NEW YORK (AP) A group of teachers asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday for an emergency injunction blocking implementation of New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public schools staff. The city has given its roughly 148,000 school employees until 5 p.m. Friday to get at least their first vaccine shot, or face suspension without pay when schools open on … [Read more...] about Teachers Turn to U.S. Supreme Court Over NYC Vaccine Mandate
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California Man Gets Life Sentence for Fatal Synagogue Attack
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) A 22-year-old white supremacist was denied a chance to address a courtroom before a judge sentenced him Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for bursting into a Southern California synagogue on the last day of Passover in 2019 with a semiautomatic rifle, killing one worshipper and wounding three … [Read more...] about California Man Gets Life Sentence for Fatal Synagogue Attack
California AG Bans State-Funded Travel to Ohio Because It Protects Medical Providers’ Religious Freedom
(CBN News) California has added another state to its ever-growing list of places that it has banned from state-funded travel. It's mainly because of laws it says discriminate against the LGBTQ community. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the ban against the state of Ohio will go into effect on Sept. 30. Bonta's office claims that Ohio's House … [Read more...] about California AG Bans State-Funded Travel to Ohio Because It Protects Medical Providers’ Religious Freedom
University of Colorado Faces COVID Religious Exemption Suit
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) A pediatrician and a medical student at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus are challenging denials of their requests for religious exemptions from the school's COVID vaccination mandate, arguing in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that administrators are judging the “veracity” of personal religious … [Read more...] about University of Colorado Faces COVID Religious Exemption Suit
N.C. Hospital System Fires About 175 Workers in One of the Largest-Ever Mass Terminations Due to a Vaccine Mandate
(The Washington Post) A North Carolina-based hospital system announced Monday that roughly 175 unvaccinated employees were fired for failing to comply with the organization’s mandatory coronavirus vaccination policy, the latest in a series of health-care dismissals over coronavirus immunization. Novant Health said last week that 375 unvaccinated workers — across 15 hospitals … [Read more...] about N.C. Hospital System Fires About 175 Workers in One of the Largest-Ever Mass Terminations Due to a Vaccine Mandate