A federal judge on Thursday upheld voter ID requirements for Wisconsin college students, disposing of a lawsuit that has been lingering for more than two years.
This US grocery chain will still require masks despite some states lifting mask mandates
From CNN s Konstantin Toropin
A Kroger worker assists a customer at the checkout counter in Versailles, Kentucky, in November 2020. Scotty Perry/Bloomberg/Getty Images
The grocery chain Kroger announced it will still require customers to wear masks inside its stores across the country despite the reversal of mask mandates in Texas and Mississippi, a statement said today.
The company, which bills itself as America s largest grocer said that it will continue to require everyone in our stores across the country to wear masks until all our frontline grocery associates can receive the Covid-19 vaccine.
Pope s personal doctor dies from Covid-19 complications
From CNN’s Livia Borghese in Rome
Pope Francis personal doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, has died as a result of “complications due to Covid,” the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano announced on Saturday.
Pope Francis chose Soccorsi as a personal doctor in 2015, the news outlet said. He was 78 years old when he died.
Soccorsi was hospitalized in Rome on December 26 for a previous oncological disease, according to the Italian Bishop’s Conference newspaper Avvenire. It’s unclear exactly when he was last in direct contact with Pope Francis.
In an interview with Italy s Canale 5 channel set to air on Sunday night, Pope Francis said the Vatican will begin Covid-19 vaccinations next week and he is in line to take it.