USWNT breaks off mediation talks in equal pay dispute with U.S. Soccer Federation
Three days into a mediation process designed to amicably resolve their gender-discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, the 28 members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team broke off talks Wednesday, probably setting the stage for a jury trial.
The decision to end the talks was made public by players’ spokeswoman Molly Levinson, who issued a statement Wednesday night explaining that the players had concluded that their sport’s national governing body, USSF, and its president, Carlos Cordeiro, were determined “to perpetuate fundamentally discriminatory workplace conditions and behavior.
White House denies renewed allegations about Secret Service scandal
WASHINGTON — Two years after a prostitution scandal rocked the Secret Service, a Republican congressman renewed allegations Thursday about possible involvement by a White House volunteer and said he smelled efforts to cover it up. White House officials adamantly denied wrongdoing and said there’d been no attempt to keep anything quiet.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who’s been investigating the Secret Service as chairman of a House oversight subcommittee, said in an interview that the White House had new questions to answer in light of information he had received from Secret Service whistleblowers, as well as from a report in Thursday’s Washington Post.
Parents of 16-year-old suicide victim McKenna Brown speak out on mental health
A Central Florida couple is sounding the alarm about youth depression after their 16-year-old daughter committed suicide before starting her senior year of high school.
McKenna Brown, 16, was a star athlete who hoped to play women’s hockey at the University of South Florida. She was one day away from starting her last year at East Lake High in Tarpon Springs before tragically taking her own life on Aug. 7.
“She made a couple mistakes.
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Taylor Swift rocks MetLife Stadium with hottest ticket of summer
When Taylor Swift went into “Cruel Summer” — her “Lover”-era second song in the first of three Eras Tour concerts at MetLife Stadium on Friday night— it was as if she was laughing inside at the irony of that one.
This was the hottest ticket — the cheapest seats were going for thousands on Stubhub — of the season that was just getting started on Memorial Day weekend. And Swift damn well knew it.