(AP) — The West Virginia Board of Education on Tuesday reinstated a school vaccination mandate after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court’s ruling that allowed parents to cite religious beliefs to opt out of shots required for their children to attend classes.

Trump redesignated Nigeria as an unsafe zone for religious freedom

At an event held to bring attention to religious persecution in the world earlier this fall, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto in Nigeria, said: “Designating my country, Nigeria, a Country of Concern will only make our work ... harder.”

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