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A baby, seven women and 17 men rescued in Canary Islands

Las Palmas De Gran Canaria (Spain), Sep 13 (EFE) (Camera: Ángel Medina) .- The Salvamar Macondo of Salvamento Marítimo has disembarked at 12.30 in the Gran Canaria port of Arguineguín 25 immigrants of sub-Saharan origin: a baby, seven women and seventeen men, whom were rescued at 11:37 a.m. some 29 kilometers southeast of Maspalomas.FOOTAGE OF THE MARITIME SALVATION ARRIVAL WITH THE IMMIGRANTS AT THE PORT IN LAS PALMAS, SPAIN

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Report: Women Outnumber Men By 400% In Leaving Workforce

The novel coronavirus pandemic is hitting the American workforce hard, but a new report reveals it's disproportionally affecting women. Business Insider reports the nonprofit newsroom The 19th says four times as many women as men left the workforce in September. According to Business Insider, the report said roughly 865,000 US women reported in September that they were no longer employed, compared to 216,000 men. The retail and hospitality industries are primarily made up of women, have been hit particularly hard by the terrible economic effects of the pandemic. Of the near 900,000 women who left the workforce in September, over 320,000 of them were Latina women. Almost 60,000 were Black women.

From Coast To Coast: Harvey Weinstein Faces New L.A. Rape Charges

Newser reports the charges against disgraced Hollywood mogul and sex offender Harvey Weinstein continue to pile up. Los Angeles Country prosecutors say Weinstein was charged Friday with the rape of two more women. The district attorney's office says the charges include three counts of rape and three counts of forcible oral copulation involving the two women. Tallied up, Weinstein is now charged with 11 felony counts in Los Angeles County, involving five women. The 68-year-old is serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York on convictions for rape and sexual assault against two women.