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Groundbreaking CBS6 Reporter Ken Screven Dies Groundbreaking CBS6 Reporter Ken Screven Dies
Groundbreaking CBS6 Reporter Ken Screven Dies Longtime CBS6-WRGB reporter Ken Screven has died, the station reports. The first Black man to work as a reporter for a Capital District television station, Screven, who was 72, joined the CBS6 team in 1977. “As a Black man on TV in Albany in the early 70's, Ken was a trailblazer with a conscience. He even profiled his own family history in the deep south where his great grandfather was a slave,” the outlet said. After retiring in 2011, Screven found more success writing a popular blog for the Albany Times Union, where he “denounced racism, bias, and bigotry in their many forms,” according …

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by Michael Mashburn
Business
Chris Cuomo Out Of Another Job After Sexual Misconduct Claim Amid Report He Plans To Sue CNN Chris Cuomo Out Of Another Job After Sexual Misconduct Claim Amid Report He Plans To Sue CNN
Chris Cuomo Out Of Another Job After Sexual Misconduct Claim Amid Report He Plans To Sue CNN Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo is now out of another job following the fallout of an investigation that found he helped use some of his sources to navigate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sexual harassment scandal and amid a sexual misconduct accusation against himself. Cuomo, who was indefinitely suspended by CNN last week and then fired days later, announced that he will also be leaving his SiriusXM radio show, on the same day a former ABC colleague filled in for him during the day's program. Meanwhile, Cuomo has reportedly hired lawyers and is preparing to file a lawsuit against CNN to…

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by Zak Failla
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'Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me': Journalist Details Allegations Against Ex-Gov's Brother 'Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me': Journalist Details Allegations Against Ex-Gov's Brother
'Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me': Journalist Details Allegations Against Ex-Gov's Brother CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has become the latest member of his family to face sexual harassment allegations. In a New York Times op-ed, Shelley Ross, a former ABC executive producer accused the younger Cuomo of sexually harassing her at a 2005 work party at a Manhattan bar in front of her co-workers and husband. It is alleged that Cuomo grabbed her on her behind during the incident, calling it “a hearty greeting.” According to Ross, Cuomo later sent an email following the incident saying that he was “ashamed,” and sought to distance himself from the matter. “I was at the party with my husba…

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by Zak Failla