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New York City is mulling a possible COVID-19 vaccination mandate for its first responders.

In an announcement on Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) didn’t rule out mandatory vaccinations for the New York Police Department, New York City Fire Department and other city workers. In response, the president of the city’s largest police union said the vaccine should be a medical decision that

ROME — The Vatican’s doctrinal office stated Monday that the Church has no power to bless homosexual unions, noting that God Himself “does not and cannot bless sin.”

In its formal reply to the “dubium” (question) “Does the Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex?”, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) responded: “Negative.”

New applications for unemployment benefits edged higher last week but stayed very low, reflecting an unusually tight labor market as the economy continued to recover.

Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, inched up by 18,000 to 206,000 for the week ended Dec. 11 from a revised 188,000—the lowest level in 52 years—the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday. New jobless

As the most populous and most affluent of European nations, Germany insidiously dominates Europe