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Sexual harassment Opera’s Domingo denies abusing power, seeks to clear name
Plácido Domingo denied ever abusing power during his management tenure at two U.S. opera houses in an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, but deflected questions about sexual harassmentBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press WriterAugust 23, 2020, 4:59 PM3 min readNAPLES, Italy — Opera legend Plácido Domingo denied ever abusing his power during his management…
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Workplace discrimination Has the nation made progress since George Floyd’s death? Activists say more must be done
CLOSE People share their feelings as they pay their respects to the life of George Floyd outside his family’s memorial service in Minneapolis. USA TODAYChivona Newsome remembers the lonely Black Lives Matter protests for Eric Garner in 2015 attended by only a dozen or so people. She spent five years pleading for lawmakers in New York…
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Violence at work Police officer charged with murder under new Washington law
SEATTLE — A suburban Seattle police officer with a long history of using force, including three fatal shootings, was charged with murder and assault Thursday for one of those killings, the first case brought against an officer since Washington voters made it easier to prosecute police for using deadly force. Auburn Police Officer Jeff Nelson,…
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Violence at work El Salvador hires, then fires, lobbyist booming under Trump
El Salvador’s government signed a $450,000 contract to hire a well-connected Washington lobbyist — only to immediately back away from the dealBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WriterAugust 21, 2020, 5:41 PM5 min readMIAMI — El Salvador’s government signed a $450,000 contract to hire a well-connected Washington lobbyist — only to immediately back away from the…
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Violence at work Mali’s junta spokesman promises transition to civilian rule
Thousands of people marched in the streets of Mali’s capital to celebrate the ouster of the former president, who was overthrown by a military coup earlier this weekBy BABA AHMED Associated PressAugust 21, 2020, 9:37 PM5 min readBAMAKO, Mali — Thousands marched Friday in the streets of Mali’s capital to celebrate the overthrow of President…
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Violence at work Seattle mayor to veto City Council’s cuts to police, budget
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says she will veto City Council-approved proposals that included reducing the police department by as many as 100 officers through layoffs and attritionBy LISA BAUMANN Associated PressAugust 21, 2020, 11:18 PM4 min readSEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Friday she will veto City Council-approved proposals that would include reducing the…
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Workplace discrimination Segregated parks linked to higher COVID-19 deaths for Black and Latino Americans
CLOSE Communities of color are dying at higher rates from the novel coronavirus than white Americans. Here’s how structural inequities play a role. USA TODAYRaquetta Dotley looks out of her South Chattanooga apartment and sighs as she thinks about her small neighborhood park shoehorned in next to a cellulose plant and a biofuels factory that processes used grease and lard…
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Sexual harassment Authorities search for latest missing soldier from Fort Hood
Authorities are searching in Central Texas for another solider who has gone missing from Fort HoodBy ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated PressAugust 21, 2020, 11:07 PM5 min readAUSTIN, Texas — Authorities searched Friday in Central Texas for another soldier who has gone missing from Fort Hood, with the man’s family members and the U.S. Army…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Hong Kong’s dark-skinned minorities say they’ve never felt accepted
Hong Kong (CNN)Zaran Vachha was born and raised in Hong Kong. Yet the 34-year-old, of Indian, Iranian, Malay and Sri Lankan descent, says the Chinese city has never treated him like one of its own. …
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Sexual harassment Weinstein seeks to pursue arbitration over firing
Disgraced Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein is asking a bankruptcy judge in Delaware to allow him to pursue arbitration in New York over what he claims is his wrongful termination from the company he co-foundedBy RANDALL CHASE AP Business WriterAugust 21, 2020, 8:07 PM4 min readDOVER, Del. — Disgraced Hollywood film mogul and convicted rapist…