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1 week ago | 
miamiherald.com | Joshua Miller
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday will resume their case against Sean “Diddy” Combs, whose sex trafficking trial has included stirring and often lurid testimony throughout two sensational weeks. Here’s a recap of five crucial moments from the courtroom in Lower Manhattan that may play an outsized role as the jury of eight men and four women weighs the fate of Combs, 55, who faces up to life in prison if found guilty.
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2 weeks ago | 
miamiherald.com | Joshua Miller
Despite graphic and gripping testimony in Sean Combs' star-studded sex trafficking trial, federal prosecutors have yet to prove their sex trafficking case against the embattled hip-hop mogul - paving the way for a possible acquittal, legal analysts told Newsweek.
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3 weeks ago | 
miamiherald.com | Joshua Miller
Casandra Ventura, the singer and model known as Cassie, delivered powerful and emotional testimony on Tuesday in the federal racketeering and sex-trafficking case against Sean "Diddy" Combs. Speaking softly but firmly before a jury, Ventura detailed more than a decade of what she described as escalating control, manipulation, physical abuse and coerced sexual encounters, positioning herself as the central figure in the government's case.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Joshua Miller
As tariff-driven economic uncertainty abounds worldwide, U.S. travelers are increasingly taking a cautious approach heading into the busy season - potentially leading to last-minute deals as demand cools for summer getaways.
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1 month ago | 
myrtlebeachonline.com | Joshua Miller |Joshua Rhett Miller
Actor Michael Pitt allegedly sexually assaulted his girlfriend and later attacked her with a cinderblock and a slab of wood, prosecutors said in an indictment announced Wednesday. Pitt, 44, was arrested on Friday in Brooklyn and later charged with two counts of sexual abuse and related counts for four alleged incidents between April 2020 and August 2021, the indictment obtained by Newsweek shows.
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1 month ago | 
sacbee.com | Joshua Miller
Actor Michael Pitt allegedly sexually assaulted his girlfriend and later attacked her with a cinderblock and a slab of wood, prosecutors said in an indictment announced Wednesday. Pitt, 44, was arrested on Friday in Brooklyn and later charged with two counts of sexual abuse and related counts for four alleged incidents between April 2020 and August 2021, the indictment obtained by Newsweek shows.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Joshua Miller
Hope springs eternal-except for many college graduates prepping to enter an unsteady job market rife with contradictions. Hailey Washington, a senior majoring in marketing at Drexel University in Philadelphia, isn't bullish about her job prospects despite stellar undergraduate performance and indispensable industry experience from an internship at a luxury fashion brand. "I would like to be optimistic but, based on the current job market, I feel pessimistic," Washington, 21, told Newsweek.
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1 month ago | 
islandpacket.com | Joshua Miller
Smokey Robinson and his wife have been accused of a wide array of misconduct, including sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment and creating a hostile work environment. Four women who previously worked for the legendary Motown singer filed a civil complaint Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging the 85-year-old musician forcefully touched them without consent, according to court documents seen by Newsweek.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Joshua Miller
Jury selection began Monday in the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, who faces up to life in prison if convicted. Combs, 55, is accused of abusing, threatening and coercing women and others to "fulfill his sexual desires" and leading a racketeering conspiracy that engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice, federal prosecutors said following his arrest in September.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Joshua Miller
The 8:15 a.m. scene in front of the school that sits on a dusty, sun-soaked residential street in Brownsville, Texas, just across the border with Mexico, looks much like any other elementary or middle school in that chaotic period before the morning bell. Groups of tousled boys and girls get off the bus or otherwise trickle, saunter and dawdle into a nondescript building where they will spent the next few hours, in theory, learning.
