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Ex-host Sues Fox News, Ailes & Top Executives
Politico reports that Andrea Tantaros, former co-host of the Fox News Channel news and talk shows The Five and Outnumbered , has filed a lawsuit (PDF) against the network, several of its executives, and former chair and CEO Roger Ailes, who resigned last month.
Besides the company and Ailes, the suit names as defendants
- Dianne Brandi, executive vice-president of legal and business affairs;
- Suzanne Scott, who earlier this month became executive vice-president of programming and development after working as senior vice-president of programming and development since 2009;
- Irena Briganti, the executive vice-president of corporate communicationsl; and
- William Shine, who earlier this month became co-president of the network.
The suit alleges sexual harassment by Ailes, claiming that
[...] his actions were condoned by his most senior lieutenants, who engaged in a concerted effort to silence Tantaros by threats, humiliation, and retaliation.
Ailes has previously denied similar accusations; a representative of the network declined to comment.
Backpacker stabbed to death at Australian hostel
Backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung stabbed to death at Australian hostel
A 21-year-old British woman has died after she was stabbed during an attack at a backpackers' hostel in Australia. The victim has been named as Mia Ayliffe-Chung, from Derbyshire. A 30-year-old British man - named locally as Tom Jackson from Cheshire - was severely injured in the attack in Home Hill, Queensland, and is in a critical condition.
A French suspect, 29, who allegedly said the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar" during the attack, was arrested. Police are treating the incident as a murder case, not a terror attack. They are investigating a number of possible motivations, including drugs misuse, mental health issues and extremism.
Homeless woman proves Social Security owes her $100k
Homeless on D.C. streets for 17 years, woman proves Social Security owes her $100,000
She remained homeless, bedding down on the concrete in a sleeping bag. She kept a tower of three suitcases, containing her Social Security paperwork, next to her.
In 2015 social worker Julie Turner listened. Instead of dismissing Witter as crazy, Turner patiently waded through her documents and verified her story.
"She had all the paperwork there, neatly organized, in order. She was right all along. They did owe her all that money," Turner said.
Utahn presidential candidate to appear on Utahn ballot
The House Republican Conference, in a statement, said McMullin no longer worked there, effective Monday [8 August] morning.
other coverage:
Was the Republican Party hacked?
A Web site called DC Leaks has published what it calls "electronic letters of Republican party employees." Politico has a story about it. The site appears to be linked to "Guccifer 2.0", who obtained Democratic Party e-mails and turned them over to Wikileaks.
S. Australian guilty on tanning charges
ABC News has the story of the first Australian convicted under laws banning commercial solaria (tanning studios). The man, who offered a guilty plea "to two counts of offering and providing cosmetic tanning for a fee to the public," must pay A$4200 in fines, the costs of prosecution, and additional penalties.
Transgender prisoners in Florida
Stories about two different Florida prisoners published within 24 hours of each other, as seen on Google News:
Transgender Prisoner Sues Florida to Get Hormone Treatments
Transgender inmate challenging Florida prison laws found dead in cell
Minecraft on Oculus Rift
Minecraft for Oculus Rift is out today
Megahit Minecraft arrives on Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headset
If you play VRcraft for longer than 4 hours, you could suffer from Minecraft persisting perception disorder and see pixelated blocks FOREVER.
Ford drops Microsoft!
Well, my wife is looking for a not too expensive new vehicle with room in the back for a wheelchair (for our son, due to sometime behaviour problems).
Took a used Ford for a test drive because my wife liked it's size, and MAN, the MS UI in that thing sucked!!!
When we got back, the salesman told me they had dropped it for Blackberry (QNX) for the new models.
Seems there is intelligence on Earth!
Just thought i'd put that out there.
