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With COVID-19 circumstances, hospitalizations and deaths falling across the U.S., extra cities and states have moved to carry pandemic restrictions this week.
On Wednesday, officers in Los Angeles took steps to finish necessities patrons to point out proof of full vaccination at sure companies.
The Los Angeles Metropolis Council ordered town lawyer to plan an ordinance that makes vaccine verification voluntary for indoor companies, like bars and gymnasiums.
CDC DIRECTOR EXPECTS COVID-19 TO BECOME A ‘SEASONAL VIRUS’
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It additionally eliminates proof of trip necessities for big outside occasions.
Proof of vaccination or a damaging check will proceed to be required to attend indoor “mega-events,” or gatherings with 1,000 or extra attendees.
A ultimate vote will likely be taken when the ordinance is launched at a future council assembly, though there was no quick indication of when that might happen.
Izzy Galvan, 20, wears a face masks whereas visiting the Griffith Observatory overlooking downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Jae C. Hong)
Touring up California’s Freeway 1, San Francisco will cease requiring proof of vaccination to enter indoor companies beginning on Friday.
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The San Francisco Division of Public Well being stated will probably be as much as companies to decide on whether or not to require proof of vaccination or a damaging check from their employees and clients.
Like in LA, proof of vaccination will nonetheless be required to enter indoor “mega” occasions, in accordance with state pointers.
“With circumstances and hospitalizations persevering with to fall and our excessive vaccination fee offering a powerful protection towards the virus, San Francisco is able to additional cut back COVID-19 restrictions and permit people to make their very own selections to guard themselves and their family members,” San Francisco Well being Officer Dr. Susan Philip stated.
HAWAII BECOMES LAST STATE TO LIFT MASK MANDATE, IDAHO ENDS COVID-19 DISASTER DECLARATION
The U.S. reported 37,595 new circumstances and 1,976 new deaths previously day, in accordance with information from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Useful resource Heart.
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For the reason that winter omicron surge peaked, officers have introduced the top to vaccine and masks mandates, with some lifting state public well being emergency catastrophe declarations.
On Wednesday, an enormous spending invoice that originally included pandemic aid funding – which is able to rush $13.6 billion in assist to Ukraine – was accepted by the Home of Representatives after Democrats dropped COVID-19 spending.
The Home deliberate to vote subsequent week on a separate measure offering the total $15.6 billion for pandemic applications, with out reducing state assist.
In Mississippi, one other invoice superior Wednesday that permits for anybody within the state citing a “sincerely held non secular objection” to keep away from a public or personal employer’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Mississippi has one of many lowest COVID-19 vaccination charges within the U.S.
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The invoice additionally specifies that COVID-19 vaccinations couldn’t be required for youngsters to attend faculty or day care, and that Mississippi authorities entities couldn’t withhold providers or refuse jobs to individuals who select to not get vaccinated.
Home Invoice 1509 handed the Mississippi Senate 36-15 on Wednesday, with Republicans in favor and most Democrats opposed. One Democrat didn’t vote.
As a result of the Senate made modifications, the invoice will go to ultimate negotiations.
While putting together a top-5 recruiting class through the Early Signing Period for the 2025 cycle, Dan Lanning & Co. has also been hard at work getting an early start on the 2026 class.
Already, Oregon has landed 10 prospects in the 2026 recruiting class, including eight blue-chip recruits. This collection of high school football underclassmen is good for the No. 1 class in the 2026 On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings.
There are currently 15 recruits ranked as five-star prospects in the 2026 cycle, and one of them is committed to Oregon: Reidsville (N.C.) tight end Kendre Harrison. Harrison, the No. 1 tight end in America, pledged to the Ducks on Nov. 30.
“I love Coach (Dan) Lanning. I love the coaching staff. I just love the school,” Harrison said of why he committed to Oregon. “I love everything about Oregon. I know Lanning and Coach Drew (Mehringer) and all those wonderful coaches out there are gonna develop me on and off the field. And I’m gonna have fun on and off the field. That’s really the main things right there.”
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Harrison is joined in the Ducks’ class by a whopping three top-50 prospects. Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei offensive tackle Kodi Greene is the No. 22 overall recruit in the cycle. Texarkana (Texas) Texas High running back Tradarian Ball ranks No. 42 and Scottsdale (Ariz.) Willamette defensive lineman Tony Cumberland is ranked No. 46 nationally.
Four additional blue-chips are committed to Oregon: Frankfort Heights (Ill.) Lincoln-Way East top-100 quarterback Jonas Williams, American Fork (Utah) Lone Peak DL Bott Mulitalo, Mater Dei DL Tomuhini Topui and Ventura (Calif.) linebacker Tristan Phillips.
Salt Lake City (Utah) Bingham DL Viliami Moala is a top-40 prospect at his position and Riverside (Calif.) St. John Bosco EDGE Dutch Horisk has been committed to Oregon since Aug. 17.
Atlanta Hawks (18-18, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (9-25, 14th in the Western Conference)
Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST
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BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta will aim to break its three-game road skid when the Hawks face Utah.
The Jazz have gone 2-12 at home. Utah allows the most points in the Western Conference, giving up 118.4 points and is allowing opponents to shoot 47.8%.
The Hawks are 8-11 on the road. Atlanta is eighth in the league with 12.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Clint Capela averaging 3.3.
The Jazz are shooting 46.1% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points lower than the 47.6% the Hawks allow to opponents. The Hawks average 117.1 points per game, 1.3 fewer than the 118.4 the Jazz allow.
TOP PERFORMERS: John Collins is averaging 17.9 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Jazz.
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Jalen Johnson is averaging 19.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.5 steals for the Hawks.
LAST 10 GAMES: Jazz: 4-6, averaging 114.7 points, 47.6 rebounds, 25.3 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.0 points per game.
Hawks: 4-6, averaging 118.1 points, 43.3 rebounds, 29.3 assists, 11.2 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.4 points.
INJURIES: Jazz: Keyonte George: out (heel), John Collins: out (personal), Jordan Clarkson: day to day (plantar ), Taylor Hendricks: out for season (fibula), Lauri Markkanen: out (back).
Hawks: Kobe Bufkin: out for season (shoulder), Larry Nance Jr.: out (hand), Bogdan Bogdanovic: day to day (leg), Jalen Johnson: out (shoulder), Cody Zeller: day to day (personal).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego will be announced as the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., The Pillar has confirmed.
Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy
After reporting January 4 that multiple U.S. bishops had said that the appointment was imminent, The Pillar has separately confirmed that Pope Francis has selected McElroy to succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory in the capital see.
The announcement is expected Monday, according to sources close to the process.
McElroy’s appointment follows a lengthy and contentious process to find a successor for the Washington archdiocese, which involved a protracted standoff between some American cardinals and the apostolic nunciature.
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The Pillar has previously reported that following a meeting in October in which McElroy joined Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago and Joseph Tobin of Newark to meet with Pope Francis during the synod on synodality in October, Francis was said to have decided against appointing McElroy.
Instead, Francis tasked former Washington archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl to identify a suitable candidate.
Wuerl, sources close to the process have confirmed to The Pillar, suggested Bishop Sean McKnight of Jefferson City, with Cardinal Gregory also signing off on the recommendation. However, in the weeks following the presidential election result, which saw Donald Trump reelected to the White House, Francis agreed to revisit McElroy’s candidacy.
As Bishop of San Diego and as a cardinal, McElroy has been outspoken on various subjects touching the political area, most especially immigration.
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In addition to the political sensitivities of the role, McElroy will also assume leadership of more than half a million Catholics in the DC area and southern Maryland, becoming their third archbishop since 2018.
McElroy turns 71 in February and succeeds Cardinal Gregory, 77, who was appointed to succeed Cardinal Donald Wuerl in 2019, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis following the scandal surrounding Wuerl’s own predecessor, Theodore McCarrick, the previous year.
Despite promises of transparency by Gregory at the time of his appointment, the archdiocese has so far declined to answer repeated questions about McCarrick’s tenure, especially money raised and spent via his personal “archbishop’s fund” during his time in Washington.
McElroy has himself faced questions about McCarrick in the past, with some expressing concerns about how he responded to a 2016 warning about the now-laicized former cardinal.
In addition to lingering questions about McCarrick, McElroy will also have to reckon with a process of financial restructuring in the Washington archdiocese.
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In December last year, several local priests told The Pillar that chancery officials had painted a bleak picture of archdiocesan finances, announcing sweeping reforms of its parish assessment system to bridge a multi-million dollar deficit.
As Bishop of San Diego, McElroy has at times raised eyebrows on the national stage, calling for the synod on synodality to debate issues like the sacramental ordination of women, despite Pope Francis repeatedly saying such issues were not up for discussion.
The cardinal has previously made calls for “comprehensive inclusion” in Eucharistic reception.
Following the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 2023 instruction Fiducia supplicans on the blessing of persons on same-sex relationships, which Rome agreed to allow the bishops of Africa to not implement in their own dioceses, McElroy hailed the “diverging pastoral paths” taken by the Church in different countries as a model of healthy decentralization, rather than a sign of contradiction within the Church.
Last year, McElroy issued a controversial homeschooling policy in the San Diego diocese, barring local Catholic home schooling groups from using parish facilities.
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Cardinal Robert McElroy presides at a liturgy during the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. Credit: RECongress/YouTube.
Cardinal McElroy was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1980, serving as secretary to Archbishop John Quinn. After several years in parish ministry, Quinn named him vicar general of the archdiocese in 1995.
McElroy was named auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 2010, and made Bishop of San Diego in 2015. Pope Francis created him a cardinal in 2022.
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