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The Department of Transportation has suspended the Sea Year program for students at the US Merchant Marine Academy after a current senior published an online account saying she had been raped on a Maersk ship.

Government suspends training at sea program after college student says she and others were raped

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN The federal government’s academy for merchant mariners is halting a key training program that sends students thousands of miles away from campus on commercial ships after a 19-year-old student was allegedly raped at sea. The decision by the Department of Transportation, which oversees the US Merchant Marine Academy

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The US Commerce Department on Wednesday blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru

US blacklists Israeli firm NSO Group for use of spyware

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business The US Commerce Department on Wednesday blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru, accusing the companies of providing spyware to foreign governments that “used these tools to maliciously target” journalists, embassy workers and activists. Commerce officials added the Israeli firms to its so-called “entity list,” effectively banning the companies from

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A former Apple employee who helped form the #AppleToo movement told the National Labor Relations Board in a complaint on November 2 that she believes she was fired in retaliation for her organizing efforts.

Former Apple employee who claims she was fired for #AppleToo organizing files NLRB complaint

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business A former Apple employee who helped form the #AppleToo movement against alleged harassment and discrimination inside the company told the National Labor Relations Board in a complaint on Tuesday that she believes she was fired in retaliation for her organizing efforts. Janneke Parrish, who told CNN Business last month she’d

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