Secret Service Director Makes Cryptic Reference To Coming 'Geopolitical Event, Kinetic Conflict' That Could Endanger US Leaders What did the Secret Service chief mean by the below comments? Ronald Rowe Jr., the Secret Service's acting director, when giving a briefing Monday from West Palm Beach, described the challenges of protecting Trump and lessons learned going forward. While critics have pointed out the glaring failures that would allow two near-miss assassination attempts on the former...

A jury has been selected to preside over Baltimore’s lawsuit against two drug distribution companies that the city accused of delivering huge quantities of opioids here and fueling the opioid crisis. The jury consists of six jurors and six alternates. Jury selection spanned two days in Baltimore Circuit Court, with panels of prospective jurors summoned to a large courtroom. There, they filled out a questionnaire probing their experiences with — and feelings about — opioids, among other topics....

The ill-fated Titan submersible is back in the spotlight this week as the U.S. Coast Guard holds an investigatory hearing into the circumstances surrounding the implosion of OceanGate’s deep-sea vessel last year, a tragedy that killed all five people on board.

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.