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1 day ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Chloe Melas |Jing Feng |Austin Mullen
• Bryana Bongolan, the friend of Casandra Ventura's who said she was dangled over a 17th-floor balcony in Los Angeles in 2016, was on the witness stand for a second day under cross-examination. Defense lawyer Nicole Westmoreland questioned that timeline of events and showed receipts that indicated Diddy was in New York.
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2 days ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Jing Feng |Danny Cevallos
• Bongolan testified that while upset, Diddy once threw a knife in Ventura's direction, and she threw it back; both their throws missed. In another interaction, Bongolan said, Diddy allegedly told her something along the lines of, "I am the devil and I can kill you." She testified that Diddy had taken cocaine at the time he made the comments. • During cross-examination, defense lawyer Nicole Westmoreland tried to discredit Bongolan's memory of the alleged dangling incident.
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3 days ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Jing Feng
• Garcia testified that he was so "nervous" about the NDA that he didn't read it all before he signed it. Diddy presented stacks of cash in a brown paper bag, added Garcia, who said he bought a used car with his $30,000 share. • Garcia also said he wasn't initially truthful to police when he was asked about the assault.
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4 days ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Chloe Melas |Jing Feng |Danny Cevallos
• Steel revisited a text in which Mia wrote that she wanted to harm herself and that "my life is over" after being let go from her job in 2017. She denied that she lied on the stand when she testified last week that Diddy sexually assaulted her. Steel also showed messages from 2018 to 2020 in which she expressed affection toward her former boss. • Mia responded that "I was brainwashed" by Diddy, which, she said, prevented her from coming forward earlier about the alleged sexual abuse.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Chloe Melas |Jing Feng |Danny Cevallos
In late October 2015, Diddy threatened to both kill Mia and take her to human resources, she told jurors. Diddy "doesn't sound in his right mind," Mia told the rapper's then-chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, in a WhatsApp message. The threats made Mia "terrified and sad," she said under questioning from prosecutor Madison Smyser. In a particularly pointed exchange, Steel asserted that Diddy "never had unwanted non-consensual sex" with Mia. She replied: "What I said is true.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Jing Feng |J.J. McCorvey |Nidhi Sharma
May 15, 2025, 5:00 AM EDTMany consumers will pay more for air conditioning this summer as President Donald Trump’s trade war collides with existing price pressures, a coolant shortage and scorching forecasts that are set to drive up utility bills. “It is a sad time to need a new HVAC system,” said Scott Shelton, owner of Charlotte Comfort Systems in North Carolina.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Joe Murphy |Rich Bellis |Jing Feng
Egg prices are stabilizing after a sharp run-up earlier this year, but grocery shoppers are already getting used to shelling out more for those and other pantry staples. After peaking at $6.55 in mid-March, a dozen eggs sold for an average of $5.45 nationwide as of the week ending April 19, according to the latest data available from the market research firm NIQ.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | Jing Feng |Brian Cheung |Steve Kopack
The Trump administration wants to bring more auto manufacturing back to the United States with stiff tariffs. That could mean untangling supply chains that crisscross the border repeatedly, leaving some industry players unsure how their bottom lines will be affected. Take Brendan Lane’s striker plates, which move between the United States and Canada four times before they’re installed.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | Jing Feng |J.J. McCorvey |Jasmine Cui |Joe Murphy
New home sales are rising, but builders are tapping the brakes as the trade war and broader economic uncertainty grip the industry. Sales of new homes rose 7.4% from February to March, according to federal data released Wednesday, as buyers took advantage of somewhat lower mortgage rates and a wider supply of properties to choose from. But rates have already begun inching back up, and homebuilders are bracing for a slowdown ahead.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | Jing Feng |Christine Romans |Jasmine Cui
The youngest U.S. homebuyers aren’t so young anymore, as a forbidding market turns first-time house hunting into an activity for people nearing 40. “No one in their young 20s are buying homes,” said Ricky Voong, a real estate agent in Southampton, Pennsylvania, who has noticed his clientele getting older lately. Voong is struggling to find properties in the Philadelphia suburbs for Hahmie Lee, 37; her husband, David Matozzo, 31; and their 7-year-old daughter, Luna.
