The president joins New York’s two Democratic U.S. senators in calling for the Democratic governor to step down.
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Harvey Weinstein extradition fight ends with transfer to California
The convicted rapist and former movie producer will face additional sexual assault charges, rather than remaining at a state prison near Buffalo, N.Y.
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Spike Lee issues apology after defending Woody Allen
Spike Lee has apologized for words he said were “wrong” after voicing support for Woody Allen and criticizing cancel culture.
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‘Sopranos’ actress says Weinstein raped her in the mid-1990s
Annabella Sciorra testifies against the former Hollywood studio boss at his New York City rape trial.
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Disney characters say tourists inappropriately touched them
Disney World employees who portray Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck file reports with police.
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‘Game Change’ author facing criticism over book deal after harassment allegations
A reported book deal for Mark Halperin, who has faced multiple allegations of sexual harassment, is being greeted with widespread outrage.
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Britain’s Prince Andrew faces new scrutiny over ties to Jeffrey Epstein
A 2001 photo of the Duke of York with his arm around the bare waist of a 17-year-old girl has never been explained by the royal family.
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Survey says nearly half of Maine workers have been sexually harassed
Women were three times as likely as men to say they’ve been harassed, and nearly twice as likely to say reporting it would put their careers at risk.
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Google employees walkout over allegations of sexual harassment
At Google offices around the world Thursday, employees are walking off the job and taking to the streets to protest what organizers are calling “a culture of complicity, dismissiveness and support for perpetrators” tied to sexual harassment and abuse. The walkout comes a week after the New York Times revealed that Google had suppressed allegations […]
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NYT reporter talks about investigating sexual misconduct claims
WATERVILLE — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Catrin Einhorn has had to ask some difficult questions over the course of her career, whether it was her work exposing a culture of sexual harassment at Ford Motor Co., documenting the life of Syrian refugees in Canada or covering the deployment of U.S. troops to Afghanistan. On Monday, she […]