late Friday, the FDA licensed the vaccine but for use only in adults 65 and older — or those 12 to 64 who have at least one health problem that puts them at increased risk from the virus.

LOUISIANA

10 escape jail through hole in cell wall

NEW ORLEANS — Authorities say 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet. Seven of them are still on the lam.

One was caught soon after the Friday morning escape. Two others were caught later. Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson says there are indications that the men received help in their escape from people in the department.

World

SPAIN

Homelessness crisis unfolds at airport

MADRID — Madrid’s international airport has for months been the site of homeless encampments amid a growing housing crisis in Spain, where rental costs have risen especially fast in the country’s capital and also in Barcelona.

Spain’s airport authority this week said that it would start limiting who could enter the airport during periods of low-travel to prevent the homelessness problem from getting worse.

ROMANIA

Pro-EU centrist wins presidential race

BUCHAREST — Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist.

A huge turnout Sunday played a key role in the tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice between East or West. The race pitted front-runner George Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians.