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December 24, 2024

Diddy’s ex-assistant faces aggressive cross-examination from his team
This is a free article for Diddy on Trial newsletter subscribers. Sign up to get exclusive reporting and analysis throughout Sean Combs’ federal trial. Diddy’s former personal assistant, a woman identified in court by the pseudonym “Mia,” returned to the witness stand for another day of detailed testimony. Mia has accused Diddy of sexual assault…
Oklahoma inmates clear debris to free family trapped for more than a week
McALESTER, Okla. — A work crew of inmates cleared the way for a woman and her three children to finally be able to leave their rural Oklahoma property more than a week after a tornado caused widespread damage, state officials said. The crew was still at work Friday after clearing out numerous downed trees to…
Trump says U.S. will double steel tariffs to 50%
President Donald Trump told U.S. steelworkers on Friday that he will double tariffs on steel imports to 50%. “We’re going to bring it from 25% to 50%, the tariffs on steel into the United States of America,” Trump said during remarks at U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Trump is visiting U.S. Steel…
South Korea’s Cannes film festival shutout spurs reckoning
SEOUL — After zero South Korean feature films were selected for this year’s Cannes Film Festival for the first time in 26 years, one of Asia’s most storied film industries has been searching for answers to the setback. High-profile South Korean films such as “Parasite,” director Bong Joon-ho’s genre-bending smash hit, Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to…
Footloose in Penang: Malaysian island looks to the future
GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia — High-rise buildings arrayed like a defensive wall along the eastern coast of Malaysia’s Penang Island make it hard to imagine how this tropical outpost would have appeared to the British naval officer who landed on its shore in 1786. Francis Light, who secured Penang for the British after negotiating a deal…
Trump nominates former podcast host with history of inflammatory comments for top ethics job
President Donald Trump has nominated Paul Ingrassia, a former podcast host with a long history of inflammatory remarks, to head the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. “Paul is a highly respected attorney, writer, and Constitutional Scholar, who has done a tremendous job serving as my White House Liaison for Homeland Security,” Trump said in a…
NAACP calls for emergency shutdown of Musk’s supercomputer in Memphis
Local regulators should immediately stop Elon Musk’s supercomputer project from operating in South Memphis because it’s out of compliance with environmental rules, the NAACP wrote in a letter sent Thursday to Shelby County officials. The civil rights group addressed the request to Dr. Michelle Taylor, director of the Shelby County Health Department and to the…
A third person has been arrested in the death of a Super Bowl reporter in New Orleans
A third person was arrested in the death of a Super Bowl reporter in New Orleans, providing fresh evidence of what authorities described Friday as an organized plot to drug and rob people. Police in Kenner, just west of New Orleans, accused Christian Anderson of renting the car used by Danette Colbert, one of two…
Trump could spur Japan toward economic resilience: Keidanren chief
TOKYO — As the return of U.S. President Donald Trump upends the international order and leaves companies facing unprecedented decisions, the new head of Japan’s powerful Keidanren business lobby sees this pressure as “a chance for a structural shift.” Yoshinobu Tsutsui took over as head of the group formally known as the Japan Business Federation…