On red carpets from Los Angeles to the French Riviera, Sean “Diddy” Combs and the R&B singer Cassie intertwined arms, radiating an attractive and carefree façade for the cameras. But behind closed doors, she said, she “felt trapped.” In the first week of testimony in Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial …
Read More »Another Kentucky Derby winner not in the Preakness reignites debate about Triple Crown changes
BALTIMORE — Sovereignty is not running out of that starting gate in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, two weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby. Yet he is still the talk of Pimlico Race Course this week. That is because owners and trainer Bill Mott opted to skip the Preakness and …
Read More »A streaming service re-rebrands and an infamous baseball ban is lifted: The news quiz
A retail giant is raising prices, the White House is welcoming refugees, and Cassie Ventura takes the stand. Test your knowledge of the week in news.
Read More »A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say
A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said. The attack came just hours after Moscow and Kyiv held their first direct peace talks in years which failed to yield a ceasefire. Ukraine’s national police released …
Read More »At least 7 killed, 35 injured as suspected tornadoes hit St. Louis and southeast Missouri
At least seven people were killed when severe weather, including possible tornadoes, swept through St. Louis, Missouri, and another part of the state Friday, authorities said. Five were dead in St. Louis, and two others died in Scott County, in southeastern Missouri, officials said. Speaking at an evening news conference, …
Read More »Urgent search for Louisiana escaped inmates
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Read More »Audio of interview confirms Biden memory lapses
Newly released audio of a special counsel interviewing then-President joe Biden confirms memory lapses that White House officials denied at the time, including a president clearly struggling to remember the year his oldest son died. Even after the transcript was released, Biden aides, including then-White House spokesman Ian Sams, insisted that the …
Read More »Secret Service agents question Comey about his Trump social media post
Secret Service agents interviewed former FBI director James Comey on Friday regarding his “8647” social media post that administration officials called a death threat against President Trump and Comey called a political statement. “Today, federal agents from @SecretService interviewed disgraced former FBI Director Comey regarding a social media post calling for the assassination …
Read More »Republicans seek new oversight of online speech while boosting AI
Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation over the last week that could give the federal government a tighter grasp on some tech platforms, while easing up government scrutiny on artificial intelligence. The Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee’s budget reconciliation bill was introduced Tuesday and would give the federal government …
Read More »Dust storm covers Chicago with near-zero visibility conditions
A dust storm that brought visibility to near zero swept across the Chicago area Friday, prompting the first dust storm warning ever issued to the city, officials said. The “wall of dust” that struck the South Side and other areas occurred on a day in which high winds of 50 …
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