Category: SEXUAL HARASSMENT

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is holding its second week of arguments by telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic, hearing cases about President Donald Trump’s tax records, with audio available live to audiences around the world. The court has heard four days of arguments that had been postponed because of the virus outbreak and has…

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday unveiled the department’s final rules for how schools are to conduct investigations into sexual harassment and assault allegations. The new rule “defines sexual harassment to include sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking, as unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex,” according to a news release from the…

Attorneys for President Donald Trump this week will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to grant him sweeping immunity from investigation by Congress and local prosecutors into his conduct as a private citizen, as long as he’s still in office. During oral arguments in three cases Tuesday, the justices will explore Trump’s claim that he cannot…

Questions remain about any records related to a claim of sexual assault against former Vice President Joe Biden by Tara Reade, a staffer who briefly worked in his Senate office in the 1990s, after the secretary of the Senate indicated they have “no discretion to disclose any such information as requested” by Biden to locate…

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…

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…

The streaming service HBO Max will launch May 27, AT&T’s WarnerMedia announced Tuesday, signalling that the so-called streaming wars won’t subside because of the coronavirus pandemicBy JAKE COYLE AP Film WriterApril 21, 2020, 10:17 PM3 min readNEW YORK — The streaming service HBO Max will launch May 27, AT&T’s WarnerMedia announced Tuesday, signalling that the…

PAKPATTAN, Pakistan — Muhimman proudly writes his name slowly, carefully, one letter at a time, grinning broadly as he finishes. He’s just 11 years old and was a good student who had dreams of being a doctor. School frightens him now. Earlier this year, a cleric at the religious school he faithfully attended in the…

PAKPATTAN, Pakistan — Muhimman proudly writes his name slowly, carefully, one letter at a time, grinning broadly as he finishes. He’s just 11 years old and was a good student who had dreams of being a doctor. School frightens him now. Earlier this year, a cleric at the religious school he faithfully attended in the…