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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives to depart in his helicopter after announcing his resignation in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 24 (Reuters) - A woman who in 2021 accused former New York governor Andrew Cuomo of groping her when she was working for him has filed a civil lawsuit against her one-time boss. It was the only criminal charge brought over the allegations against Cuomo. Another former aide, Charlotte Bennett, sued Cuomo for sexual harassment in September 2022. Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Nov 22 (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in New York City on Wednesday that alleges he groped a woman at a rooftop bar and restaurant in Manhattan in August 2015. Foxx's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages. The actor is best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of singer Ray Charles in the 2004 film "Ray." Music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine was likewise sued on Wednesday by an woman claiming he sexually abused her. In the Iovine complaint filed in New York state court in Manhattan, a woman identified only as "Jane Doe" said she was sexually abused, forcibly touched and subject to sexual harassment and retaliation in August 2007.

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☆ Jamie Foxx accused of sexual assault in new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Actor Jamie Foxx faces sexual assault and battery charges in a lawsuit filed on Monday with the New York State Supreme Court. CNN has reached out to representatives for Foxx as well as the plaintiff’s attorney. The complaint alleges Foxx seemed “intoxicated” at the time of the incident. The law has given adult survivors of sexual assault one year to file lawsuits against their perpetrators and is set to expire on Friday. Foxx had a medical episode earlier this year after he was hospitalized in Atlanta for an undisclosed medical condition.

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The other plaintiff, Kelsey Harbert, accused Gooding of groping her breast in June 2019 at the Magic Hour rooftop bar, also in midtown. Lawyers who have represented Gooding in civil and criminal litigation over his alleged sexual misconduct did not immediately respond to requests for comment. He pleaded guilty in April 2022 to a misdemeanor charge of forcibly touching Abbay, who was not identified by name at the time but revealed her identity in her lawsuit. The charge was downgraded six months later to harassment, to which Gooding pleaded guilty after complying with a plea agreement that required alcohol and behavior modification treatment and no further arrests. Accusations by Abbay, Harbert and a third woman were the basis for a six-count indictment against Gooding, which his guilty plea resolved.

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☆ Palestinian Authority Open to Gaza Role if U.S. Backs 2-State Solution
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Mark Landler | More About Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Palestinian Authority has told the Biden administration that it is open to a governance role in post-Hamas Gaza if the United States commits to a full-fledged two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a top official of its parent, the Palestine Liberation Organization. American officials say the Palestinian Authority must play a central role in Gaza after Israel completes its military mission to destroy Hamas, which the authorities say killed 1,400 civilians and soldiers in its Oct. 7 attacks. The Palestinian Authority, which administers the West Bank, has signaled that it is willing to take on a such a role. Mr. al-Sheikh said he had no confidence that the current Israeli government, which has pushed to annex large parts of the West Bank, would agree to those terms. “Where is the partner on the Israeli side?” he asked.

Persons: Biden, Hussein al, ’, Antony J, Blinken, Sheikh, Israel Organizations: Palestinian Authority, Palestine Liberation Organization, West Bank, The New York Times, White, Hamas Locations: Gaza, United, Palestine, East Jerusalem, Ramallah, Israel, Palestinian

☆ ‘Dream Scenario’ Review: Space Invader
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Jeannette Catsoulis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Pondering the downside of notoriety and our willingness to exchange safety for fame, “Dream Scenario” is often funny and frequently surreal. Borgli’s previous feature, “Sick of Myself” (2023), also examined someone going to extremes to gain the attention she felt she deserved. Here, though, he has more ideas than space to execute them, and the movie’s third act can feel overloaded and indecisive of where it wants to land. The sight of Paul, in his shabby parka and scrubby beard, attempt to re-enact a young woman’s erotic dream — at her request — could make you want to put your eyes out. In the end, “Dream Scenario” is less interested in cancel culture than the fickleness of a mass audience that can rapidly swerve from adulation to condemnation — even when, like Paul, you really haven’t done anything at all.

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☆ Trump heads to the witness stand as new polls show him leaping past Biden in key swing states
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Biden, meanwhile, is absorbing brutal new polls showing him losing to GOP front-runner Trump in multiple key swing states. If the New York Times/Siena College survey is borne out in 2024, there would be no electoral path to victory for Biden. Biden supporters argue that his critics and media narratives set by the president’s low polls badly miss the most salient point that will define the 2024 election. Because this is a civil trial, Trump has no criminal liability. But the judge has already ruled that Trump, his adult sons and the Trump Organization committed “persistent and repeated” fraud.

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At a casino bingo hall in southwestern Colorado, Lauren Boebert, the Republican congresswoman, bounced her 6-month-old grandson on her knee. “The election’s still a ways away,” she said, as the guests arriving for the Montezuma County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day dinner trickled into the room. The footage contradicted her own initial claims about the incident, and the venue’s statement that Ms. Boebert had demanded preferential treatment added to the outrage. The episode has proved surprisingly sticky for Ms. Boebert, a politician who more than almost any other has embodied the gleefully provocative, no-apologies politics of the party’s right wing in the Biden era. Several local Republican officials have since announced their endorsement of Jeff Hurd, a more conventional Republican challenging her for the nomination this year.

Persons: Lauren Boebert, ”, Boebert, Biden, Jeff Hurd Organizations: Republican, Montezuma County Republican, Lincoln, Buell Theater Locations: Colorado, Montezuma County, Denver

☆ Democrats have purchased $1.2 million in ads to target Lauren Boebert, outspending Republicans by 100 times: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

That's inspired Democrats to heavily invest in the MAGA Republican's defeat in next year's vote. Democrats have so far outspent Republicans on advertising by 100x, The New York Times reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementColorado Rep. Lauren Boebert was first elected in 2020, handily beating her Democratic opponent by more than 25,000 votes. Democrats, including Frisch, a local businessman, have "already reserved $1.2 million in advertising for the race," which isn't until 2024, the Times reported, citing the tracking firm Ad Impact. That, according to the paper, is more than 100 times what Republicans have spent.

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☆ MTG clashes with conservative Republican over Tlaib censure vote, calling him 'Colonel Sanders,' and drags Lauren Boebert into it by bringing up her 'vaping groping' incident
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Greene is angry that Rep. Chip Roy of Texas opposed her effort to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) November 1, 2023Twenty-three Republicans, including Roy, voted against the resolution moving forward. Her conduct is unbecoming of a member of Congress and certainly worthy of condemnation - if not censure," Roy said in a statement after his vote. "However, tonight's feckless resolution to censure Tlaib was deeply flawed and made legally and factually unverified claims, including the claim of leading an 'insurrection'." Talib said Greene's resolution was "deeply Islamophobic" and made clear she would not change her approach.

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After Boebert won her last race by just 546 votes, she began revamping her campaign strategy. So-called ballot harvesting, which she's decried as an underhanded Democratic tactic, will be part of her campaign strategy. While campaigning in the district this election, Boebert seems “more empathetic" than her disruptive national profile. At events and debates in the last election, Boebert railed against then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who became a foil for bloated government, a broken system and Democratic demagoguery. After Colorado's largely city dwellers voted to reintroduce wolves to Colorado, Boebert has also proposed legislation to give ranchers greater recourse to defend their flocks.

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☆ At unicorn startup Carta, a culture of absolute fealty to an erratic and vindictive CEO, employees say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Both men remained valued employees at Carta, with the sales representative even getting promoted just weeks after the alleged "helicopter penis" incident, according to former employees. CEO Henry Ward cofounded Carta, originally called eShares, in 2012 as a service for startups to digitize their paper stock certificates. Today Carta helps startups track their investors, employees manage their equity awards, and venture capitalists administer their funds. The lawsuit says that 10 days after Rogers filed her complaint, Ward "began treating Ms. Rogers in an aggressive and demeaning manner during several meetings." Many of the employees who have spoken out publicly about Carta and Ward have found themselves embroiled in expensive legal battles.

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☆ British PM Sunak suffers crushing by-election defeats
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Andrew Macaskill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, October 18, 2023. "Winning in these Tory strongholds shows that people overwhelmingly want change and they’re ready to put their faith in our changed Labour Party to deliver it." The contests in Mid-Bedfordshire and Tamworth were caused by the high-profile resignations of politicians close to former prime minister Boris Johnson. The accusations against him contributed to the collapse of former prime minister Boris Johnson's government. Labour won the Mid-Bedfordshire seat with a majority of over 1,100 overturning a Conservative majority of 24,664 at the last general election in 2019.

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☆ Embattled Rep. Lauren Boebert's Democratic challenger raised nearly 4 times the amount of money she did
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Already to new campaign finance reports, Frisch raised a whopping $3.3 million in the most recent quarter. According to the most recent fundraising reports, Boebert raised just $853,840 compared to Democrat Adam Frisch's massive $3,388,244.66 in the most recent quarter from July through the end of September. AdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to the Colorado Republican's report, just under 60% of the money she raised came from supporters who donated less than $200. In comparison, Frisch raised roughly 65% of his money from the same type of contributors. According to her campaign finance report, Boebert's campaign spent money at the bar whose owner was reportedly Boebert's date to the show.

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☆ Rep. Lauren Boebert is officially divorced after tense hearing where the congresswoman rejected a judge's plan for $1800 a month child support
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Evan Linko | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Lauren Boebert is now officially divorced from her husband Jayson. AdvertisementAdvertisementGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert on Tuesday finalized her divorce with her now ex-husband Jayson Boebert. As for her kids, Boebert's lawyer, Annie Le Fleur, announced that the initial plan for $1833.43 would be reduced to nothing. The congresswoman will not be changing her name, Boebert's lawyer said at the hearing. Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado carries her grandson next to her lawyer, Annie Le Fleur, in a Colorado court.

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☆ Here are all of the senators calling for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign in the wake of his bribery indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Bob Menendez has been indicted on bribery charges and is so far refusing to resign. But more and more of his Senate colleagues say it's time for the New Jersey Democrat to go. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementDespite facing bribery charges from federal prosecutors, Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has so far refused to resign. Here are all 13 senators who've publicly called on Menendez to resign:No Republicans have called for Menendez to resign yet.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says Mark Meadows burned so many documents before leaving the White House that the then-chief of staff's wife complained about dry-cleaning bills to remove the 'bonfire' smell: repo
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hutchinson in her new book and during a New York Times interview described a White House steeped in paranoia. Hutchinson alleged that Meadows burned files in his fireplace, which ran up his dry-cleaning costs. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Giuliani and Eastman were two of the most vocal backers of former President Donald Trump's debunked claims regarding the 2020 election. In the memoir, Hutchinson wrote of how she felt "a creeping sense of dread that something really horrible [was] going to happen" on January 6.

Persons: Hutchinson, Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson, Mark Meadows, grumbling, Hutchinson —, —, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Giuliani, Eastman, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden's, Mark Organizations: New York Times, Service, Trump White House, The New York Times, White House, Capitol, GOP, Times, New, New York City, Trump Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Fulton County, Georgia, Meadows

☆ Rep. Lauren Boebert rents an apartment from an executive for Koch-backed group
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Rep. Lauren Boebert is renting an apartment from a top official at a Koch-backed organization. The official, who Insider is not naming for security reasons, has been a senior executive with Koch-linked groups for years. There are no ethics rules or laws that bar members of Congress from renting apartments from people affiliated with lobbying groups. He added that Boebert was not aware the owners were connected to the Koch-backed group. AdvertisementAdvertisementRenting apartments from people affiliated with lobbying groups has been an issue for some political figures in the past.

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☆ CEO’s Abrupt Exit Followed Complaint of Alleged Groping, Other Accounts of Misconduct
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Emily Glazer | Theo Francis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Lauren Boebert's ex comes to her defense after theater groping video, saying his unfaithfulness 'broke her down'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jayson Boebert said in a Facebook post his unfaithfulness during their marriage "broke her down." He took partial blame for her conduct, captured on video, and said his unfaithfulness during their 20-year marriage "broke her down." I am the root," Jayson Boebert wrote in a Facebook post on Monday. AdvertisementAdvertisement"She deserves a chance to earn your forgiveness and regain trust," Jayson Boebert wrote. In 2004, Jayson Boebert pleaded guilty to exposing himself to a 17-year-old in a bowling alley.

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☆ Leading conservative women turn on 'embarrassing bimbo' Lauren Boebert after vaping and groping theater incident
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Leading conservative women took aim at Lauren Boebert over an incident at a Denver musical. Ann Coulter said Boebert was an "embarrassing bimbo" in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Boebert had been kicked out of a theater for seemingly vaping and was filmed grabbing her date's crotch. Ann Coulter, a conservative pundit and writer, responded to news of the incident with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, writing: "Totally embarrassing bimbo." Boebert blamed her "public and difficult divorce" for her actionsRep. Lauren Boebert vaping, left, and a Broadway performance of "Beetlejuice," right, in a composite image.

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☆ Talal Ansari — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

Talal AnsariTalal Ansari is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, covering U.S. news. He covers the news of the day while also working on exclusives and deeply reported stories. Prior to joining the Journal, Talal was a reporter for BuzzFeed News in New York City for four years, working on the investigative reporting team before moving to breaking news, covering everything from hate crimes to hurricanes. After leaving, Talal went into journalism and has worked at organizations such as Al Jazeera, the Los Angeles Daily News, and The Indian Express. Talal has a master's degree in long-form investigative journalism from the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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☆ UK PM Sunak faces new vote to fill seat after lawmaker accused of groping resigns
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces another difficult vote to fill a vacant seat in parliament after a lawmaker who was given an eight-week suspension for groping two men at a London club last year announced he plans to resign. Johnson's initial perceived downplaying of the allegations added to pressure that ultimately led to Johnson's resignation as prime minister. But he lost that appeal on Monday and faced removal by his constituents due to the length of the suspension. The vote to replace him is held on the same day as a by-election to replace former culture minister and Sunak critic Nadine Dorries. Reporting by Muvija M, Alistair Smout and Andrew MacAskill; editing by William JamesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Opinion | How John Lewis Saved the March on Washington
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( David Greenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The tides of history sand down complex events to smooth, shiny baubles, and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — whose 60th anniversary arrives Monday, Aug. 28 — is no exception. This oversimplification of history is at work not only with respect to Martin Luther King’s historic speech, which decried persistent Black poverty before dreaming of racial harmony, but also that of John Lewis, at 23 the march’s youngest speaker. Anointed a veritable saint before his death in 2020, Lewis was regarded back then as an enfant terrible fronting a headstrong new generation of rebels. Neither caricature quite captures the principled yet pragmatic Lewis, whose 1963 speech bluntly assailed deficiencies in the civil rights bill others were championing — but who succeeded in doing so without undermining the day’s unity. Striking such a delicate balance remains a challenge and an imperative for protest movements pushing for social change today.

Persons: —, Martin Luther, John Lewis, Lewis Organizations: Jobs Locations: Washington

☆ Opinion: An unwanted kiss on the lips mars Spain’s World Cup celebration
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Rubiales was, like everyone else at the ceremony, no doubt excited that the Spanish team had won the World Cup. Say it was fine and she’s a bad feminist, letting other women down by justifying bad male behavior (and, perhaps, lying). Rubiales’ kiss also tops off a mountain of allegations about sexism-tinged bad behavior in the RFEF. And yet, when the Spanish women won the World Cup thanks to their own skill and hard work, Rubiales still emphasized Vilda. This, too many people say, is just men being men, or a simple display of normal human emotion.

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