The Global Update

Sean “Diddy” Combs retained criminal defense attorney Teny Geragos as part of his legal team after his arrest in September. The criminal defense attorney, known just as much for her last name as she is for her work in the courtroom, first earned fans last year with social media clips about her rapper client. Teny…

Karen Read’s defense team’s decision to not call her to the witness stand is a gamble that could help or hinder her case after the prosecution played her damaging interview clips in her second murder trial – allowing the jury to hear Read’s version of events in her own words.  Read is facing the possibility…

And you thought you had just figured out what “reconciliation” means in Congressional budget terms. Here’s a new vocabulary term: rescissions. You might not be able to spell it. But I can tell you what it does. A “rescissions” bill “rescinds” money which Congress has already allocated, ex post facto. For simplicity, I often describe…

President Donald Trump‘s “Big, Beautiful Bill” is facing criticism, even from within his own party, as some lawmakers remain skeptical about the massive spending package and its potential impact on the nation’s debt, despite it being under consideration by a Republican-controlled Congress. The spending bill, which the House passed late last month and is now…

Police in Texas have identified a man from overseas as the person who allegedly made death threats directed at Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. and his family after his poor start against the Cincinnati Reds last month.  A spokesperson with the Houston Police Department told The Associated Press Monday a man betting on the Astros was…

Wake Forest head baseball coach Tom Walter apologized after TV cameras caught him appearing to use a homophobic slur during his Demon Deacons’ NCAA tournament game against Tennessee.  Walter said he didn’t see the video that went viral on social media and said he doesn’t remember the moment during the game.  But he did acknowledge…

Dawn Staley left Temple University in her native Philadelphia after the 2007-08 season and was named head coach of the South Carolina women’s basketball team. In more than a decade and a half since, Staley has taken the Gamecocks program to unprecedented heights, leading South Carolina to three national titles during her tenure.  In her…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the renaming of a U.S. Navy ship named after San Francisco gay rights activist Harvey Milk. The Military Times first reported on a memorandum issued by the Office of the Secretary of the Navy rolling out plans to rename the oiler USNS Harvey Milk. The outlet reported that a…

Jessica Alba is all about bikinis and “self-care.” The 44-year-old actress and businesswoman shared a series of photos on her Instagram, many of which feature her lounging poolside in her bikini, accompanied by uplifting messages for the coming month. “Channeling chill – breathwork – friendship and selfcare,” she captioned the carousel of photos. In one…

A federal grand jury indicted a San Bernardino County, California man on Tuesday for allegedly threatening to assassinate then-President-elect Donald Trump after winning a second term in the Oval Office in November. The U.S. Department of Justice said 73-year-old Thomas Eugene Streavel of Yucca Valley has been charged with three counts of making threats against…