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Jurors see more texts between Cassie and Diddy as prosecutors prepare to rest case

Jurors see more texts between Cassie and Diddy as prosecutors prepare to rest case

Diddy’s trial was abbreviated this week. The proceedings were effectively canceled Wednesday after a juror called in sick, and federal court wasn’t in session Thursday in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. But this morning, all the key players returned to the courtroom to hear testimony from one of the rapper’s former personal assistants. Here’s what you need to know about …

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Everything we know about Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin

Everything we know about Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin

Tesla’s long-overdue robotaxi is finally hitting the streets this weekend, but the rollout may face some roadblocks. The Elon Musk-led electric vehicle company is expected to roll out robotaxis in Austin, Texas, on June 22, with the first driverless trip from the factory to a customer house expected on his birthday, June 28. Musk shared news of the tentative debut …

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Kroger’s Juneteenth cakes spark backlash: ‘This is a mockery!’

Kroger’s Juneteenth cakes spark backlash: ‘This is a mockery!’

A Kroger in Atlanta, Georgia is going viral for its Juneteenth cake offerings. A TikTok video posted on June 17 shows haphazardly decorated desserts sitting in the bakery section of the supermarket. “This is some bulls—,” TikToker @blaq.monalisa says at the start of the video. “Who the hell made this ugly-ass s—?” The video, which now has over 10 million …

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Stanley Cup Final ratings drop from last year’s contest

Stanley Cup Final ratings drop from last year’s contest

U.S. television ratings for the Stanley Cup Final rematch between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers declined from their first matchup a year ago. An average of 2.5 million viewers watched on TNT, with 2.8 million tuning in for the Panthers’ series-clinching Game 6 victory. The overall number on cable is down from 4.17 million last year when the …

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Tesla inks first deal to build China’s largest grid-scale battery power plant

Tesla inks first deal to build China’s largest grid-scale battery power plant

Tesla has inked its first deal to build a grid-scale battery power plant in China amid a strained trading relationship between Beijing and Washington. The U.S. company posted on the Chinese social media service Weibo that the project would be the largest of its kind in China when completed. Utility-scale battery energy storage systems help electricity grids keep supply and …

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Record-setting heat wave headed to central, Midwest and eastern U.S.

Record-setting heat wave headed to central, Midwest and eastern U.S.

The first day of summer is ushering a dangerous heat wave in several regions across the United States. A heat dome, which occurs when the atmosphere traps hot air over an area, like the lid on a pot, is expected to form Friday in the central U.S. and expand to the Midwest and Northeast over the weekend and into next …

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What could happen if Trump does decide to bomb Iran’s main nuclear site

What could happen if Trump does decide to bomb Iran’s main nuclear site

If President Donald Trump does decide to use the United States’ largest conventional bomb to destroy Iran’s fortresslike Fordo nuclear enrichment facility, the colossal force of the explosion would likely cause casualties among workers or anyone else still at the site. But it would not trigger a nuclear explosion or a widespread radiological or chemical spill, according to former nuclear …

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