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Supreme Court refuses DOJ request to partially reinstate new Title IX rule

The Supreme Court 5-4 decision It rejected an emergency request by the Biden administration to partially reinstate new Title IX rules. Republican state attorneys general have persuaded judges to block a sweeping overhaul of Title IX, which bans sex discrimination in schools, to cover sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time. The Biden […]

North Korea to partially reopen its borders to torusim

North Korea is set to partially resume international tourism this year for the first time in about five years, travel agents said. Koryo Tours, a Beijing-based travel agency specializing in tourism to North Korea, said on Thursday that tourism to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will resume in December of this year. The tours […]

French Train Networks Partially Restored After Pre-Olympics Sabotage

PARIS (AP) — French national rail company SNCF said Saturday that sabotage had disrupted three major lines ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony scheduled for Friday night along the Seine, but work was underway to partially restore high-speed train services. SNCF said crews worked through the night in bad weather to improve TGV services from […]

DOJ asks Supreme Court to partially restore Biden Title IX rule in Republican-led states

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take emergency action to reinstate parts of President Biden’s Title IX rules in a handful of Republican-led states where new regulations are being blocked, arguing that a lower court’s injunction halting full implementation of the rules is unnecessarily “burdensome.” In April, the Department […]

Two NYC tunnels to partially close for tests on 20-ton flood doors

Two tunnels connecting Manhattan with Brooklyn and Queens in New York City will be partially closed throughout the summer while the MTA tests 20-ton flood gates that will protect major passageways from hurricanes and severe winds. Testing of the 20-ton watertight doors in the Hugh L. Cary and Queens-Midtown Tunnels is scheduled to continue through […]