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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers to urge appeals court to overturn conviction, sentence

Today at 13:06 PM, via Daily Maverick

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are expected to tell an appeals court on Thursday the judge who oversaw the hip-hop mogul’s sex crimes trial should not have considered evidence that he abused and threatened former girlfriends in sentencing him to more than four years in prison for his conviction on prostitution charges.

World

Morning news brief

Today at 10:47 AM, via NPR

Trump and NATO chief meet to discuss the partnership, attacks continue across the Gulf region despite U.S.-Iran ceasefire, Iran says ceasefire includes Lebanon, but Israel and Trump say it’s not.

Education

Uganda: Makerere Must Treat the Disease, Not Silence the Symptoms

Today at 10:54 AM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] Makerere University’s decision to enforce virtual guild campaigns may appear prudent on the surface, but it risks becoming a convenient substitute for confronting a deeper institutional failure. Instead of treating the root causes of election violence, the university is, quite literally, plugging the anus while the diarrhoea persists.

Science/Tech

Anthropic Loses Appeals Court Bid To Temporarily Block Pentagon Blacklisting

Today at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

A federal appeals court denied Anthropic’s bid to temporarily block the Pentagon’s blacklisting, meaning the company remains shut out of Defense Department contracts while the case continues, even though a separate court has allowed other federal agencies to keep using Claude for now. CNBC reports: “In our view, the equitable balance here cuts in favor of the government,” the appeals court said...

Health

Escaping the manosphere

Yesterday at 19:26 PM, via BBC News

Will Adolphy helps men and boys escape the influence of the online manosphere.