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How the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund helps sexual harassment victims

Since 2018, the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund has raised $24 million. It pairs alleged work sexual harassment victims with its team of more than 700 lawyers and helps pay their legal fees. So far, the group said it has linked an estimated 4,000 people with attorneys. Jericka Duncan spoke with one recipient of that help, who said she quit her job at McDonald’s after being harassed. Source

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No survivors after Ukrainian plane crashes in Tehran

Officials say all 176 people who were on board a Ukrainian plane are dead after it crashed in Tehran, just hours after Iran attacked two U.S. military bases in Iraq. Unverified video from Iranian TV appears to show the Ukraine International Airlines flight on fire before it went down in a field just after takeoff on the city’s outskirts. Kris Van Cleave reports. Source

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Iran leader describes strike as “slap in the face” for America

Iran’s leadership says the overnight strikes on bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq were retaliation for the killing of Qassem Suleimani, who was buried Tuesday night. Iran’s supreme leader described the strikes as a “slap in the face” of America. Elizabeth Palmer reports from Iran’s capital. Source

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