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| State Department Numbers Minimize Tourist Deaths Tied to Blackouts at Mexico Resorts |
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The U.S State Department updated its data this week on the number of U.S. citizens who died in Mexico of unnatural causes during the first half of the year. Not included in the list? Abbey Conner, 20, a UW-Whitewater student who was pulled lifeless out of a pool under mysterious circumstances just hours after arriving with her family at a Playa del Carmen resort in January. A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation into Conner's death, first published in July, found dozens of people have been getting violently ill and blacking out for hours -- sometimes simultaneously -- after drinking small to moderate amounts of alcohol while staying at all-inclusive resorts in Mexico. Some tourists were sexually assaulted or robbed. Others were taken to jail or kicked out of their hotels. Many said they were gouged by local hospitals that demanded cash before providing treatment. Several reported similar drownings and deaths of loved ones. Often, local police declined to investigate.
Raquel Rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA Today10/06/2017    |
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| Just Say No to LinkedIn Requests from Strangers |
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A go-to staple for professionals, LinkedIn can pose dangers to unsuspecting users because people have come to have confidence in it and by extension, implicit faith that all accounts on the platform are legitimate. Enter the hackers. Cybersecurity firms say criminals have figured out how to subvert the network by posing as authentic, boring, cubicle-office dwellers. "It's got trust built into it, and hackers leverage that trust to their own nefarious purposes," said Allison Wikoff, a senior researcher with the counter threat unit at SecureWorks, an Atlanta-based security company.
Elizabeth Weise, USATODAY, USA Today10/06/2017 |
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| In Shift, Justice Dept. Says Law Doesn't Bar Transgender Discrimination |
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Attorney= General Jeff Sessions on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to take the position in court cases that transgender people are not protected by a civil rights law that bans workplace discrimination based on sex. The move was the Trump administration's latest contraction of the Obama-era approach to civil rights enforcement. The dispute centers on how to interpret employment protections based on "sex" in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In December 2014, the attorney general at the time, Eric H. Holder Jr., ordered the Justice Department to view "sex" as encompassing gender identity, extending protections to transgender people. But in a two-page memo to all United States attorneys and other top officials, Mr. Sessions revoked Mr. Holder's directive. The word "sex" in the statute, Mr. Sessions said, means only "biologically male or female," so the Civil Rights Act does not ban "discrimination based on gender identity per se, including transgender status." He added that the department "will take that position in all pending and future matters," except in cases in which a controlling lower-court precedent dictated otherwise, in which case it would reserve the option to revisit the issue on appeal.
CHARLIE SAVAGE, The New York Times10/06/2017 |
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| Lawsuit: Royal Caribbean Mishandled Trips During Hurricane Harvey |
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Royal Caribbean has been named in a class action lawsuit alleging that the cruise company's decisions during Hurricane Harvey put customers at risk. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court's Southern District of Florida on Sept. 28 and takes aim at Royal Caribbean's reluctance to cancel or shorten trips prior to the impending storm. Because of this, the lawsuit states, Royal Caribbean "forced hundreds of would be passengers, including children and the elderly, to be subjected to catastrophic flooding and potential loss of life." The lawsuit seeks damages for cruise passengers that were scheduled to depart from Galveston on board the Liberty of the Seas.
Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel10/06/2017 |
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| Trump Wants to Curtail Flood Insurance in Flood-Prone Areas |
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President Donald Trump proposed ending federal flood insurance for new homes in areas most at risk of flooding, a change that could curtail new construction in vast parts of Florida, Louisiana and along the Eastern Seaboard. Trump's plan would radically overhaul the program created in 1968 to help protect homeowners who live along coasts or near rivers.
Christopher Flavelle, Bloomberg10/06/2017 |
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