NEW YORK (AP) – In rejecting Sean “Diddy” Combs’ release on bail, a federal judge confronted the hip-hop impresario with a disturbing aspect of his criminal case that his lawyers couldn’t deny: his history of violence.

LONDON (AP) – Olivia Rodrigo. John Cena. Dave Grohl. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. There was as much star power – or maybe even more? – in the Royal Box at Wimbledon as there was down below on the Centre Court grass on Wednesday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Ye, the U.S. rapper formerly known as Kanye West, was recently stripped of an Australian visa after he released his single “Heil Hitler,” a government minister said on Wednesday.

In a case seen as a challenge to free speech, Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over the editing of CBS’ ” 60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris in October.

NEW YORK (AP) – Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted of prostitution-related offenses but acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put one of hip-hop’s most celebrated figures behind bars for life. The mixed result came on the third day of deliberations.

NEW YORK (AP) – Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted Wednesday of a prostitution-related offense but acquitted of more serious counts that could have put him behind bars for life, drawing divided reactions by his fellow celebrities.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died. He was 90.

NEW YORK (AP) – A federal judge is pondering the nature of rap battles and the cutting wordplay in Kendrick Lamar ‘s “Not Like Us,” the megahit diss track that spurred a defamation lawsuit from his fellow superstar Drake.