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NEED TO KNOW Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Friday, Oct. 3The sentencing came following a nearly two-month federal trial After the news, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s lawyers spoke out in a statement Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s lawyers are speaking out after Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison. On Friday, Oct. 3, the former music mogul was sentenced to more than four years in prison following a nearly two-month federal trial that ended with him being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in July. He was acquitted of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The death of a 13-year-old girl with epilepsy has reportedly been ruled a homicide after authorities said she had been kept in a “makeshift cage” inside her grandmother’s Arizona home.Melony Granados, who suffered from a rare form of epilepsy and cognitive impairments that left her functioning at the level of a 3-year-old, had been in the care of her grandmother, Virginia Lujan. Lujan, 55, was charged in February with child abuse and related offenses in the teen’s death, prosecutors said.The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office recently confirmed Granados’ death was ruled a homicide,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Friday signed “Iryna’s Law,” which increases checks on criminals getting out on bail and prohibits cashless bail for some violent crimes and most repeat offenders following the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte light-rail train in August. Stein, a Democrat, has said he doesn’t like every part of the bill that was passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature, which also looks to restart executions in North Carolina, but he signed it because it “alerts the judiciary to take a special look at people who…

NEED TO KNOW Ronald Exantus fatally stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton as the boy slept in his family’s Versailles, Ky., homeA 2018 jury found Exantus not guilty by reason of insanity for murder, but he was also found guilty but mentally ill for assaults involving Logan’s familyExantus is now on parole after serving about 7 years of a 20-year sentence for the attack that killed Logan  A Kentucky man who broke into a family’s home in 2015, took a knife from their kitchen and fatally stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton as he slept has been released on parole after serving about 7…

NEED TO KNOW Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 4 years in prison on Friday, Oct. 3In July, the former music mogul was found guilty on two prostitution charges but acquitted of more serious racketeering and sex trafficking chargesA former federal prosecutor tells PEOPLE he is “not surprised” by the sentence Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison this week, and with credit for time served, the rapper is looking at 36 months — or 3 years for the two prostitution-related charges he was convicted of in July.  “It was a split the baby sentence,” former…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two illegal immigrants were arrested in Illinois for allegedly weaponizing their vehicles in “deliberate attempts to ram and injure” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced. The reported assaults in Norridge and Bensenville come as anti-ICE sentiment is surging in the Chicago metro area, with protests centered around an ICE facility in the suburb of Broadview. “Thankfully none of our law enforcement was killed because of these deranged criminals’ attacks on law enforcement. This is exactly what happens when [Illinois] Governor Pritzker, [Chicago] Mayor Johnson, and other…

NEED TO KNOW Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison on Friday, Oct. 3Since he will get credit for time served, he will be in prison for 36 months — or three yearsHe was convicted on two prostitution-related charges back in July As Sean “Diddy” Combs was leaving a Manhattan federal courtroom after a judge sentenced him to 50 months in prison, the rapper turned to his family members and mouthed, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry,” and placed his hand over his heart as he has done in the past. Combs, 55, was convicted in July on transportation…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration announced a review Friday of federal funding to Portland, Oregon, following violent anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) clashes there, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt vowing, “We will not fund states that allow anarchy.” The review comes after conservative journalist Nick Sortor was taken into custody late Thursday night while documenting the protests in Portland, something Leavitt described as an “extremely troubling incident.” She said the Department of Justice spoke with Sortor Friday morning and “will be launching a full investigation into his arrest.” “This incident is part of…

NEED TO KNOW A 47-year-old substitute teacher at an elementary and middle school in Vermont has been issued a citation after bringing cocaine to the campusThe incident occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 1, according to the Barre Town Police Department Police identified the woman as Melissa Martin, a “permanent substitute teacher” A 47-year-old substitute teacher at an elementary and middle school in Vermont has been issued a citation after allegedly bringing cocaine to the campus, officials said. The incident occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 1, Chief William Dodge from the Barre Town Police Department said in an online statement. Around 10:49 a.m.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Seattle Democratic Mayor Bruce Harrell said during a mayoral debate Thursday night he has “no desire” to put repeat criminal defenders in jail, and he doesn’t know how to answer the question on whether the city is “too lax” on repeat offenders.”So, let me make something very clear. I was the one that sponsored the ‘Ban the Box’ legislation when everyone opposed it because the criminal system has had a disparate impact on Black and Brown communities, let me lead with that,” Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said in a mayoral debate Thursday…