New legislation signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom regulating AI-generated “deepfake” election content and requiring the removal of “deceptive content” from social media is now being challenged in court. The new laws build on legislation passed years earlier regulating campaign ads and communications, according to the governor’s office. But two of the three new laws are being challenged in the …
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Moses “Shyne” Barrow recalled how Sean “Diddy” Combs forever changed the trajectory of his life after a 1999 New York nightclub shooting. Shyne, a former Bad Boy rapper and current politician in Belize, discussed his history with the fallen music mogul after Diddy’s arrest and subsequent criminal charges for racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking as the alleged ringleader of a …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused of being the leader of a criminal enterprise in a bombshell indictment unsealed hours after the disgraced media mogul was arrested in the lobby of the Park Hyatt New York City hotel. Combs, 54, appeared in Manhattan federal court Tuesday where he pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges. Not only was …
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A judge denied Diddy’s bail for a second time as the disgraced music mogul fought for his release Wednesday. Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in front of U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Carter for a second chance at bail after being charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution. The rapper entered …
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Harvey Weinstein is expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Manhattan on a new indictment charging him with up to three additional sex offenses, his lawyer said. Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala said the jailed ex-movie mogul will appear in court in person to face his latest legal hurdle after he was excused from a hearing last week while recovering from emergency …
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WARNING: Content in the following story may be disturbing for some readers. A mass-rape trial in France has exposed what many have called a “rape culture” that has run rampant in the country. “Today I maintain that, along with the other men here, I am a rapist,″ Dominique Pélicot, 71, said during a court appearance on Tuesday. “They knew everything. …
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Families of some of the immigrant workers who died when a cargo ship plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in March are expected to announce Tuesday that they will take legal action to hold the owners of the vessel legally liable for the deadly collapse, according to a report. The families of three of the six victims …
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WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC INFORMATION A judge denied Sean “Diddy” Combs’ request for bail after the rapper pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking. Diddy appeared in front of Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky in a Manhattan, New York, courtroom on Tuesday. Diddy was charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in …
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WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC INFORMATION Authorities charged Sean “Diddy” Combs with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and more in an indictment featuring explosive and disturbing allegations against the rapper. Combs pleaded not guilty after appearing in a Manhattan courtroom for his arraignment Tuesday. He was arrested Monday by federal agents based on a sealed indictment, the US Attorney’s Office for …
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The Apache tribe in Arizona is taking a fight with the federal government and copper producers to the Supreme Court, which they hope will protect what they say is their religious rights to sacred ground. Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit group representing the tribe’s interests, is fighting to preserve Oak Flat — what the Apaches say is their “direct corridor to …
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