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NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors are set to start deliberating Monday in Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ sex trafficking case, weighing charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life.After receiving legal instructions from federal Judge Arun Subramanian, the jury of eight men and four women will head behind closed doors to deliberate. They’ll sift through seven weeks of sometimes graphic and emotional testimony about the rap, fashion and reality TV impresario ‘s propensity for violence and his sexual predilections, including drug-fueled sex marathons dubbed “ freak-offs ” or “hotel nights.”Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges…
At least one person is dead and two women are injured after three buildings collapsed in an explosion and fire in Philadelphia early Sunday, according to the city’s fire department.The Philadelphia Fire Department said it responded to 1900 West Bristol Street around 4:50 a.m. Three row houses “exploded in on themselves,” resulting in a fire, said Daniel McCarty, the fire department’s acting executive chief.“Preliminary reports where there were people trapped,” McCarty said. “We were able to locate two residents and transport them to area hospitals, both being elderly females, one being critical, one stable.”The fire department later said that one…
Reuters — China on Sunday announced it is immediately resuming seafood products imported from some Japanese regions, ending a nearly two-year overall ban imposed due to worries over Japan’s release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. In a notice on Sunday, China Customs said seafood products from 10 prefectures – Fukushima, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano, Saitama, Tokyo and Chiba – will still be banned from entering the country. Products from other regions will need health certificates, radioactive substance detection qualification certificates and production area certificates issued by the Japanese government for Chinese customs declarations, the…
“It hurts a little bit. Like certain companies … I really feel like they did care for a long time, especially with stuff like their trans health care, stuff like that. And now that they’re kind of pulling back on that DEI, it hurts. It feels like a betrayal,” they said.Companies rolling backAccording to a survey from Gravity Research, 39% of corporations are scaling back external Pride Month engagements this year. That’s a double-digit increase from last year, when only 9% of corporations were changing their Pride plans.An NBC News report also found that the organizers of several of the…
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Billy Crystal Looks Back on His Comedy Journey and Iconic Roles08:12Inside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s A-List Venice Wedding04:06How Scientists Are Reviving San Francisco’s Extinct Blue Butterfly02:56Frederick W. Smith, Founder of FedEx, Dies at 8002:10UPS Driver Takes Detour on Slip ‘N Slide During Package Delivery04:10Lawyer Accidentally Calls Judge ‘Honey’ in Cringeworthy Exchange01:09Army Vet Who Served During D-Day Celebrates 100th Birthday01:41Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: Jury Set to Decide Music Mogul’s Fate01:41Dave Parker, Pirates Star and Baseball Hall of Famer, Dies at 7400:22Targeted Minnesota Lawmaker and Husband Are…
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Billy Crystal Looks Back on His Comedy Journey and Iconic Roles08:12Inside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s A-List Venice Wedding04:06How Scientists Are Reviving San Francisco’s Extinct Blue Butterfly02:56Frederick W. Smith, Founder of FedEx, Dies at 8002:10UPS Driver Takes Detour on Slip ‘N Slide During Package Delivery04:10Lawyer Accidentally Calls Judge ‘Honey’ in Cringeworthy Exchange01:09Army Vet Who Served During D-Day Celebrates 100th Birthday01:41Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: Jury Set to Decide Music Mogul’s Fate01:41Dave Parker, Pirates Star and Baseball Hall of Famer, Dies at 7400:22Targeted Minnesota Lawmaker and Husband Are…
CNN — Turkish police detained at least 30 people in central Istanbul on Sunday as they tried to take part in a Pride March, which authorities had banned as part of a years-long clampdown on LGBTQ+ events, an opposition politician said. Footage obtained by Reuters showed police scuffling with a group of activists holding rainbow flags in the city center before rounding them up and loading them into police vans. Kezban Konukcu, a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party who attended the march, told Reuters that at least 30 people had been taken into custody. Police did not immediately respond…
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Billy Crystal Looks Back on His Comedy Journey and Iconic Roles08:12Inside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s A-List Venice Wedding04:06How Scientists Are Reviving San Francisco’s Extinct Blue Butterfly02:56Frederick W. Smith, Founder of FedEx, Dies at 8002:10UPS Driver Takes Detour on Slip ‘N Slide During Package Delivery04:10Lawyer Accidentally Calls Judge ‘Honey’ in Cringeworthy Exchange01:09Army Vet Who Served During D-Day Celebrates 100th Birthday01:41Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: Jury Set to Decide Music Mogul’s Fate01:41Dave Parker, Pirates Star and Baseball Hall of Famer, Dies at 7400:22Now PlayingTargeted Minnesota Lawmaker and Husband…
Hong Kong AP — Hong Kong pro-democracy political party League of Social Democrats announced on Sunday it had disbanded due to immense political pressure, the latest casualty in a years-long crackdown that has already quieted much of the city’s once-vocal opposition. Following massive anti-government protests in 2019, many leading activists were prosecuted or jailed under a 2020 national security law imposed by Beijing. Dozens of civil society groups dissolved. Media outlets critical of the government shuttered. The League of Social Democrats was the only pro-democracy party that still staged small street protests from time to time and held street booth…
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Asked to condemn the phrase ‘globalize the intifada,’ Mamdani says mayors shouldn’t ‘police speech’02:42Now PlayingSen. Mullin responds to Elon Musk’s criticism of Trump agenda bill: ‘He just doesn’t know’02:58UP NEXTSen. Murphy says ‘cruelty is the underlying purpose’ of Trump’s immigration policies02:38’It is clear that this is illegal’ Sen. Murphy reacts to Iran attack: Full interview10:31Mamdani responds to Trump’s attacks: ‘No, I am not’ a communist01:21Zohran Mamdani says, ’I don’t think that we should have billionaires’: Full interview19:03Sen. Mullin says young children of deported adults should ‘go…