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New Jersey school board member resigns after she accidentally left her Zoom on while going to the bathroom in a public meeting leaving the 150 attendees bemused Frances Cogelja tendered resignation on Tuesday after her mishap on Zoom Cogelja was a trustee for Hackensack, New Jersey’s Board of Education She attended a Zoom meeting on … Read more
A former Google executive and president of a San Francisco Bay Area school district has stepped down after his wife made vulgar comments about Kamala Harris on Twitter, alleging she is only qualified for office because she’s a black woman. Jon Venverloh resigned on Sunday as president of the Las Lomitas Elementary School District in … Read more
Glenn Greenwald has resigned from The Intercept, which he co-founded, after he claims editors censored an article he wrote that was critical of Joe Biden. The veteran reporter announced his resignation in a scathing essay published to Substack on Thursday, in which he blasted a culture of ‘repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity’ at the website … Read more
Chris Green, pictured, MP for Bolton West and Atherton was the parliamentary private secretary for the leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Evans A Consevative MP from Greater Manchester has resigned from the government in opposition to Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 approach. Chris Green, who is the MP for Bolton West and Atherton was the … Read more
Vatican cardinal resigns from his post amid £180m financial scandal following purchase of London apartment block using Church funds Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on Thursday He renounced his rights as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Mr Becciu was implicated in scandal involving Vatican’s investment in property … Read more
A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student has resigned from a teaching role after admitting to lying about being black. CV Vitolo-Haddad, who identifies as non-binary and goes by ‘they’ or ‘them’ pronouns, pretended on multiple occasions to be black or Latino although the teacher is actually Southern Italian and Sicilian. Vitolo-Haddad failed to correct peoples’ assumptions about … Read more
Government’s law officer for Scotland Lord Keen resigns over Boris Johnson’s plans to tear up parts of the Brexit divorce deal Lord Keen of Elie serves as the Government’s Advocate General for Scotland He offered his resignation to Boris Johnson this morning over PM’s Brexit plans Downing Street announced this afternoon Lord Keen had left … Read more
Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe today announced his resignation on health grounds, bringing an end to an eight-year stint in power. Abe, 65, announced he had suffered a relapse of a chronic bowel condition – saying he had ‘lost a lot of my energy and strength’ and would need regular medical treatment that would prevent … Read more
EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan is to resign after attending a golf dinner with 80 people, in breach of Ireland’s Covid lockdown rules. A spokesperson for the senior Irish politician told broadcaster RTE he was stepping aside. He has been under intense pressure after attending an Irish parliamentary golf society dinner in the west of Ireland … Read more
Alaska’s Attorney General has resigned just hours after it emerged publicly that he had sent hundreds of text messages to a young female employee who he had asked to come to his home more than a dozen times. Attorney General Kevin Clarkson, 61, sent his resignation letter to Governor Mike Dunleavy on Tuesday after it was … Read more