Last week, though, the fight took an unexpectedly nasty turn. In a brief, one paragraph press release, WR. Grace cited damning new grounds for Bolduc’s dismissal: allegations that he had sexually harassed several female employees. Newspaper reports said that five women had complained of unwanted comments and physical contact. The company itself offered no details, except to say the complaints had been investigated by a respected retired judge. The women making the charges chose to remain anonymous....

The virus, which was first reported in Wuhan, China, has spread to over 1.5 million people across at least 184 countries and regions, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. Speaking to Newsweek, the chief executive officer of the International Council of Nurses, Howard Catton, said: “We have been concerned for some weeks now about how many nurses and other healthcare staff have become infected with the coronavirus....

“These are very serious injuries that require emergency surgeries and long-term care,” Elizabeth Wood, DVM, said in the release. The injuries include compound wing fractures, breaks exposing the bones to the external environment. Of the 32-plus pelicans that have been brutalized so far, 22 sustained such fractures, according to the release. In a photo of one bird released by the center, bone ends are visible amid the feathers. The orthopedic procedures necessary to treat such wounds are “incredibly expensive and heavily impact our resources,” the center wrote in a Facebook post on June 14....

Researchers at the University of Oxford surveyed a demographically representative sample of 5,114 adults in the U.K. and found that 72 percent of participants were willing to be vaccinated but 16 percent are very unsure about being immunized, and 12 percent are strongly hesitant about it. Authors say the findings, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, show it would be a “mistake” for lawmakers to dismiss vaccine hesitancy. Following the rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine in U....

The question remains as to how long this new world will exist. Many pundits predict a quick demise of the new government. The ideological differences within this new coalition are vast; it includes Meretz, an adamant left-wing party, and Yamina, a definitively right-wing party, to say nothing of the Islamist party Ra’am. And yet, this assessment is little more than wishful thinking on the part of Likudniks. No doubt, a sizable ideological gap between the different parties exists, but what unites them is far more significant than what divides them....

Over the past five years, studies have found that snakes will be heading north soon due to climate change. Stat News also reported that snakebites have been on the rise as that relocation continues. Brett Baldwin, Associate Curator of Herpetology and Kim Gray, Curator of Reptiles at the San Diego Zoo spoke to Newsweek about this phenomena. A post shared by San Diego Zoo (@sandiegozoo) on Aug 23, 2020 at 4:00pm PDT...

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Broncos “believe in” Ball, and the Denver Post earlier this month predicted the second-year back would get the first crack at starting this season. That’s music to fantasy football owners’ ears. PREMIUM FANTASY FOOTBALL TOOLS: Join Fantasy Source today! Ball had his rookie struggles with ball security and pass protection early last season, but improved and stepped up when the Broncos needed to give Moreno a breather down the stretch....

The comments by Anatoly Antonov were in response to the announcement by the U.S. Commerce Department that Russian firms were among 34 global entities banned because their activities were opposed to “the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States.” A statement by Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, said that the ban on Russian entities was due to “their involvement in the procurement of U.S.-origin electronic components, likely in furtherance of Russian military programs....

Of 1,000 likely voters asked for an FT-Peterson US Economic Monitor survey, 76 percent feel it is important they personally receive another direct payment, as they combat the financial turmoil caused by the COVID-19 crisis. Respondents were asked: “For you and your family personally, how important is it that you receive an additional payment?” Just more than half, 51 percent, said it was very important, while 25 percent said somewhat important....

According to research published in 2020 and authored by Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Peking University researcher Linhua Jiang and his team, the gamma-ray burst (GRB) was traced back to GN-z11 32. This is a galaxy so distant that the Hubble Space Telescope sees it as it was 13.2 billion years ago, just 400 million years after the Big Bang. Two new research papers published in the journal Nature Astronomy suggest that the flash of light was actually more of a flash in the pan....

Playing from 1956 to 1977, Pele captured hearts and minds of fans across the globe with his sensational skill on the ball and his cerebral quotes promoting peace and love. One of the icons of the game, Pele is a part of football history and always will be, no matter whether his numbers ultimately stand the test of time. His goal haul places him among the giants of the sport....

No. 1 Georgia took a 65-7 lead late in the second half against No. 3 TCU. It appears the Cinderella run by the Horned Frogs will go by the wayside in dramatic fashion. The Bulldogs have been college football’s most dominant team in 2022, so watching them rout the Horned Frogs at SoFi Stadium won’t come as a surprise to many. But Georgia is also on its way to a historic win that could be not only one of the biggest blowouts in national championship history, but would feature some of the most points scored by a team in the big game....

In so doing, Son became the first Spurs player in the competition’s history to score three goals in a single game as a substitute, and the first to do so in the division since Steven Naismith against Chelsea way back in September 2015. There have been over 200 hat-tricks since the Premier League launched in 1992/93. Yet one man stands above the rest with his 12. It’s not Cristiano Ronaldo, who departed Manchester United for Real Madrid, only returning in time to bag three in the English top flight....

After weeks of negotiation, Congress passed the $900 billion stimulus bill which included direct assistance payments of $600 for eligible Americans. In a move that reportedly surprised many in Washington, Trump asked Congress to rework the bill to increase the amount of the payments to $2,000. While Democrats indicated their willingness to approve the higher payments unanimously, Trump also requested that certain spending provisions be removed from the bill....

Sheryle Jack, 56, from Melbourne, Florida was being investigated on suspicion of a potential voting violation and was officially arrested earlier this week. She is accused of allegedly requesting a Florida ballot on behalf of her son John Jack, and mailing it in. However, authorities were suspicious of the ballot, given how her son had legally sent in his own mail-in ballot in Washington. “Although it is not illegal to register in more than one state,” said the voter fraud complaint by Officer Daniel Genova, “it is illegal to vote more than once, or in multiple states....

Mundwiller was laid off in April 2020 due to the pandemic, and has been hunting for a job since, while looking after her 1-year-old. Her husband works and so child care became an issue when it came to interviews. She even had to cancel Zoom interviews, being unable to match up Mylo’s nap times with the calls. The 38-year-old’s recent experience however had gone viral, after she finally found a “child-friendly” company....

Maria Del Scorro Maldonado Ambriz, 39, was found on January 29, with apparent gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The shooting occurred at approximately 5:19 p.m. in the area of Fairfax Ave and Standish Drive. There were multiple witnesses to the shooting. The Fort Wayne Police department has released a statement calling on the public to identify the suspected shooter. The statement said that Ambriz had been kidnapped while at home with her two children....

Detroit Police Department (DPD) officers are searching for David Hammond, 45, is a person of interest in the investigation into the woman’s death at her Carlisle Street home on Wednesday morning, according to FOX 2. Police are now searching for Hammond, whom they described as a person of interest. He is also “believed to be armed and dangerous.” During a news conference on Wednesday, DPD Chief James White said when the mother parked in her driveway, a man approached from behind and shot her dead....

She was home in her village of Brodki in Lipetsk province that day, 550 miles from Moscow, where she works as a hired hand on a dairy farm. When a message for her arrived from Russian military authorities, she says, she nearly died. Her 20-year-old son, a senior sergeant named Vladimir, had been in Chechnya since November 1995, and she knew all too well what a charnel house for Russian soldiers the war there had become....

Arsenal breeze past Palace The 23-year-old struggled to live up to his reputation following his £89 million transfer from Italian champions Juventus but has grown over the past few months and proved to be the match-winner United fans had hoped for. Pogba has scored four goals and assisted three more in his 18 Premier League appearances so far, with a late winner against Middlesbrough on Saturday the most recent, and his recent resurgence has led to Mourinho tipping him to become one of the best in the world, though a change in attitude is needed if he is to win a Ballon d’Or award....