Category: harassment

Tory MP Rempel Garner Says She’s ‘Tired’ of Being Asked to Talk About Harassment Issues

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says she’s “tired” of being asked by media outlets to speak about harassment issues for women in public life and government. “No I don’t want to talk about this,” Rempel Garner wrote in an Aug. 24 Tweet, before adding, “I’m tired of the endless victim porn and no solutions.” Rempel Garner…


Gary Busey Charged With Sex Offenses at Monster-Mania Con

CHERRY HILL, N.J.—Actor Gary Busey has been charged with sexual offenses at a New Jersey fan convention this month. Busey, 78, was charged Friday with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment, Cherry Hill police said Saturday. The charges stem from offenses at…


Ballet Program Became ‘Grab Fest,’ Sex-Harassment Suit Alleges

A University of Cincinnati ballet performance looked like “a grab fest,” a sexual-harassment lawsuit claims, alleging that a male student dancer repeatedly touched ballerinas inappropriately during rehearsals and performances. The federal suit also alleges that the University of Cincinnati’s ballet program “failed to take adequate steps” to ensure that the female dancers were protected. The federal…


Trudeau Calls Chinese Fighter Jets’ Harassment in International Airspace ‘Extremely Troubling’

The repeated harassment of a Canadian military plane by Chinese fighter jets in the North Pacific is “extremely troubling,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. The Department of National Defence (DND) confirmed media reporting earlier this week that its surveillance plane taking part in a mission to monitor U.N. sanctions evasion by North Korea…


Chinese Fighter Jets’ Harassment in International Airspace ‘Extremely Troubling,’ Trudeau Says

The repeated harassment of a Canadian military plane by Chinese fighter jets in the North Pacific is “extremely troubling,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. The Department of National Defence (DND) confirmed media reporting earlier this week that its surveillance plane taking part in a mission to monitor U.N. sanctions evasion by North Korea…


Buffalo Suspect, Lonely, Isolated—and a Sign of Trouble

CONKLIN, N.Y.—In the waning days of Payton Gendron’s COVID-19-altered senior year at Susquehanna Valley High School, he logged on to a virtual learning program in economics class that asked: “What do you plan to do when you retire?” “Murder-suicide,” Gendron typed. Despite his protests that it was all a joke, the bespectacled 17-year-old who had…


How Higher Education Was Brought Low

Riots, censorship, harassment, the squelching of free speech—these and more have been occurring on the campuses of colleges and universities across the country. John M. Ellis discusses how in many, if not all, instances the blame should not be placed on the students, but rather the faculties and administrations of the institutions of higher learning….


Elon Musk, Tesla Attack SEC for ‘Unrelenting’ Harassment

NEW YORK—Tesla Inc. and its Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of harassing them with an “endless” and “unrelenting” investigation to punish Musk for being an outspoken critic of the government. The accusation came in a letter to U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan, who presided…


Virginia School District Sought to Spend $200,000 to Monitor ‘Social Media Threats,’ ‘Hate Speech’

Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has been looking to spend $200,000 to contract software providers that could help monitor “social media threats” and “hate speech” targeting the school district, according to documents unveiled by a parent group. In a now-closed request for proposal, or “RFP,” dated Nov. 30, 2021, the FCPS said it was willing…


Tesla Says California Plans to Sue Over Alleged Discrimination, Harassment

Tesla Inc. said on Wednesday the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) intends to file a lawsuit against the company alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment. The lawsuit appears to be focused on alleged misconduct at its factory in Fremont, California, between 2015 and 2019, Tesla said in a statement. The electric-car maker said…