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Reunited: Honduran immigrant and father leaves sanctuary in St. Louis-area church
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. — After three years in a Maplewood church to avoid immediate deportation, Alex Garcia returned home to his wife and children Wednesday without fear of imminent separation while he petitions for permanent legal status. Garcia, a Honduran immigrant and father of five who has lived in the U.S. for 17 years, left Christ Church United Church of Christ where he has sought refuge from federal officials looking to enforce a deportation order stemming from his first entry into the U.S. in 2000. His departure, Garcia and his advocates said, follows orders from President Joe Biden to Immig...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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'Our residents deserve answers': 16 Texas mayors demand probe into power operator
AUSTIN, Texas — A handful of big city Texas mayors – including Austin's Steve Adler – are urging state leaders to examine the policies and decisions that led to millions of Texans losing electrical power during last week's winter storm. In a letter addressed to the head of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, the mayors say state leaders must take action to prevent this type of disaster in the future and that the state electric grid's processes and protocols "need a full public airing." "Perhaps no one is better equipped to communicate the devastating impacts of the storm on Te...
Austin American-Statesman
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Former aide to Gov. Cuomo pens essay with allegations of sexual harassment
ALBANY, N.Y. — A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo detailed a pattern of sexual harassment in an essay Wednesday, alleging that the governor would “go out of his way” to touch her and once kissed her during a one-on-one meeting. Lindsey Boylan, the former deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to the governor, outlines a toxic work environment in which top female aides “normalized” their boss’s behavior and says she was told by staffers that Cuomo had a “crush” on her. “I’m compelled to tell my story because no woman should feel forced to hide their experiences o...
New York Daily News
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Martha Stewart says #MeToo Movement has been ‘really painful for me’
Martha Stewart has mixed feeling feelings about the #MeToo movement. Although she’s faced her share of misogyny, the doyenne of domesticity said the flourishing social movement against sexual misconduct and abuse has been a complicated issue for her. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Stewart revealed that getting ahead in the business during the time she came up in meant she had to compartmentalize the bad behavior. “You had to keep your cool and just do your thing, and brush them away,” explained the 79-year-old lifestyle guru, who got her start by modeling in her teens and 20s and workin...
New York Daily News
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KU coach Les Miles, while at LSU, settled with intern who claimed harassment: report
A Louisiana newspaper is reporting that Kansas Jayhawks football coach Les Miles reached a previous settlement with a former LSU student who alleged Miles harassed her. The Times-Picayune and New Orleans Advocate, through anonymous sources, reported Wednesday that a student intern in the LSU athletic department had several years ago accused Miles, the LSU football coach from 2005-16, of “hitting on her.” Miles, when reached by The Times-Picayune and Advocate on Wednesday, said “That’s not true” when asked if he had “made advances” toward that student. The newspaper said Miles did not address q...
The Kansas City Star
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Marcus Hayes: Phillies should cut Odubel Herrera while they still can
PHILADELPHIA — Hand print markings on his girlfriend’s neck. I can’t get past it. That phrase chills me today as much as it chilled me in May of 2019. It comes from the police report concerning the domestic violence incident between burly Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera and his petite girlfriend, Melany Martinez-Angulo at an Atlantic City casino. Herrera somehow remains a Phillie. He’s at spring training right now. I want him gone. Why? Try this. Put your hand around your own neck. Now squeeze. Harder. Hard enough to leave a mark. Now close your eyes. Imagine that hand belongs to a man nick...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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‘It got old’: Jarred Kelenic, agent open up on frustrations with Mariners delaying his MLB debut
PEORIA, Ariz. — In past interviews, outfielder Jarred Kelenic was always controlled in his responses about his eventual major league debut and the reasons it hadn’t happened. But it was clear from his tone, body language and words chosen that he wasn’t pleased with the situation. Meanwhile, his agent, Brodie Scoffield of Klutch Sports Management, has grown more furious with the Mariners by the minute. It started before last season with what he felt was a lowball, insulting contract extension offer that would have bought out Kelenic’s salary-arbitration years and his first year of free agency. ...
The Seattle Times
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Judge blocks Biden's 100-day deportation pause in nationwide order
AUSTIN, Texas — Granting a nationwide injunction requested by Texas officials, a federal judge has blocked the Biden administration's plans to pause deportations for 100 days under a comprehensive review of immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton of Corpus Christi, appointed by former President Donald Trump last summer, had issued a temporary order halting enforcement of the deportation freeze on Jan. 26. Late Tuesday night, shortly before that temporary order was set to expire, Tipton ruled that the pause exceeded the president's authority because it improperly suspended or a...
Austin American-Statesman
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Exelon to break up into two companies
Exelon Corp. plans to split into two publicly traded companies, one for its regulated electric and gas utilities like ComEd and the other for its power generation assets like its nuclear power plants. The announcement was made Wednesday as the Chicago-based company announced fourth-quarter earnings of $360 million, beating Wall Street estimates. Exelon said separating the two companies will create the nation’s largest fully regulated transmission and distribution utility company. ComEd will remain part of the electricity and natural gas business that has operations in five states and more than...
Chicago Tribune
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Former aide to Gov. Cuomo pens essay with allegations of sexual harassment
ALBANY, N.Y. — A former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo detailed accusations of sexual harassment against the governor in an essay Wednesday, alleging top female staffers “normalized” behavior that included unwanted kissing and touching. Lindsey Boylan, the former deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to the governor, said she was told by staffers that Cuomo had a “crush” on her and he constantly sought her out at events and even had aides arrange private meetings with her, where he made inappropriate comments and once kissed her on the mouth. “Governor Andrew Cuomo has creat...
New York Daily News
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