Posts Tagged Religious Freedom
Churches and COVID-19
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on May 5, 2020
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Virginia may be on the verge of opening up again soon. But for now, churches across the Commonwealth are closed. And, that’s led to a legal challenge. Michael Pope reports.
Virginia Lawmakers Take Sides on Recent Religious Freedom Ruling
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on June 25, 2019
A recent Supreme Court decision upended how courts view religious freedom, making it possible for corporations to deny certain health services to female employees based on a religious exemption. Now, two Virginia Congressman are now heavily involved in the debate. Michael Pope reports.
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From NPR News- Violence Continues In Myanmar As Police Enforce Curfew And Occupy Hospitals March 7, 2021Witnesses report Myanmar security forces have fired into crowds, and even windows. Observers say at least 54 people have been killed and 1,800 detained since the Feb. 1 coup.
- Remembering Allan McDonald: He Refused To Approve Challenger Launch, Exposed Cover-Up March 7, 2021Allan McDonald, who directed the booster rocket project at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol, urged delaying the launch of the space shuttle before it exploded in 1986. He has died at age 83.
- How Is The COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Going In Your State? March 7, 2021The U.S. is engaged in a massive effort to vaccinate the bulk of its population against COVID-19. But some states are working faster than others. See how yours is faring.
- Coronavirus World Map: We've Now Passed The 100 Million Mark For Infections March 7, 2021A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 2 million globally.
- How Severe Is Your State's Coronavirus Outbreak? March 7, 2021View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
- Violence Continues In Myanmar As Police Enforce Curfew And Occupy Hospitals March 7, 2021
- From BBC News
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe must be released 'permanently', says PM March 7, 2021The British-Iranian's five-year sentence on spying charges has ended, but she faces a separate court case.
- NHS 1% pay rise is 'as much as we can give' - Boris Johnson March 7, 2021Boris Johnson defends his pay rise proposals after a warning nurses may quit for feeling undervalued.
- Huge explosions rock Equatorial Guinea's main city March 7, 2021At least 17 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in the city of Bata.
- Meghan and Harry's TV interview with Oprah Winfrey to air in US March 7, 2021Oprah Winfrey's interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be broadcast at 01:00 GMT on Monday.
- Sarah Everard: Police confirm last sighting of missing woman March 7, 2021Sarah Everard has been missing from south London since Wednesday evening.
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe must be released 'permanently', says PM March 7, 2021
