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Jury returns to deliberate for a second day at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury returns to deliberate for a second day Tuesday at the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. On Monday, jurors deliberated over five hours without reaching a verdict after receiving instructions on the law from the trial judge, Arun Subramanian. They are deciding whether prosecutors have proven ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First half of two-part Sanskrit epic big winner at Dora Awards in Toronto
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
TORONTO — A modern take on a millennia-old Sanskrit epic was the big winner in the general theatre division of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards. “Mahabharata Part One: Karma: The Life We Inherit” took home five of the nine prizes in its division at the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts’ award ceremony on Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bush, Obama – and singer Bono – fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Obama called the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID “a colossal mistake.” Monday was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil to reopen National Museum destroyed by fire in 2018
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s National Museum offered a glimpse of its renovated building and collection on Monday, two days before it reopens for visitors and seven years after a devastating fire destroyed it. Journalists and special guests previewed the renovated museum in Rio de Janeiro, where they could also see a large part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Slander or ‘trash-talking’? Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud has a day in court
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is pondering the nature of rap battles and the cutting wordplay in Kendrick Lamar ’s “Not Like Us,” the megahit diss track that spurred a defamation lawsuit from his fellow superstar Drake. Drake sued Universal Music Group — both his and Lamar’s record label — over “Not Like ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No verdict on first day of jury deliberations at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Jury deliberations got underway on Monday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial and hit a snag almost as soon as they started. But, by the end of the day, jurors indicated they were making progress weighing complex charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Royal train to end 156 years of service as King Charles III seeks to economize
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — EMBARGOED UNTIL 2100 GMT JUNE 30, 2025. (5 pm eastern) The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last time. King Charles III has accepted it’s time to decommission the train, whose history dates back to Queen Victoria, because it costs too much to operate and would have needed a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leaving first show at Toronto’s new Rogers Stadium was a ‘nightmare’: concertgoer
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
TORONTO — Fans who attended the inaugural concert at Toronto’s new Rogers Stadium on Sunday night are calling for better crowd control after some say it took up to two hours to exit the venue. With performances set to take place throughout the summer at the 50,000-capacity open-air venue in north Toronto, concertgoers say the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fans, Toronto city councillor call for better crowd control at new Rogers Stadium
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
TORONTO — Fans who attended the inaugural concert at Toronto’s new Rogers Stadium on Sunday night are calling for better crowd control after some say it took up to two hours to exit the venue. With performances set to take place throughout the summer at the 50,000-capacity open-air venue in north Toronto, concertgoers say the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bush, Obama and a tearful Bono fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono held back tears as he recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell on Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Monday was the last day as an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury deliberations begin and quickly hit a snag at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Barely an hour into jury deliberations Monday at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial, the foreperson alerted the court that another juror was having trouble following the judge’s instructions, prompting the judge to remind jurors in a note that they must follow what he said. “We are concerned (the juror) ... Read More »
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