Alphabet board sued on allegations of sexual misconduct cover-up

Two shareholder lawsuits filed this week accused the board of Google parent Alphabet Inc of playing a direct role in covering up sexual misconduct claims against two former executives over the last five years.

The company declined to comment.

Both of the lawsuits seek to force Google to change its governance and oversight to stop future workplace conduct issues. They also call for Alphabet directors to pay damages to Alphabet for allegedly breaching their fiduciary duties and engaging in corporate waste.

The allegations stem primarily from large severance payments to Andy Rubin, who led Google's Android mobile operating division until 2014, and Amit Singhal, head of Google's search unit until 2016. Company investigations into both men had found accusations of sexual harassment against them to be credible, according to the lawsuits.

https://reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1P42RJ?

Malaysia ‘won’t say yes or no’ to reports China offered to bail out 1MDB and spy on journalists in

The Wall Street Journal reported Beijing offered to derail investigations into sovereign wealth fund, in exchange for approval of infrastructure projects

The total value of deals agreed, relying primarily on Chinese state-owned corporations and banks, was about US$34 billion

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2181188/malaysia-wont-say-yes-or-no-reports-china-offered-bail-out

Pompeo in Cairo: ‘The Age of Self-Inflicted American Shame Is Over’

U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, during a speech on the Middle East delivered in Cairo Thursday, praised the United States as a “force for good” in the region and blasted previous President Barack Obama’s administration for underestimating Islamic extremism and the Iranian menace.

At the heart of the speech was a scathing criticism of President Obama, particularly a 2009 speech by the former president in Cairo that attempted to bridge the gaps between the United States and the Muslim and reverse decades-old animosity towards Iran, long considered the world’s leading state-sponsor of terrorism by the U.S.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/01/10/pompeo-cairo-age-self-inflicted-american-shame-over/?

Something very strange is happening to Earth's magnetic North Pole and no one knows why

Scientists are baffled as to why the Earth's magnetic North Pole is shifting away from its current position at a much faster rate than expected. The world's geomagnetism experts have been forced into a rare move and are in the process of updating the World Magnetic Model two years earlier than originally planned. According to experts, the magnetic North Pole is shifting away from Canada, towards Siberia.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/something-very-strange-is-happening-to-earths-magnetic-north-pole-and-no-one-knows-why

Rep. Crenshaw Walks the Walk, Asks For His Pay to Be Withheld During Government Shutdown

"I cannot in good conscience get paid while federal employees’ financial futures hang in the balance because of this partial government shutdown. I’ve asked the Chief Administrative Officer to withhold my pay until we have come to an agreement to adequately fund border security."

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2019/01/10/rep-crenshaw-walks-the-walk-asks-for-his-pay-to-be-withheld-during-government-s-n2538883

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Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) says she’ll be introducing a bill tomorrow that seeks to stop Trump from declaring a national emergency over the border

White House considering rerouting relief funds for Puerto Rico, Texas toward border wall

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is considering using billions in unspent disaster relief funds earmarked for areas including hurricane-pounded Puerto Rico and Texas and more than a dozen other states to pay for President Donald Trump's border wall as he weighs signing a national emergency declaration to get it built without Congress.

https://www.circa.com/story/2019/01/10/politics/white-house-considering-rerouting-relief-funds-for-puerto-rico-texas-toward-border-wall?

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NY Gov. Cuomo refuses to sign state budget until lawmakers approve bill legalizing abortion for any reason until birth

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has refused to sign the state's 2019-20 budget until lawmakers approve a bill that would make it legal to have an abortion for any reason up until birth, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/cuomo-budget-abortion-protections

USPPFOP Seeks Damages for Non-Payment of Wages to Officers Related to Gov’t Shutdown

On January 10, 2019 @ approximately 1646 (EST), USPPFOP attorneys filed a grievance to United States Park Police Chief Robert MacLean, and the United States Department of the Interior, on behalf of USPP Officers seeking damages for Non-Payment of Wages and Overtime Compensation during the Government Shutdown. The grievance seeks several kinds of relief, for example:

DOUBLE DAMAGES

(c) Award USPP bargaining unit members, that are excepted from the furlough and classified as non-exempt from the FLSA’s overtime provisions monetary damages in the form of liquidated damages under the FLSA and CBA equal to the amount of overtime compensation that they should have been paid on the Scheduled Payday for work performed on or after December 22, 2018 (“double damages”);

For additional details regarding the basis for the grievance and the additional reliefs being sought, please review the grievance attached below: (7 pages)

https://usppfop.org/2019/01/10/usppfop-seeks-damages-for-non-payment-of-wages-to-officers-related-to-govt-shutdown/