Nowhere feels safe from attack

A relative of mine was stuck in traffic for eight hours trying to reach an area just over 10 miles outside Tehran to see her 97-year-old mother, who is ill. Another friend lives near Sepah Square in central Tehran. Her house was shaking yesterday, so she left for her daughter’s home in the neighborhood of…

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Supreme Court blocks California restrictions on schools notifying parents about students’ transgender status

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday barred California from enforcing state rules that restrict when schools can notify parents about students who come out as transgender and requires teachers to use a child’s preferred pronoun. The court, on a 6-3 vote on ideological lines, allowed a federal judge’s ruling in favor of parents who…

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