Pro-Palestinian students have filed a free-speech lawsuit against the University of Maryland for nixing their plans to hold a “vigil” honoring “the lives lost during Israel’s ongoing genocide” on Oct. 7, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians. The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at the University of Maryland, College Park, argued that the university violated the First Amendment by declaring that student-led campus events would be prohibited on Oct. 7, citing...

The U.S. Department of Transportation is giving a green light to the merger of Alaska Air Group Inc. and Hawaiian Holdings Inc. after the carriers agreed to institute new consumer protections, lifting the last hurdle to close the $1.9 billion deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Alaska and Hawaiian must protect the value of loyalty program rewards, maintain existing service on key routes and preserve support for rural service, the Transportation Department said Tuesday in a statement. The...

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Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ was arrested in Manhattan on Monday evening after being indicted by a grand jury for racketeering and sex trafficking, months after the music mogul was hit with a series of civil sexual assault lawsuits—all of which he has denied.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been ordered to be held without bail until he faces trial in a case accusing him of abusing women including by forcing them to take part in Freak Off sex sessions. Manhattan federal Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky made the ruling after a nearly two-hour long hearing where prosecutors and lawyers for the hip-hop argued over whether he should be jailed. Combs was arrested Monday in a sex-trafficking case accusing him of forcing women into Freak Offs with...

Sean “Diddy” Combs was headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in his federal sex trafficking case, after a magistrate ordered him to be held without bail in a case that accuses him of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes. The music mogul pleaded not guilty Tuesday to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. He’s accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes dayslong sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs.”

Amazon wants to set its corporate clock back to before the pandemic. After four years of employees with the online retailer working from home, CEO Andrew Jassy said on Monday he wants all workers back in the office five days a week.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris called on Tuesday for an end to the Israel-Gaza war and said that Israel must not reoccupy the Palestinian enclave once the nearly year-old conflict comes to an end. Speaking in Philadelphia to the National Association of Black Journalists, she called for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, a two-state solution and Middle East stability in a way that does not empower Iran...

No parent knows what they're going to get when they open up their kid’s school pictures. Even if they’ve practiced their smile a million times that morning, something could (and let’s face it, probably will) go awry. But more often than not, these bouts of chaos make for a delightfully entertainment parenting monet. Just take Vially Dorestant’s word for it. In a clip posted to her Instagram, Dorestant is seen trying to prep her son Corey for his big picture day happening at preschool the following week. “Are you gonna smile?” she prompts. Corey replies, “yes!” He even shows off an adorable grin. Dorestant tries to confirm, “That’s how you’re gonna smile?” Corey, with the same smile, says “yes!” Because of the magic rule of threes, mom really tries to clench the deal by asking a third time, saying “when they say ‘cheese’ what are you gonna do?” Corey demonstrates an impressive “cheeeeeese” with a classic tooth-showing smile. So of course Dorestant can feel safe knowing that that’s exactly how he’s gonna do it for picture day. Spoiler alert: that is NOT how he did it for picture day. But arguably…he did something way better. Watch: See on Instagram Um, okay. The pure, unadulterated swagger of this kid. Eyes squinted, one hand in his pocket, the other holding his chin, posed more like he’s coming out with a new hip-hop album than a school portrait. So cool, and so unexpected. “Nothing could’ve prepared me for the ending ??,” one viewer wrote Another surmised that “Dad must have gave him a different prep talk ??” There are even more fun comments where that came from: “Corey at home: ?Corey at school: ?”“Let him cook”“Lied straight to your face ?”“These baddies at the playground need to know.”“Definitely make this a poster size for his graduation party lol!!! ????”“He made a business decision ?”“Hand in the pocket too, come on man, this the hardest elementary pic of the year ??”“?? My boy understood the assignment! ??❤️?” The greatest part of this story is that Dorestant mainly wanted to practice Corey’s smiling with nhim because she was concerned he would be shy on the day. “He tends to get shy and freeze up around others,” she told Newsweek. “Since this was his first picture day at a new school, I wanted to ensure he felt comfortable and confident.” But Corey’s amazing bait and switch became a heart warming lesson. "As parents, we often feel the need to shield our kids and prepare them for the world, which can make us anxious about their readiness, but we need to trust in their abilities and give them the space to shine on their own.” Indeed, kids can teach us things too.

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