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Three executives of the Miss America Organization resigned on Saturday after reports that the pageant’s leadership had attacked and derided former pageant winners in emails. Dan Meyers, a spokesman for Miss America, said the organization had accepted the resignations of Sam Haskell, the chief executive; Josh Randle, the president; and Lynn Weidner, the chairwoman. Mr. Haskell’s resignation was effective immediately, Mr. Meyers said, while Mr. Randle and Ms.

One woman said she was riding a Ferris wheel at Coney Island after a company event when a co-worker suddenly took her hand and put it on his crotch. Another said she felt pressured into a sexual relationship with an executive and was fired after she rejected him. A third said that a co-worker grabbed her face and tried to kiss her, and she used her umbrella to fend him off. These women did not work among older men at a hidebound company.

One woman said she was riding a Ferris wheel at Coney Island after a company event when a co-worker suddenly took her hand and put it on his crotch. Another said she felt pressured into a sexual relationship with an executive and was fired after she rejected him. A third said that a co-worker grabbed her face and tried to kiss her, and she used her umbrella to fend him off. These women did not work among older men at a hidebound company.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A powerful Afghan governor fired by the country’s president refused on Saturday to leave a post he has held for 13 years, raising fears that the escalating political tensions could undermine the country’s fragile security. Speaking to a crowd of about 2,000 people in Mazar-i-Sharif, the governor, Atta Muhammad Noor, said that President Ashraf Ghani did not have the power to unilaterally remove him because his party had half of the seats in the coalition government. “I have said

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The rebels who control Sana, the capital of Yemen, have tightened their grip on the city and its people in recent weeks, shutting off access to the internet, blocking social media sites and sending gunmen to raid the homes of anyone they suspect of opposing them. Hundreds of people have been detained, and prices for basic goods like food and fuel are soaring, threatening to exacerbate an already dire humanitarian crisis. The power consolidation by the rebels, w

MANILA — Firefighters were unable to enter a burning shopping mall in the Philippines on Sunday, more than a day after an enormous blaze tore through the building and trapped dozens of people inside. At least 37 people were unable to escape from the mall in the southern city of Davao City after the fire started Saturday morning, and “their chances of survival is zero,” said Paolo Duterte, the vice mayor. “Our firemen are still struggling to find a way in as the fire is still burning,” Mr. Duterte said. Mr.

MSNBC has not renewed its contract with Joan Walsh, a political analyst who had appeared on the network for years. Ms. Walsh, who is also a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and was previously the editor in chief of Salon, lamented the decision on Saturday on Twitter, saying she had learned her fate the night before while baking with her daughter. “I’ve given my heart and soul to the network, from the George W. Bush years through today,” she said. “I’m proud of the work I did.” Ms.

SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle on Saturday partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after two groups argued that the policy prevented people from some mostly Muslim countries from reuniting with family living legally in the United States. Judge James Robart of Federal District Court in Seattle heard arguments Thursday in lawsuits from the American Civil Liberties Union and Jewish Family Service, which said the ban caused irreparable harm and put some people at risk.

KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — Rahima’s father never wanted her out of his sight. She and her sister were too young, too pretty, too vulnerable to be trusted among the men of her village in western Myanmar, not to mention the soldiers who roamed the region. “My father would beat us if we dared to go out by ourselves, or he’d beat our mother for allowing us to go out,” said Rahima, a 15-year-old Rohingya Muslim.

Calling the Trump administration’s position “disingenuous” and “troubling,” a federal judge on Saturday ordered the Pentagon to permit a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union to meet with a United States citizen who has been imprisoned in military custody for three months after being deemed an enemy combatant. In a novel case pitting the individual rights of citizens against government wartime powers, Judge Tanya S.