Jenna Amatulli

New York

Deputy head of news @GuardianUS. past lives: @independent @jezebel @huffpost. Adjunct professor @FIT. Member @WGAEast. Book hoarding New Yorker.

Articles

Flights at New Jersey airport capped temporarily after chaotic two weeks

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Jenna Amatulli

The Federal Aviation Administration has finalized an interim order to temporarily cut the number of flights coming in and out of Newark Liberty international airport as the embattled transit hub has recently experienced widespread delays and cancellations due to air traffic control operations. Beginning on Tuesday, 20 May, Newark airport’s maximum hourly rate is now 28 arrivals and 28 departures, for a total of 56 hourly operations.
Sean Combs sex-trafficking trial: key takeaways from Cassie Ventura’s first day of testimony

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Jenna Amatulli

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs's ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura is sworn in as a prosecution witness at his sex trafficking trial in New York City on Tuesday. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs's ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura is sworn in as a prosecution witness at his sex trafficking trial in New York City on Tuesday. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/ReutersCasandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, is perhaps the most important witness in Combs’s high-profile federal trial.
Sean Combs sex-trafficking trial: key takeaways from Cassie Ventura’s first day of testimony

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Jenna Amatulli

Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, is perhaps the most important witness in Combs’s high-profile federal trial. Her explosive 2023 lawsuit against Combs, accusing him of physical and sexual abuse, was the catalyst for the charges Combs is currently facing. Despite Combs settling that lawsuit with Ventura for an undisclosed sum, it prompted a federal investigation that culminated with Combs’s arrest in September 2024.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex-trafficking trial: key takeaways from Cassie Ventura’s first day of testimony

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jenna Amatulli

Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, is perhaps the most important witness in Combs’s high-profile federal trial. Her explosive 2023 lawsuit against Combs, accusing him of physical and sexual abuse, was the catalyst for the charges Combs is currently facing. Despite Combs settling that lawsuit with Ventura for an undisclosed sum, it prompted a federal investigation that culminated with Combs’s arrest in September 2024.
US celebrates Leo XIV as first American pope: ‘Everything dope, including the pope’

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jenna Amatulli

Americans celebrate after US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, was announced as the next pope. “Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV.
Judge orders bail hearing for detained student Mohsen Mahdawi next week

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Jenna Amatulli

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and student at Columbia University who was detained by the Trump administration on 14 April, will have a hearing next week on his request for release on bail, a federal judge decided on Wednesday. Judge Geoffrey W Crawford extended a temporary restraining order issued by a separate judge last week to keep Mahdawi in Vermont.
Trump officials take control of Penn Station revamp from New York’s MTA

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Jenna Amatulli

The head of the federal Department of Transportation has announced that the Trump administration would be taking over the reconstruction of Penn Station in New York, removing it from the care of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Amtrak, alongside the transport department, will now helm the project. Penn Station sees more than 600,000 commuters every day and is the busiest transit hub in the western hemisphere.
The Oscars were silent on Trump, diverging from protests of past years

Mar 3, 2025 | theguardian.com | Jenna Amatulli

The 97th Academy Awards had one of the longest run times for the annual show in recent history, yet the least mentions of the current political climate – with not a single person uttering the name “Donald Trump”. While few people watch awards shows – least of all the Oscars – for political discussion, comments on world events have long been an expected part of the broadcasts.
‘The work continues’

Mar 2, 2025 | msn.com | Jenna Amatulli |Adrian Horton

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Oscars pays tribute to Los Angeles after devastating wildfires

Mar 2, 2025 | theguardian.com | Jenna Amatulli |Adrian Horton

Conan O’Brien briefly discussed the Los Angeles wildfires and “divisive politics” while delivering his opening monologue at the 97th Academy Awards. “The people of Los Angeles have clearly been through a devastating ordeal and this needs to be addressed,” O’Brien said.