Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested; details of Titan's implosion revealed

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is expected to appear in court after his indictment in New York on charges that are still sealed. The hip-hop mogul was arrested in Manhattan late Monday. Federal prosecutors didn't immediately detail the charges, but Combs has been sued by multiple people who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump wasn’t harmed by Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt as he golfed near his Florida club. But the second attack on his life in barely two months is likely to further unsettle an election cycle already marked by upheaval. The man suspected in the incident camped outside the golf course in West Palm Beach with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours. Ryan Wesley Routh, is accused of lying in wait for the former president before a Secret Service agent opened fire and thwarted the potential attack. He previously had a website seeking to raise money and recruit volunteers to go to Ukraine to join the fight against the Russian invasion.

LONDON (AP) — Meta is banning Russia state media organization from its social media company platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow’s propaganda. 

AVIGNON, France (AP) — A 71-year-old French man has acknowledged in court that over nearly a decade, he was drugging his wife at the time and inviting dozens of men to rape her, as well as raping her himself. He pleaded with her and their three children for forgiveness. 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s secretary of state over a policy they said is illegally removing naturalized citizens from voting rolls.

In other news:

• Judge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court.
• The Titan's former lead engineer says he felt pressured to get the submersible ready.
• Two ex-fire chiefs in New York City arrested in corruption scandal.
• New York officials to release new renderings of possible Gilgo Beach victim.
• A pipeline explosion sends a towering pillar of flame over Houston's suburbs.
• Ohio state police to protect schools after furor over Haitian immigrants in Springfield.
• Shooting leaves 1 dead in Detroit at popular tailgating location after Lions game, police say.
• Officials ban swimming after medical waste washes ashore in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.
• Jane's Addiction cancels its tour in the wake of an onstage concert fracas.
• A late game-winning drive highlights Monday Night Football, a No. 1 NFL draft pick gets benched, injury updates aplenty around the NFL and MLB, a big win for the NL West and more.
• The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says.

—The Associated Press

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Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.