Sean “Diddy” Combs is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his federal trial on Wednesday. Combs had also faced more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, but was acquitted on those. The jury returned its full verdict on the third day of deliberations…
A high-ranking MS-13 member on Long Island will spend 68 years behind bars for his role in eight murders, including ordering the brutal 2016 slayings of two teenage girls as revenge for a high school brawl. Alexi Saenz, 30, was “the driving force behind a devastating crime wave that terrorized that community for over a…
Jurors in the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial will continue their deliberations on Wednesday on the racketeering conspiracy charge against the hip-hop mogul after reaching a partial verdict on four out of the five charges. The panel of eight men and four women enters the third day of deliberations at U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan, having…
New Yorkers have a new logo in town as Luckin Coffee, a popular Chinese coffee chain, announces its debut in the United States. The Starbucks rival opened its first two stores in New York City on Monday, as the Xiamen-based coffee purveyor sets out to expand its market and garner favor with U.S. customers. The…
Top Justice Department official Emil Bove, who has been nominated for the federal appeals bench, testified before the Senate Wednesday that he never told department attorneys to ignore court orders, denying the account of a whistleblower. Bove, a former criminal defense attorney who represented President Trump, rejected suggestions by Democrats that the claims of…
NEW YORK (AP) — With his calm and cool demeanor, fashion disruptor and multi-hyphenate Virgil Abloh artfully challenged the fashion industry’s traditions to leave his mark as a Black creative, despite his short-lived career. In the years since his 2021 death at just 41, his vision and image still linger. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robin Givhan…
Following President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. conducted strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, New York leaders in Albany and Capitol Hill all responded to the strikes with mixed messages. “Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons,” Republican Rep. Mike Lawler said in part. “I fully supported Israel’s move to strike Iran,…
New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) have settled on new minimum-wage rules for rideshare drivers, Bloomberg reports. Drivers will receive a five percent raise under the new proposal, a compromise to keep Uber and Lyft from locking drivers out of their apps. The proposal needs to be voted on by the TLC’s board…
Tonight, the 78th annual Tony Awards will take place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, honoring the best and brightest of Broadway. Cynthia Erivo is hosting the 2025 iteration of the awards show, while Allison Janney, Ariana DeBose, Ben Stiller, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Williams, Oprah and Sarah Paulson…