Miss America Organization leaders resign

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The top leadership of the Miss America Organization, implicated in an email scandal that targeted past pageant winners for abuse based on their appearance, intellect and sex lives, resigned on Saturday, with the outgoing president apologizing to a winner whose weight he ridiculed.

The president, Josh Randle, told The Associated Press his comment responding to an email to his private account about the physical appearance of 2013 winner Mallory Hagan came months before he started working for the Miss America Organization in 2015. But he said it was wrong.

“I apologize to Mallory for my lapse in judgment,” Mr. Randle said on Saturday. “It does not reflect my values or the values I worked to promote at the Miss America Organization. “

Mr. Randle said his resignation was voluntary and had not been requested by the board of Miss America, which is based in Atlantic City.

Conductor issues denial

LONDON— Renowned conductor Charles Dutoit on Saturday denied serious accusations of sexual misconduct that have caused major symphonies in Europe, Australia and the United States to suspend relationships with him.

Mr. Dutoit’s office issued a statement saying the allegations “have absolutely no basis in truth” and vowed to mount a meaningful defense. The Associated Press reported Thursday that three opera singers and a classical musician had accused him of sexual assault in incidents they say occurred between 1985 and 2010.

“The allegations made against me are as shocking to me as they are to my friends and colleagues,” Mr. Dutoit said in a brief statement emailed to the AP.

Snowden unveils app

NEW YORK — The former National Security Agency contractor who exposed U.S. government surveillance programs by disclosing classified material in 2013 has a new job: app developer.

Edward Snowden in a video message Friday unveiled a new phone app he helped create, called Haven, that aims to protect laptops from physical tampering.

Mr. Snowden says it’s an open-source tool designed for human rights activists and other people at risk and it uses an Android phone’s sensors to detect changes in a room.

Mr. Snowden has lived in Russia since 2013, when the country gave him asylum, resisting U.S. pressure to extradite him.