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SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim against Elon Musk after a flight attendant on the company’s corporate jet accused the CEO of exposing himself to her mid-flight, Insider reports. According to Insider, the incident happened in 2016 and the company settled with the unnamed flight attendant in 2018, according to a friend of the flight attendant who was told contemporaneously about the incident but is not bound by any non-disclosure agreements with the company. Musk… Source link

A woman has accused NBA point guard Rajon Rondo of threatening her with a gun in front of her children during an altercation in her Louisville, Kentucky home, according to multiple reports. TMZ and ESPN reported on Monday that the woman filed for an emergency protective order on Friday, claiming that she fears for hers and her children’s safety while citing a history of “volatile, erratic (and) explosive behavior” from Rondo. Per the reports, a judge granted the request, ordering Rondo to… Source link

Donald Trump is testing his political strength for the second straight week Tuesday, this time in Nebraska, where the former president is backing a candidate for governor accused of sexually assaulting multiple women. Trump’s pick in the tight three-way GOP gubernatorial primary is cattle producer and businessman Charles Herbster, who had been leading the field of Republicans running for governor. But in mid-April a Republican state senator, Julie Slama, and seven other women said Herbster… Source link

March 18 (Reuters) – A lawsuit filed on Friday accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denies them opportunities to advance because of their race. According to a complaint seeking class-action status, Google maintains a “racially biased corporate culture” that favors white men, where Black people comprise only 4.4% of employees and about 3% of leadership and its technology workforce.

The Google and Facebook logos, the words “media, news, media” and the Australian flag are displayed in this illustration photo taken February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SYDNEY, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Australia’s ground-breaking law forcing platforms like Google and Facebook to pay local publishers for news faces an unlikely test case: a website that experts say uses fake journalist profiles that has won… Source link

Trevor Bauer, the National League’s reigning Cy Young Award winner, is reportedly accused of assaulting a woman. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is under investigation after a woman claimed he assaulted her earlier this year, according to TMZ. The alleged victim was granted a temporary domestic violence restraining order in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Pasadena police are reportedly investigating the claim, with Bauer cooperating with… Source link

The European Union has opened an antitrust investigation into whether Google is stifling competition in the highly profitable online advertising market. The probe follows cases in France and elsewhere in Europe questioning how the company runs its ad business.  It is the first time the EU has investigated Google’s online display advertising business, where it serves as an intermediary between advertisers and publishers to fill ad space on web pages and apps. Google’s Legal Woes “Google… Source link

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave SINGAPORE/BANGKOK, June 28 (Reuters) – Google took down two Google Maps documents on Monday that had listed the names and addresses of hundreds of Thai activists who were accused by royalists of opposing the monarchy, the technology company said. Thai royalist activist Songklod “Pukem” Chuenchoopol told Reuters he and a team of 80 volunteers had… Source link

An illegal immigrant accused of abandoning her baby in a bathroom trash can at a California park was arrested Thursday and told law enforcement that the baby was conceived after she was raped in Guatemala, police said. The 22-year-old woman, whose name has not been released for safety reasons, admitted to investigators that she gave birth to the child June 9, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. She abandoned the newborn two days later at a park in Lynwood, California,… Source link

Jeff Bezos said in a court filing that Michael Sanchez tried to avoid paying a defamation judgment. The filing accused Sanchez of transferring his California residence to a limited liability company. Thursday’s court filing marked the latest development in an ongoing legal battle.  See more stories on Insider’s business page. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday said in a court filing that his girlfriend’s brother tried to avoid reimbursing his legal fees by hiding his ownership of a $2.5 million… Source link