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The Supreme Court has blocked President Joe Biden’s sweeping vaccine or test mandate for businesses with 100 or more employers. The mandate would have gone into full effect in February. The court has allowed a new federal rule requiring U-S health care workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
A 26-year-old woman faces a hate crime charge after vandalizing Denver’s Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. The woman turned herself in to law enforcement this week, three months after spray painting anti-Christian messages and symbols on the cathedral and nearby statues. She also faces some 10,000 dollars in vandalism damage.
A bishop in India, charged with the repeated rape of a nun over the course of two years, was acquitted in court today. The judge in the case found the prosecution failed to prove all of the charges. Lawyers for the nun say they will appeal to the high court.
Today is the feast of the first Patriarch of Serbia, Saint Sava.