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New Mexico Legislature seeks anti-harassment training
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New Mexico Legislature seeks anti-harassment training

November 22, 2017

The Associated Press file<br><br>New Mexico Legislature has begun a review of workplace sexual harassment guidelines and preventative training for the first time since 2004.du1-i-syn The Legislature’s “no harassment policy” outlines…

Airline defendants to pay $95 million in Sept. 11 settlement
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Airline defendants to pay $95 million in Sept. 11 settlement

November 22, 2017

The settlement was described in papers filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. Developers of the new World Trade Center buildings had once demanded $3.5 billion from aviation-related companies after hijacked…

Disney Animation, Pixar chief John Lasseter taking leave
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Disney Animation, Pixar chief John Lasseter taking leave

November 22, 2017

Pixar co-founder and Walt Disney Animation chief John Lasseter arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles. Lasseter is taking a six-month leave of absence citing “missteps” with employees.Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, file…

Thanksgiving tribe reclaims language lost to colonization
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Thanksgiving tribe reclaims language lost to colonization

November 21, 2017

“Weesowee mahkusunash,” says teacher Siobhan Brown, using the Wampanoag phrase for “yellow shoes” as she reads to a preschool class from Sandra Boynton’s popular children’s book Blue Hat, Green Hat.…

FCC chairman sets out to scrap open internet access rules
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FCC chairman sets out to scrap open internet access rules

November 21, 2017

Federal Communication Commission Commissioner Ajit Pai speaks during an open hearing and vote on “Net Neutrality” in Washington. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is following through on his pledge…

Conyers confirms harassment settlement; ethics probe opens
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Conyers confirms harassment settlement; ethics probe opens

November 21, 2017

Alex Brandon/Associated Press file<br><br>U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Buzzfeed, a news website, is reporting that Conyers…

New Mexico candidate denies past harassment allegations
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New Mexico candidate denies past harassment allegations

November 21, 2017

State Democratic Sen. Michael Padilla stands at the New Mexico state capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham says Padilla should leave his race…

Warming to make thunderstorms larger and more frequent
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Warming to make thunderstorms larger and more frequent

November 21, 2017

M. Spencer Green/Associated Press file<br><br>Downtown businesses are reflected in floodwaters from the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn. in this photo taken May 5, 2010. A study released Monday, Nov. 20,…