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Diddy had a fight in prison, report says. This is how he was punished

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Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly been placed in solitary confinement after a fight at his New Jersey prison, TMZ first reported.

The harsh punishment followed an altercation at FCI Fort Dix, unnamed sources told the outlet.

Fort Dix’s Admission and Orientation Inmate Handbook, lays out what this means.

While in “Disciplinary ...Read more

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US war with Iran set to drag on for months over Hormuz deadlock

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The U.S.’s conflict against Iran looks set to drag on, possibly for months, with the sides unable to break a deadlock over the Strait of Hormuz and achieve a lasting ceasefire deal, according to several current and former officials from the US, Iran and Europe.

The stark assessments from the people, who asked not to be named discussing ...Read more

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Number of cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan surpasses 10,000 amid investigation

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DETROIT — The total number of reported cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan surpassed 10,000 on Wednesday as health officials continue to investigate the state's worst-ever outbreak of the parasitic illness.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported 397 new cases of cyclosporiasis, which usually causes frequent, watery and ...Read more

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With work permits expired, Haitians await federal judge's order for formal end of TPS

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The clock is ticking on the end of Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants in the United States, meaning that it’s only a matter of time before the Trump administration can begin escalating their deportations to Haiti.

Technically, the administration’s policy ending TPS for Haitian and some Syrian ...Read more

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Trump says US will strike Iran hard as war escalates again

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. would hit Iran hard after a recent attack that targeted a military base in Jordan, as the war in the Middle East flared up once again following a recent pause in hostilities.

“We’ll be hitting them hard,” Trump said in a phone interview, Fox News reported Wednesday, adding that “they’re going to ...Read more

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The LAPD has quietly stopped putting many public records online

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LOS ANGELES — Nicholas Shapiro, a professor at UCLA, was scrolling the city of Los Angeles' online data portal one day this spring when he noticed something odd.

A trove of Los Angeles Police Department records that were once regularly posted online was suddenly nowhere to be found. The records — everything from audio recordings of ...Read more

Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it’s far from history

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Many Americans have heard about cholera only from “The Oregon Trail,” the retro computer game in which players try to get their 1830s pioneers to the Oregon Territory. If your wagon train comes down with this highly contagious bacterial infection, the pioneers could die from diarrhea and dehydration before they get out of Nebraska.

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Growing avocados can contribute to water pollution, but there are ways to reduce the harm. Estúdio Bloom/Unsplash, CC BY

Better guacamole? How avocado import rules helped cut Mexico’s water pollution – it holds lessons for future US trade deals

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At picnics and World Cup watch parties across the United States this summer, people have been reaching for bowls of chips and guacamole. Most of that guacamole is made from avocados grown in Mexico – on orchards that, in what might come as a surprise, contribute less water pollution today than they did a decade ago.

There’s a ...Read more

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Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter known for 'Once' Oscar win, dies at 56

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Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, best known for starring in the 2007 indie darling "Once" and winning an Oscar for "Falling Slowly," the film's original song along with co-star Markéta Irglová, has died. He was 56.

Hansard died Wednesday morning following a motorcycle crash in Dublin, according to the Associated Press.

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US says Iran attacked forces while Saudi Arabia strikes Iraq

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The U.S. said its forces were targeted by Iran overnight while Washington and Saudi Arabia struck Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, abruptly ending a days-long lull in hostilities.

The U.S. and Iran had paused tit-for-tat strikes at the end of last week to allow time for a diplomatic conclusion to their five-month war, leading to a significant ...Read more

Zelenskyy's warmer ties with Trump have yet to yield new weapons

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WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struck an upbeat note after discussions with Donald Trump about air defenses and renewing diplomacy, despite few signs Kyiv’s any closer to securing new arms to bolster its military capabilities against Russia.

Tuesday’s meeting was positive, even as substantive air defense ordinance ...Read more

Record-breaking El Niño could gut California's crab and salmon fleets

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LOS ANGELES — As the chances of a 'super' El Niño continue to rise — now 81%, according to federal scientists — researchers are looking back to 2015 and 2016, when a Pacific heat wave combined with a strong El Niño threw some of the West Coast's most important commercial fishing fleets into turmoil.

They say we could be looking at a ...Read more

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Lula leads Brazil election poll after shaky start to Bolsonaro campaign

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva maintained his lead over Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of October’s election as a cloud of controversies swirled around the conservative challenger, a new poll found.

Lula leads Bolsonaro by 6 percentage points, 49% to 43%, in a runoff scenario, according to an AtlasIntel survey for Bloomberg News published ...Read more

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How Miami became a hub for 'manosphere' influencers like the Tate brothers

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MIAMI — Andrew and Tristan Tate, who were recently arrested outside a Miami concert venue on new rape charges in the United Kingdom, aren’t the only controversial online personalities who have chosen Miami as home.

In fact, in the past few years, a growing number of influencers who built lucrative brands around hypermasculinity, dating ...Read more

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Cyclospora boosts fears that worse foodborne outbreaks are ahead

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The next foodborne illness outbreak could be much worse.

That’s the concern of food safety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to detect and stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, such as the recent outbreaks of cyclospora, which has sickened thousands in dozens of states. And they’...Read more

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Colorado's oil and gas regulators studied health problems tied to drilling. Critics ask: Why will nothing change?

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DENVER — A public health study found that Colorado children living within eight miles of an oil and gas well had an increased risk of developing leukemia, and the study’s authors determined current setbacks between well sites and houses may not be enough to protect kids.

The study, published in May 2025, sounded an alarm for communities ...Read more

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Newsom reverses on long-sought paid leave benefit for teachers in California

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California public school teacher Mollie Blustein planned her pregnancy so that her daughter would arrive during summer break. But when the elementary school teacher went into premature labor and delivered her baby two weeks before the end of school, she faced another stressor: a huge pay cut.

The majority of California’s roughly 300,000 ...Read more

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'The child is terrified': Doctors on the front lines of a measles comeback speak out

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This isn’t just a bad year for measles. It looks to be the start of a bad era. Confirmed measles cases just hit a 35-year high, and it’s only July. Together with last year, the number of cases has exceeded the combined total over the previous 25 years. The vast majority of cases stem from domestic outbreaks fueled by low rates of vaccination...Read more

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Feds targeted Latinos more after Supreme Court's racial profiling decision, report says

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By almost every measure, Latino communities are bearing the brunt of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign, according to a new report.

The League of United Latin American Citizens or LULAC, a Latino civil rights organization, found that court-sanctioned racial profiling has contributed to the disproportionate targeting of Latinos...Read more

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Warehouse <strong>company</strong> files permit to rebuild Boyle Heights warehouse after fire. 'A slap in the face,' mayor says

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LOS ANGELES — A permit application to rebuild the Lineage cold-storage warehouse has been met with fierce backlash from politicians and residents, who are enraged the company would think about resuming business while the community contends with putrid odors and health concerns from the ongoing cleanup.

On Monday, a representative for Lineage ...Read more