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Virginia grader suspended because he waited

The family of an 11-year-old boy said he was suspended from his Virginia Beach, Virginia, school because administrators thought he waited too long to report that another student brought a bullet to class. An attorney for the family accused St. John the Apostle Catholic School of punishing the sixth grader when he was only trying to do the right thing. “They’re like, ‘Thank you so much for reporting, now you’re suspended.’ And it’s like, ‘I did the right thing and now I’m in trouble,’” attorney Tim Anderson said in a phone call Friday. “They’re ruining this kid’s academic career by putting a suspension on his middle school record.” o the 11-year-old right before the test started. The boy was “shocked” but didn’t tell the school principal until about two hours later, Anderson said. “They took the standardized test. It took about an hour and a half. He then went to another class with the student, and as soon as that was over he went to the principal’s office and told the principal th...
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Women in Iran are going without hijabs

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On the streets of Iranian cities, it's becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the mass protests it sparked approaches. There's no government official or study acknowledging the phenomenon, which began as Iran entered its hot summer months and power cuts in its overburdened electrical system became common. But across social media, videos of people filming neighborhood streets or just talking about a normal day in their life, women and girls can be seen walking past with their long hair out over their shoulders, particularly after sunset. This defiance comes despite what United Nations investigators describe as “expanded repressive measures and policies” by Iran's theocracy to punish them — though there's been no recent catalyzing event like Amini's death to galvanize demonstrators. The country's new reformist President M...
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Rafah a ghost town as Israeli military claims

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — It was once home to an estimated 1.4 million people, over half of the population of Gaza, many of them displaced from the north of the enclave after Israel launched its military offensive following Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attacks. Today, Rafah is uninhabitable, its buildings crumbled and blackened. Mounds of concrete and bent metal are all that remain. The destruction is absolute. When NBC News was invited into Gaza's southernmost city by the Israel Defense Forces on Friday, there were no civilians to be seen, just a few cats. Sporadic gunfire and the odd drone overhead punctuated the eerie silence. eneath the earth's surface lie several feet apart. Calling the destruction a “tragedy,” IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Hamas created a “very, very sophisticated” tunnel system underneath the city and the military has tried to demolish it “with minimum damage to the city.” He added that some of the buildings had been booby-trapped with explosi...
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Toy tycoon who sold mansion

Mr Kryss, the Brazilian co-founder of a toy and electronics company Tectoy, initially listed the house, which sports a wine cellar, library and theatre, for $85 million. He is now suing Douglas Elliman, an American brokerage which handled both sides of the sale, for allegedly concealing the Amazon founder’s identity. An offer then came in shortly after Mr Bezos paid $68 million for the neighbouring property, so Mr Kryss suspected that the billionaire was behind the bid, The Wall Street Journal reported. But a Douglas Elliman employee allegedly reassured Mr Kryss over the phone that Mr Bezos was not behind the bid and that his client would not pay over $79 million for the property.
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strikes Gaza as an American

Israeli airstrikes hit central and southern Gaza overnight into Saturday, killing at least 14 people as friends and family members of a Turkish-American activist killed by an Israeli soldier prepared to honor her in a funeral. The airstrikes in Gaza City hit one home housing 11 people, including three women and four children, and another strike hit a tent in Khan Younis with Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Civil Defense said Saturday. They followed airstrikes earlier this week that hit a tent camp on Tuesday and a United Nations school sheltering displaced on Wednesday. A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio drew down and the World Health Organization said about 559,000 under the age of 10 have recovered from their first dose, seven out of every eight children the campaign aimed to vaccinate. The second doses are expected to begin later this month as part of an effort in which the WHO said parties had already agreed to. "As we prepare ...
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