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Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern reach settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit

Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern reach settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit

Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald announced Thursday that he reached a settlement with the school in his wrongful termination lawsuit, stemming from his dismissal amid allegations of hazing in the football program. In the summer of 2023, Northwestern released an investigation into hazing within the program and suspended Fitzgerald for two weeks during the offseason. Following public backlash and …

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At least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union says

At least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union says

NEW YORK — At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices in the wake of a recent court decision that protected some CDC employees from layoffs but not others. The notices went out this week and many people have not yet received them, according to the American Federation of Government Employees, …

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