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Whether employers can mandate COVID vaccines, and Supreme Court tosses Texas case challenging election results
As the coronavirus vaccine rollout begins, Americans are starting to think about life on the other side of the pandemic and what it will take to get there. Can employers force their workers to get vaccinated?
By Madeleine Brand • • 9m ListenAs the coronavirus vaccine rollout begins, Americans are starting to think about life on the other side of the pandemic and what it will take to get there. Can employers force their workers to get vaccinated? Will people be stopped from boarding planes or going into stores if they don’t have proof of vaccination?
Also on Friday, the Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit from Texas that tried to overturn the November presidential election results in four states Joe Biden won: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
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2 of 5Andrew Bird’s new Christmas album ‘Hark!’- 0:00How UPS and FedEx are handling the glut of holiday packages and COVID vaccines to deliver
- 8:35Whether employers can mandate COVID vaccines, and Supreme Court tosses Texas case challenging election resultsYou’re reading this
- 18:04Strip clubs in San Diego may stay open while bars and restaurants are closed during COVID, judge decides
- 25:55Americans are unwelcome in most countries. But they’re traveling to Mexico and spreading COVID there
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