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Suit: Campbell Exec Mocked 'Poor' Customers in Secret Tape
Suit: Campbell Exec Mocked
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Nov 29, 2025 1:01 PM CST

Suit: Campbell Exec Mocked the 'Poor,' Own Products

Complaint alleges employee who secretly recorded, reported Martin Bally was fired in retaliation

(Newser) - A Campbell Soup Company executive was caught on tape trashing the company's products, ridiculing the "poor people" who buy them, and making racist remarks about Indian colleagues, according to a lawsuit filed by a former employee. The suit, filed in Wayne County Circuit Court, claims that ex-cybersecurity analyst...

Fired IT Guy's Revenge: A $862K Cyberattack

Waste Management to have the last laugh as ex-contractor now faces up to a decade in prison

(Newser) - A former contractor at Waste Management has admitted to hacking the company's network and resetting thousands of employee passwords, leaving workers across the US locked out of their systems, in retaliation for his firing. Maxwell Schultz, 35, of Ohio parted ways with the company in May 2021 for unclear...

Putin Responds in Kind to Trump's Nuclear Testing Plans

He seeks 'coordinated proposals on the possible commencement of preparations' for nukes

(Newser) - President Trump last week instructed the Pentagon to resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992, and Russia is responding in kind. Vladimir Putin on Wednesday instructed his officials to prepare proposals geared toward possibly doing the same. Speaking at a televised Security Council meeting in Moscow that...

RFK Jr. Fires Scientist Who Filed Whistleblower Complaint

Jeanne Marrazzo was sidelined as NIAID director in April

(Newser) - A top scientist at the National Institutes of Health has been fired just weeks after filing a whistleblower complaint against the Trump administration. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, received her termination letter from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., her...

Nurses Canned After Teen's Death: Firings Were Retaliation

Union: Staff at Spokane's Providence facility were punished for raising concerns on patient's suicide

(Newser) - Fifteen nurses at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, have lost their jobs after hospital officials say they improperly viewed the medical records of a 12-year-old patient, Sarah Niyimbona, who died by suicide in April. With backing from their union, the nurses claim the firings are actually...

Harvard Pleads Its Case Against Trump

Judge to begin hearing oral arguments following retaliation lawsuit

(Newser) - Harvard University will appear in federal court Monday to make the case that the Trump administration illegally cut $2.6 billion from the storied school—a pivotal moment in its battle against the federal government . If US District Judge Allison Burroughs decides in the university's favor, the ruling would...

Ex-Commissioner's Suit Calls NYPD 'Criminal Enterprise'

Suit names Mayor Eric Adams, other top department officials

(Newser) - A little more than a week after four high-ranking former NYPD officials filed lawsuits accusing Mayor Eric Adams and his top deputies of corruption and cronyism comes another complaint, this one filed Wednesday by former interim NYPD commissioner Tom Donlon. Politico reports he's suing the NYPD, Adams, and...

Iran Issues Single-Sentence Warning to Trump

Tehran again vows response in wake of US bombing of nuclear sites

(Newser) - Iran on Monday issued a direct warning to President Trump in the wake of the US attack on its nuclear sites and expressed that Tehran now sees a greater number of "legitimate targets" for retaliation. Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaqari put it like so, per Reuters :
  • "Mr.
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Blake Lively Can't Keep Swift Texts Under Wraps Anymore

Judge in Justin Baldoni sexual harassment suit says actor must hand over messages to, from famous pal

(Newser) - Taylor Swift's team has tried to put some light in between her and the Justin Baldoni film It Ends With Us, even as her friend Blake Lively is suing Baldoni , who co-starred in the movie with Lively that he directed, for sexual harassment. Now, a judge has ruled that...

With Trump's Tariffs Now Live, Canada Hits Back

Its move follows a similar one from the EU

(Newser) - It's a double-whammy Wednesday on the retaliatory-tariffs front: Hours after the EU rolled out new duties on goods ranging from motorcycles to bourbon , Canada followed suit. The country said Wednesday that it plans to impose 25% reciprocal tariffs on roughly $21 billion of imports from the US. The move...

Mexico Responds to Trump Tariffs
Mexico Responds
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Mar 4, 2025 10:10 AM CST

Mexico Responds to Trump Tariffs

Sheinbaum says her country will hit back with tariffs of their own

(Newser) - Tariff day continues with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum saying her country will respond to President Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexican imports with tariffs of their own, reports Reuters . "There is no reason, rationale, or justification to support this decision that will affect our people and nations,"...

DOJ to Pay $116M to Victims of 'Rape Club'

100-plus current, ex-prisoners say they were abused, mistreated at women's federal prison

(Newser) - The US government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that was known as the "Rape Club" due to rampant sexual misconduct by the staff, reports the AP...

Cops: School Principal Didn't Do Racist Rant, AI Did

Authorities say high school's athletic director tried to frame his boss with artificial intelligence

(Newser) - An apparent beef between a Maryland high school athletic director and the school's principal veered in a dark direction, with the former now accused of trying to frame the latter with an AI recording.
  • The recording: NBC News reports that on Jan. 16, three staffers at Pikesville High School
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Ex-60 Minutes Producer Accuses CBS of 'Harsh' Firing

Alexandra Poolos, let go last year, accuses network of gender discrimination, giving male staff a pass

(Newser) - A former 60 Minutes producer is pushing back at CBS, accusing the network of gender discrimination in her firing. The Wrap and Variety report that Alexandra Poolos filed a lawsuit Tuesday in New York federal court over her 2022 termination, which took place after an associate producer had accused her...

Workers Who Called Prayer Meetings 'Cultlike' to Get $50K

2 ex-employees settle in religious discrimination suit against North Carolina home-repair company

(Newser) - A North Carolina home-repair business fired two employees after they refused to continue participating in the company's mandatory prayer sessions—and now, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the firm will pay out $50,000 over the incident. Per a Wednesday EEOC release , the settlement with Aurora Pro Services...

College Hit With Suit by Notable Football Player

First person with Down syndrome to score in NCAA college football game sues for discrimination

(Newser) - An Ohio man who was the first person with Down syndrome to play and score a point in a college football game is now suing the school, its president, and several staffers. Caden Cox alleges he was the target of disability discrimination, retaliation, and assault during his time at Hocking...

White House May Boot Vindman From NSC
Vindman
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Feb 7, 2020 3:40 PM CST

Vindman Is Escorted Out of the White House

Ukraine expert testified in Trump impeachment hearings

(Newser) - One of the most explosive testimonies during President Trump's impeachment hearings came from Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who listened in on the July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Now, Vindman's days as director for European affairs on the National Security Council are...

Party Honoring Man Who Was Shot Erupts in Gunfire

13 are wounded, 4 critically in Chicago shooting

(Newser) - A house party honoring a man who was killed erupted in gunfire early Sunday morning, injuring 13—four of them critically, the Chicago Tribune reports. Details are scant, but Chicago detectives are questioning two suspects and analyzing city police video of people pouring from the house amid further shooting. Seems...

Big Win for Cop Told to 'Tone Down Your Gayness'

St. Louis County Sgt. Keith Wildhaber awarded $19M

(Newser) - A jury has awarded $19 million to a Missouri police officer who says his supervisors denied him promotions because he was too outwardly gay. "If you ever want to see a white shirt, you should tone down your gayness," a member of the St. Louis County Board of...

EU's 'First Phase of Retaliation' Against US Launches Friday

The tariffs it threatened in March are on their way

(Newser) - The tariff tit for tat continues, with the EU set to put a wave of new tariffs against US exports into place on Friday. It's a response to the steel and aluminum tariffs that were imposed on the bloc three weeks ago , and the BBC characterizes the to-be-targeted exports...

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