GROSSE POINTE SHORES — An online petition by Progress Michigan, urging Grosse Pointe Shores Councilman Matt Seely to resign, has accumulated 736 signatures.
The petition references posts Seely made Sept.17 in a Facebook group called “Michigan Trump Republicans.” The posts feature jokes about women and sexual assault.
Progress...
January 31st, 20180LANSING — USA Gymnastics, the sport’s U.S. governing body, said on Wednesday that all its remaining directors have now resigned following revelations that the longtime team doctor had sexually abused numerous athletes under his care.
A USA Gymnastics spokeswoman on Friday had said that the full board intended to resign. The U.S....
November 30th, 20170WASHINGTON — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called on Democratic Representative John Conyers to resign, saying sexual harassment allegations against him were serious and credible, and that “zero tolerance means consequences for everyone.”
“The brave women who came forward are owed justice,” Pelosi told...
November 4th, 20170BEIRUT ― Lebanon’s prime minister Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday, saying he believed there was an assassination plot against him and accusing Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of sowing strife in the Arab world.
His resignation thrusts Lebanon back into the frontline of Saudi-Iranian regional rivalry and seems likely to...
May 19th, 20170DEARBORN — On Tuesday, May 16, Dearborn Heights City Councilman Tom Berry abruptly resigned.
He released a letter to the mayor, city residents, employees and his fellow City Council members, explaining his decision and sincerely expressing the honor he had in working with "loyal and hardworking people" during his tenure.
He said...
