Newsom to revise California s indoor church guidelines after ruling
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SAN RAFAEL, CA - OCT. 17: Worshippers stand socially distanced with masks on during an indoor mass held by San Francisco s Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone at the Church of Saint Raphael in San Rafael, Calif. Saturday, October 17, 2020. (Jessic
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SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Gavin Newsom s office said Saturday it will issue revised guidelines for indoor church services after the Supreme Court lifted the state s ban on indoor worship during the coronavirus pandemic, but left in place restrictions on singing and chanting.
In the most significant legal victory against California’s COVID-19 health orders, the high court issued rulings late Friday in two cases where churches argued the restrictions violated their religious liberty. The justices said for now California can t continue with a ban on indoor church services, but it can limit attendance to 25% of a building s capa
As U.S. Vaccine Drive Lags, Fast-Moving Coronavirus Variant Is Making Inroads
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New York, moving toward a targeted reopening, will allow some fans to attend a football game. Britain approves the vaccine from AstraZeneca and Oxford.
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People waiting in line to be vaccinated at a library in Bonita Springs, Fla., on Tuesday.Credit.Octavio Jones for The New York Times
A slower-than-expected vaccine rollout in the United States may be about to meet a fast-moving new variant of the coronavirus.
Officials in two states, Colorado and California, say they have discovered cases of the more contagious variant, which was first identified in Britain.