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NEWARK, N.J. — Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey is set to have her first appearance in federal court Wednesday on assault charges stemming from immigration officials’ attempt to arrest the Newark mayor outside a detention facility. The interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, charged McIver, a twice-elected member of Congress, this week with two counts of assaulting, resisting and impeding an officer. McIver has denied the charges, and Democrats have rallied to her defense. The prosecutor’s complaint says McIver attempted to stop the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka and pushed into and grabbed agents for Homeland…
WHEN a young Beijing resident opened his front door to grab his takeout meal in April, he was shocked to see a billionaire on his doorstep. Richard Liu, the founder of e-commerce giant JD.com, had just scooted through the Chinese capital’s streets to personally deliver the meal as well as a clear message to the country’s dominant takeout platforms – JD.com is going to shake things up.In the cut-throat world of Internet platforms, friends can quickly turn into rivals. During a dinner with other top tech CEOs, Liu said to Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan, the country’s dominant food delivery…
US argues for secrecy A three-judge panel at the appeals court was unswayed by the government’s claim that this process is too burdensome. “Although the government protests that any such assertion of privilege would be burdensome, the only identified burdens are limited both by time and reach, covering as they do records within USDS’s control generated since January 20,” the ruling said. “It does not provide any specific details as to why accessing its own records or submitting to two depositions would pose an unbearable burden.” Yesterday, the District Court set a discovery schedule requiring the government to produce all…
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Kid Cudi is the latest celebrity being called to testify at Sean “Diddy” Combs ′ sex trafficking trial in New York.The popular melodic rapper is expected to take the stand Thursday and tell the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs’ ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie.According to court filings and testimony, the Cassie-Cudi relationship, which grew out of the two working on music together, sent Combs into rages in which he beat her. Prosecutors contend that Combs was so upset he arranged to have Cudi’s convertible firebombed.Combs has pleaded not…
Cal Raleigh went yard to help the Seattle Mariners tie game vs. the White Sox.
Tampa, Fla. — A former Florida Republican congressional candidate accused of stalking and plotting to have his primary opponent murdered by a purported foreign hit squad was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison.William Robert Braddock III, 41, of St. Petersburg, was sentenced in Tampa federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in February to sending an interstate transmission of a threat to injure. In 2021, Braddock and U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna were both candidates in the primary election to represent the 13th Congressional District of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives. Luna eventually won…
WALMART last week warned that tariffs will force it to raise some prices. Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump hit back, telling the world’s largest retailer to “eat the tariffs”.But while the president might have the bark, it is Walmart’s customers who have the bite – literally and metaphorically – when it comes to eating tariffs. Americans have the power to abandon retailers, food manufacturers and even high-end boutiques that engage in “greedflation”, just as they did in the wake of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That would do more to force companies to absorb the levies…
As OpenAI buys Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI startup, the two have shared with staff a few hints about what their highly secret device will do. After weeks of speculation, OpenAI has bought Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI startup for $6.5 billion. Publicly, OpenAI has posted a video discussing Ive and Altman’s partnership in general, but now further details of their work has been revealed. According to the Washington Post, Altman told OpenAI staff in a meeting on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, that the aim is to ship 100 million AI “companions.” He described it as “the chance to…
Sam Panayotovich FOX Sports Betting Analyst As a Chicago kid who grew up rooting for MJ’s Bulls throughout the 1990s, I witnessed some battles between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers. Patrick Ewing and Pat Riley. Reggie Miller and Larry Bird. Mark Jackson both ways. You’re humming “Roundball Rock,” aren’t you?Here we are, decades later, as the Knicks and Pacers meet for a chance to reach the 2025 NBA Finals. The main characters and supporting cast are much, much different, but the rivalry remains very real. And these fan bases hate each other. The first Las Vegas sportsbook to hang a series price was the Westgate…
GDANSK :E-commerce platform Allegro is doubling down on its local offering in a bid to differentiate itself from Asian competitors like Temu, its finance chief said on Thursday.Allegro, which aside from its home market Poland runs third-party marketplaces in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, has in recent months removed offers with long shipping times, mostly from East Asia, from its international platforms, it said in an earnings statement.”We’re looking to really double down on our differentiators versus the Asian players that are in the market, and make it really clear to the consumer why they look to Allegro every…