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Sexual harassment Trump asking justices to bar demands for taxes, bank records
President Donald Trump is hoping to persuade a Supreme Court with two of his appointees to keep his tax and other financial records from being turned over to lawmakers and a district attorneyBy MARK SHERMAN Associated PressMay 10, 2020, 2:31 PM5 min readWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is hoping to persuade a Supreme Court with…
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Violence at work Judge clears Baltimore’s planned aerial surveillance test
A federal judge has cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently surveil the city for six months using cameras attached to airplanesBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated PressApril 24, 2020, 7:37 PM4 min read A federal judge on Friday cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently…
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Sexual harassment Editorial Roundup: US
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ——— May 6 The Dallas Morning News on murder hornets: Like the rest of America, we’ve been following the coverage of the so-called murder hornets showing up in northern Washington state and just across the border in Canada. We still don’t know how deeply these…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Federal appeals court upholds California’s ban on in-person church services
(CNN)A federal appeals court rejected a California church’s lawsuit hoping to overturn the state’s ban on in-person church services. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday on a lawsuit bro…
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Violence at work Judge clears Baltimore’s planned aerial surveillance test
A federal judge has cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently surveil the city for six months using cameras attached to airplanesBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated PressApril 24, 2020, 7:14 PM4 min read A federal judge on Friday cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Trump is back at Camp David as America — and the West Wing — tries to contain the virus
(CNN)Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump and a coterie of aides spent the weekend at Camp David, nestled in the rural woods of Maryland. In between meetings and phone calls, Trump entertained his s…
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Sexual harassment Nézet-Séguin pay fraction of Levine’s in 1st Met season
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s earned $392,152 during his first portion of his first season as the Metropolitan Opera’s music director, about a quarter of what James Levine earned in his last full season as music director emeritusBy RONALD BLUM Associated PressMay 15, 2020, 11:40 PM4 min readNEW YORK — Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s earned $392,152 during his first portion…
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Violence at work May Day marks pain, not celebration for workers hit by virus
JAKARTA, Indonesia — May Day usually brings both protest rallies and celebrations rallies marking international Labor Day. This year, many in Asia are shut up at home, riding out the coronavirus pandemic. Among the ten of millions of people left idle or thrown out of work by the crisis, garment workers have been among the…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Trump uses coronavirus call to rally Hispanic support for his reelection
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Wednesday concluded a White House conference call with Hispanic leaders ostensibly focused on the coronavirus pandemic by underscoring how important it is for them to support him on Election Day, sources on the call t…
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Workplace discrimination ‘Providing care today; face dismissal tomorrow’: LGBTQ workers on the front lines as Supreme Court weighs job protections
CLOSE The Supreme Court enters the last phase of its term in which it hears the oral arguments of the last major cases and will start issuing decisions. USA TODAYFor the past two months, physician assistant Mia McDonald and Dr. Ly Pham – one in North Carolina, the other in Louisiana – have been steady warriors…