harassment

An employee with the University of Connecticut police department was arrested for allegedly stalking and harassing other employees, according to the state’s Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ). The DCJ said 55-year-old Tammi Zavickas, a 14-year employee with the university, was arrested on a warrant with second degree stalking and second degree harassment charges. An investigation into the incident showed...

Two former eBay Inc. employees were indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on charges that they participated in a campaign to terrorize a Massachusetts couple that included threats and disturbing deliveries of things like live spiders sent to their home.  James Baugh, 45, who was eBay’s senior director of safety and security, and David Harville, 48, former director of global…

President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested the FBI should stop investigating an incident in which his supporters were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, which led Democrats to cancel an event there.

The Coast Guard Academy failed to properly investigate, track and discipline several race-based harassment claims, according to a newly published report from the Office of Inspector General. The OIG, under the Department of Homeland Security, launched an investigation into the CGA in 2018 and evaluated how the Academy handled race-based harassment incidents and allegations during a five year period, from…

The Dept. of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General released a report saying the U.S. Coast Guard Academy needs to better handle investigating racial incidents at the service school

YouTube is taking another step to curb hateful and violent speech on its site. The video streaming company said it will now take down videos that lob insults at people based on race, gender expression or sexual orientation. The Google-owned company will also prohibit veiled threats at violence. YouTube has been accused of allowing and fostering hate speech and extremism...

Weeks after a Kentucky high school student says he was wrongly vilified following his interaction with a Native American protester, the state legislature is advancing a bill that would make it a crime to publish personal information of a child online with the intent to harass or intimidate. A Kentucky state Senate committee approved Senate bill 240 on Wednesday. It...

Morgan Freeman is apologizing to anyone who may have felt “uncomfortable or disrespected” by his behavior. His remarks come after CNN reported that multiple women have accused the A-list actor of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior on movie sets and in other professional settings..

Danielle Young, a journalist for “The Root,” has accused civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson of sexually harassing her at a photo-op event three years ago. Young says Jackson groped her and made a lewd comment.

Channing Tatum is no longer developing a film with The Weinstein Co. that dealt with a boy dealing with the aftermath of sexual abuse. Tatum writes on Instagram Wednesday that he will not be developing anything with Harvey Weinstein’s former company, which has been embroiled in sexual harassment scandals over the past two weeks. The film was to be based...