Investigators have accused one of his subordinates of running a fraud scheme, though Kravchenko himself has not been charged or named a suspect.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2026
Additionally, while there are government rules against federal employees accepting gifts from subordinates or officials who make less than themselves, subordinates are not barred from receiving gifts from superiors.
Two employees alleged that SKDK, a public affairs firm first hired by UCLA amid turmoil during pro-Palestinian protests, was used to pitch news coverage of Osako’s 2024 reappointment.
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Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Sep. 2026
Eiffel Tower workers protested with a one-day strike after tower management allegedly replaced some women employees for the duration of a 20-minute visit by monks from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS.
Later, Bianco directed his underlings to begin counting those ballots by hand — a potential felony under state law, which forbids anyone other than election officials from so much as touching a ballot container.
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2026
With her severe bob and icy demeanor, Miranda chills her underlings to the bone.
Without fiefdoms structuring the distribution of land, the division of labor, and the provision of military protection, agents of state coercion were needed to ensure that former serfs would serve as wage laborers.
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Sophie Landres,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2026
The copper rivets, still used across jean designs today, were initially added to prevent rips frequently experienced by miners and other laborers.
Did Penelope, Helen of Troy, Athena, Calypso, and the rest of the Greek gals and goddesses deserve to be more epic than the attractive but flattened handmaidens even IMAX couldn’t enhance?
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Lisa Henricksson,
Air Mail,
8 Aug. 2026
The handmaids’ crimson robes evolved into protest iconography around the world because the story captured fears about authoritarianism and gender more viscerally than overt political messaging ever could.
Every employee here, from the bartenders to the spa attendants, always seems to be just one step ahead of you.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Sep. 2026
Collectively, the hotels employ more than 7,000 room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, front desk agents, servers, and food service workers at more than 40 hotels downtown and near McCormick Place.
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