UK defense secretary resigns amid allegations about behavior

London • Britain’s defense minister resigned Wednesday after allegations emerged about inappropriate sexual behavior — the latest twist in a growing scandal over harassment and abuse in the country’s corridors of power.Michael Fallon said in a resignation letter to Prime Minister Theresa May that his “previous conduct ... may have fallen below the high standards that we require of the Armed Forces.”Fallon, 65, was first elected to Parliament in 1983 and has bee