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Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked a judge to throw out his guilty verdicts on prostitution-related counts or grant him a new trial, saying such convictions are without precedent. “This conviction stands alone, but it shouldn’t stand at all,” the Wednesday filing said. Combs’ lawyers argue that his two felony convictions were a unique misapplication of the federal Mann Act, which bars interstate commerce related to prostitution, “To our knowledge, Mr. Combs is the only person ever convicted of violating the statute for conduct anything like this,” a Wednesday filing from Combs legal team said. Combs, 55, was convicted in a…

U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, David Sacks, AI & Crypto Czar and Amy Gleason, Acting Administrator, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attend the “Making Health Technology Great Again” event in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Thursday said he asked major pharmaceutical companies to take steps to cut U.S. drug prices within the next 60 days.On Truth Social on Thursday, Trump posted individual…

Federal agencies Vaccines Chronic diseases Disability issues See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Dr. Susan Monarez was sworn in Thursday as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and she’s taking the reins at a perilous time for the agency. The CDC has lost nearly a quarter of its staff since January, thanks to massive workforce cuts at federal health agencies. The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the fiscal year 2026 would slash the agency’s funding by more than half. And under a proposed reorganization, the CDC stands to lose more of its programs: Some are…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 8:00 AM ET, Thu July 31, 2025 Jarmal Stevens spent 15 years working in data technology and while he was always grateful to have a job, he never woke up excited about what he was doing each day.It wasn’t until the Georgia resident left his day job behind and transitioned into being a full-time travel advisor entrepreneur, that he truly felt passionate about his work. “I get excited being able to create a memory for someone,” says Stevens. “And I look forward to providing service to people.”Stevens’ career pivot not only delivered greater professional fulfillment,…

It’s no longer taboo to meet your partner on the internet. The evidence is everywhere: It’s on your refrigerator door, where you’ve hung up the wedding invitations of friends who met on Tinder. It’s on your Instagram feed, where a friend shares a sappy post about her one-year anniversary with a woman she met on Hinge. But when Zeke Rothfels tells people that she met her husband online, she’s not talking about swiping left until she finally found the right guy. She’s talking about cultivating a relationship across the U.S.-Canada border with a man she met in a Facebook meme…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. If Carlo Zanella, president of the Alto Adige Alpine Club, had his way, travel influencers would be banned from the Dolomites. He blames them for the latest Italian social media trend, which has lured hundreds of thousands of tourists to the mountain range in northern Italy, with many traipsing across private land to get that perfect shot. In response to the influx, frustrated local farmers have set up turnstiles, where…

Chances are, you’ve heard Julia Whelan’s voice. She’s the award-winning narrator behind more than 600 audiobooks by a long list of bestselling authors including Taylor Jenkins Reid,Emily Henry, Michael Crichton, V.E. Schwab and Kristin Hannah. She’s also narrated long-form articles for The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Vanity Fair.You may have read her own writing, too. Whelan’s first novel, 2018’s “My Oxford Year,” has been adapted to a Netflix film, out Friday, starring Sofia Carson. The story actually began as a screenplay by Allison Burnett and had been gestating in development for years. Whelan was brought in to help with…

by Donald Wood Last updated: 8:10 AM ET, Thu July 31, 2025 Over two dozen passengers were hospitalized on Wednesday night after a Delta Air Lines flight experienced “significant” turbulence.According to ABC News, Delta Air Lines Flight 56 was en route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam with 275 passengers and 13 crew members onboard an Airbus A33-900 when the incident took place. The violent turbulence forced the flight crew to call for an emergency landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, where the plane touched down safely at around 8 p.m. local time.Passengers on a Delta flight are speaking out…

It’s a strange glimpse into the human mind: If you filter search results on Google, Bing, and other search engines to only include URLs from the domain “https://chatgpt.com/share,” you can find strangers’ conversations with ChatGPT. Sometimes, these shared conversation links are pretty dull — people ask for help renovating their bathroom, understanding astrophysics, and finding recipe ideas. In another case, one user asks ChatGPT to rewrite their resume for a particular job application (judging by this person’s LinkedIn, which was easy to find based on the details in the chat log, they did not get the job). Someone else is…

Several elite U.S. colleges have made deals with President Donald Trump’s administration, offering concessions to his political agenda and financial payments to restore federal money that had been withheld.Ivy League schools Columbia, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania reached agreements to resolve federal investigations. The Republican administration is pressing for more, citing the deal it negotiated with Columbia as a “road map” for other colleges.There is a freeze on billions of dollars of research money for other colleges including Harvard, which has been negotiating with the White House even as it fights in court over the lost grants.Like no other…