
Businesses face conflicting state and local rules on vaccine mandates after SCOTUS ruling
CBSN
For companies that were waiting to hear from the U.S. Supreme Court before deciding whether to require vaccinations or regular coronavirus testing for workers, the next move is up to them.
Many large corporations were silent on Thursday's ruling by the high court to block a Biden administration requirement that workers at businesses with at least 100 employees be fully vaccinated or else test regularly for COVID-19 and wear a mask on the job. An estimated 80 million private-sector workers would have fallen under the mandate.
Target's response was typical: The big retailer said it wanted to review the decision and "how it will impact our team and business."

A week before an expected committee vote on the controversial nomination of Trump ally Emil Bove for a federal judgeship, CBS News has obtained emails and text messages shared with Congress by a whistleblower who accuses Bove of unethical actions while he was a top Justice Department official this year.

French university courts American researchers seeking "scientific asylum" amid Trump's academic cuts
A university in France says nearly 300 American researchers have applied for a space in its "Safe Place for Science" program that was created to lure U.S. researchers seeking "scientific asylum" amid aggressive academic spending cuts and other actions against colleges by the Trump administration.