“Only after I hired a lawyer and had her contact Google did management conduct an investigation and walked back my demotion, at least on paper,” Ms. Stapleton wrote in the letter. “While my work has been restored, the environment remains hostile and I consider quitting nearly every day.” “We prohibit retaliation in the workplace, and […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGail Jardine: “I can walk, I can turn… it’s really helped me” A treatment that has restored the movement of patients with chronic Parkinson’s disease has been developed by Canadian researchers. Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sophie Gradon was crowned Miss Newcastle and Miss Great Britain in 2009 A former beauty queen and Love Island star took cocaine and alcohol and then killed herself, an inquest has found. Star of the ITV2 dating show Sophie Gradon hanged herself at her family home in Medburn, Ponteland
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Image copyright Getty/Mark Wilson Image caption Herman Cain made a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 Former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain withdrew his name for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, US President Donald Trump has tweeted. The president said he would respect the former pizza chain executive’s wishes and not
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Once or twice we had dinner at La Tour d’Argent, the ancient and intermittently excellent restaurant, famous for its numbered pressed duck, but more cherished for its tables that faced the cathedral, lit up as only Paris can light up its monuments, sparking a feeling both personal and spectacular. Notre-Dame was always the backdrop for
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The Latest on Tesla’s plans for fully-autonomous vehicles (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Tesla CEO Elon Musk says laser imaging sensors used by nearly all other autonomous vehicle developers are not needed. The sensors called Lidar send out light beams that detect objects in the dark and other poor conditions. Many experts consider them essential,
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Nearly three dozen men and women have filed a federal class-action lawsuit accusing Florida authorities of unlawfully videotaping them as they received legal massages at a parlor where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others allegedly paid for sex. The lawsuit by 31 John and Jane Does alleges that Palm Beach County State Attorney
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On Monday, he said the Trump lawsuit was not a surprise given Mr. Trump’s “long history of trying to use baseless lawsuits to attack his adversaries,” but he argued that neither he nor his businesses had a “valid legal basis to interfere with this duly authorized subpoena from Congress.” “This complaint reads more like political
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Major U.S. stock indexes drifted sideways in afternoon trading Monday, as a rally in energy companies was mostly held in check by broader declines elsewhere in the market. Energy sector stocks climbed along with the price of crude oil, which surged after the U.S. government moved to further block Iranian oil exports. The Trump administration
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U.S. health officials are giving 350 million to researchers in four states hit hardest by the deadly opioid epidemic. The study announced Thursday aims to cut overdose deaths by 40 over three years in local communities grappling with misuse of the addictive drugs. Researchers will study evidence-based techniques for fighting addiction and overdose, such as
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