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US air force general convicted of abusive sexual contact losing ranking on retiring | US military

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US military This article is more than 7 months oldUS air force general convicted of abusive sexual contact losing ranking on retiringThis article is more than 7 months oldWilliam ‘Bill’ Cooley, the first general to face a military trial, will end his career on Thursday as a colonel A two-star US air force general convicted last year of abusive sexual contact for forcing his sister-in-law to kiss him will lose his rank on retiring, officials said. Read More...

Venice of Detroit: climate costs imperil historic neighborhood | Detroit

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Blake Granuum stands atop the seawall at her home in Detroit's Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood. Photograph: Nick Hagen/Planet DetroitDiverse neighborhood of Jefferson Chalmers faces ‘climate gentrification’ as home prices and flood defense costs rise This story is co-published with Planet Detroit by Brian Allnutt of Planet DetroitIn 2019, Blake Grannum experienced a catastrophic flood in her home in Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood. Water overtopped nearby canals and rushed into her basement, destroying a washer and dryer and forcing her and her mother to go to the laundromat during the pandemic. Read More...

YouTube urged to remove KSI videos for trivialisation of rape | YouTube

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The ObserverYouTube This article is more than 8 years oldYouTube urged to remove KSI videos for ‘trivialisation of rape’This article is more than 8 years oldWomen’s groups call for advertisers to boycott internet starOne of YouTube’s biggest stars has been accused of trivialising rape amid pressure for firms to distance themselves from the online sensation. Olajide Olatunji, better known as KSI, whose YouTube channel has more than 10.2m subscribers, has been criticised by a coalition of women’s groups for denigrating victims of sexual violence and propagating misogynistic views of women by calling them “sluts”. Read More...