Category: WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
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Violence at work Germany’s immigrant community in Hanau reeling after attack
HANAU, Germany — In the German town of Hanau, a longtime immigrant destination with decades of coexistence between people of different origins, residents were left with the fear Thursday that their community was targeted after a gunman shot and killed nine people of foreign background. Residents shook their heads at a level of violence that…
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Violence at work Sudan’s youth protesters await justice amid frail transition
KHARTOUM, Sudan — When Youssef al-Sewahly took to the streets in Sudan late in 2018, he and the other protesters had one goal: to remove the autocratic regime of Omar al-Bashir and replace it with a civilian-led government. They’ve achieved the former, but the latter still hangs in the balance. Now, he and other young…
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Violence at work Trump allies in Americas block Africans’ path to US asylum
TAPACHULA, Mexico — President Donald Trump isn’t the only world leader making it virtually impossible for many Africans to get asylum in the United States. He’s getting plenty of help from allies in the Americas. Ecuador is closing its doors as one of the few countries in North and South America to welcome African visitors,…
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Violence at work Bong’s ‘Parasite’ focuses on plight of South Korea’s poor
South Koreans are taking immense pride in the major Oscars haul for “Parasite,” writer-director Bong Joon Ho’s dark comic thriller that won this year’s Academy Awards for best film and best international featureBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated PressFebruary 10, 2020, 2:09 PM5 min readSEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans are reveling in writer-director Bong Joon Ho’s…
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Violence at work Warren Buffett’s son helps Colombia kick cocaine curse
TIBU, Colombia — With Colombian military snipers in position, Howard Buffett descends from a helicopter and trudges through the wet grass in steel-toe boots chewed through by his dog’s teeth. Waiting under a tin-roofed shack is a small group of coca farmers. They’ve never heard of multi-billionaire investor Warren Buffett, but after decades of neglect…
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Violence at work Warren Buffett’s son helps Colombia kick cocaine curse
TIBU, Colombia — With Colombian military snipers in position, Howard Buffett descends from a helicopter and trudges through the wet grass in steel-toe boots chewed through by his dog’s teeth. Waiting under a tin-roofed shack is a small group of coca farmers. They’ve never heard of multi-billionaire investor Warren Buffett, but after decades of neglect…
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Violence at work High-tech Chicago exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLK
A high-tech museum exhibit puts visitors face-to-face with Martin Luther King Jr. as he delivers one of the most famous speeches in American historyBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated PressFebruary 29, 2020, 12:32 AM4 min readCHICAGO — Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world’s most famous speeches that…
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Violence at work Lawyer: Mississippi can’t ignore feds’ prison investigation
An attorney who has seen conditions inside Mississippi prisons says lawmakers need to improve lockups that are crowded, shabby and violentBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated PressFebruary 13, 2020, 10:06 PM4 min readJACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers need to act in the next couple of months to improve conditions inside state prisons that are crowded, shabby…
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Violence at work Teacher unions: Children terrified by active shooter drills
The nation’s two largest teachers unions are calling on schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drillsBy PAT EATON-ROBB Associated PressFebruary 13, 2020, 2:50 PM4 min readHARTFORD, Conn. — The nation’s two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can harm students’ mental health and that…
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Violence at work Youth parole officer kept job amid child abuse investigation
CONCORD, N.H. — A former employee of a New Hampshire youth detention center continued working with children in a state job for nine months after police began investigating allegations that he held a boy down while colleagues raped him in 1998. James Woodlock went on leave from his position as a juvenile probation and parole…