Oct. 18 (UPI) — Florida International University is set to pay $575,000 in back pay and interest to female employees after being accused of gender-based wage discrimination, according to an announcement made by the U.S. Department of Labor on Wednesday. During the period between Aug. 1, 2017, and Aug. 1, 2018, the Labor Department’s Office …
1 of 3 | Meta has removed or marked “as disturbing” over 795,000 pieces of media since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo Oct. 13 (UPI) — Meta has outlined its efforts to combat disinformation and the spread of harmful or disturbing content in relation to the …
An American tourist has been apprehended for the vandalism of two Roman-era statues at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The arrest took place on Thursday and the tourist is currently detained. The incident was captured in a photo by Ricardo Tulio Gandelman/Wikimedia Commons. Oct. 6 (UPI) — The American tourist, who claimed that the statues …
Heavily armed and hooded Haitian gang members are shown participating in a protest demanding the removal of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sept. 19. The UN Security Council voted Monday to approve a resolution for multinational police action in Haiti to combat rampant gang crime. Photo by Johnson Sabin/EPA-EFE Oct. 2 (UPI) …
E-commerce giant eBay is facing a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday, accused of selling “hundreds of thousands” of products that violate environmental protection laws. The lawsuit alleges California-based eBay violated laws including the Clean Air Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act. File Photo …
Black workers at Elon Musk’s Tesla were allegedly subjected to racial slurs and derogatory language, while Klu Klux Klan references inciting violence against Black people were found on bathroom walls. These disturbing allegations were made in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. government on Thursday. Image credit: John Angelillo/UPI Sept. 28 (UPI) — According to …
The United States on Tuesday banned imports from three Chinese companies on accusations they use the forced labor of Uyghur minority Muslims. Photo by Wu Hong/EPA-EFE Sept. 27 (UPI) — The Biden administration has taken action to ban imports from three additional Chinese companies as part of its ongoing effort to combat the use of …
Comedian and actor Russell Brand is being investigated by London’s Metropolitan Police for alleged rape and sexual assault. The police force announced on Monday that they have received multiple allegations of sexual offenses, which came to light during an investigation conducted by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | …
1 of 4 | Many seniors were shown to be vulnerable to scams, including via phone calls, according to research conducted by researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Photo by Sabine van Erp/Pixabay NEW YORK, Sept. 25 (UPI) — Amid the rise in financial fraud and scams that target older adults, a new …
In a baffling turn of events, a police officer lost his life while three suspects were shot dead during a siege in a small village in northern Kosovo. Armed marauders seized control of the village and ambushed the responding authorities. The Kosovo Police found themselves in a tense standoff in Banjska, near the Serbian border. …