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As her tape-recorder adventures are brought to the screen by Rebecca Hall and Ben Whishaw, the 90-year-old remembers how she got the NY art crowd – from Peter Hujar to Chuck Close – talking about drugs, orgies and psychoanalysis

There is a series by Peter Hujar in which the photographer shot groups of friends, collaborators, lovers and other members of the New York avant garde, from the 1960s to 80s. In one image – including the artists Paul Thek and Eva Hesse – the writer Linda Rosenkrantz stands near the centre. “That was mostly people that I had gotten together, some who became very well-known,” Rosenkrantz tells me by phone from California. “Five or six of us would go ice-skating or dancing on Friday nights.”

The planned layoffs mean the Japanese carmaker has now cut about 15% of its workforce in the past year.

Prosecution witness Daniel Phillip says he saw mogul throw bottle at ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and drag her by hair

The high-profile federal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs enters its second day on Tuesday in lower Manhattan, where the 55-year-old music mogul faces charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Combs, who was arrested last September, has pleaded not guilty and denied all allegations.

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I was recently asked to explain the media’s attitude to weight loss drugs. And the more I tried, the more sheepish I became

‘Why you might be given the ‘second-best’ weight-loss drug”, ran the i’s coverage of the most recent research findings: Mounjaro is officially more effective than Wegovy. And there are plenty of perfectly sensible reasons. Wegovy, which produces an average weight loss of 14%, might suit you fine. It’s the only drug approved for reducing the risk of a major cardiovascular event because it’s been on the market for longer. Mounjaro, reducing weight by 20%, might end up on top in the long run. The media often takes a scandalised tone about pharmacological innovation: whether it’s the NHS trying to palm you off with second best, or big pharma selling snake oil, someone is always out to get you. “This seems OK; let’s see how it goes” is a peculiarly difficult editorial line to take.

Lou Prevost, who shared video that repeated slur against Nancy Pelosi, says he and brother ‘disagree on some things’

The oldest brother of newly elected Pope Leo XIV has predicted that the Roman Catholic church’s first-ever US-born leader will strive to be apolitical in his role – which, if that happens, would cut a stark contrast with the papal sibling’s fierce support of far-right American politics.

Facebook posts under the name of Louis Martin “Lou” Prevost, whose youngest brother, Robert Prevost,was recently picked to succeed the late Pope Francis, have come under scrutiny from journalists and social media users as the world seeks hints about what kind of relationship Leo may foster with Donald Trump.

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Idaho Statesman. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week.

Time and again, the U.S. Department of Education has been the last resort for parents who say the state of Idaho has failed to educate their children. The federal agency in 2023 ordered Idaho to stop blocking some students with learning disabilities, like dyslexia, from special education. That same year, it flagged that the state’s own reviews of districts and charters obscured the fact that just 20% were fully complying with the federal disability law. Last year, it told the state it must end long delays in services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, which could include speech or physical therapy.

Lauren Hemp, Georgia Stanway and Alex Greenwood return to the England squad after injury for the upcoming Women's Nations League matches.

French actor, 76, convicted of assaulting set dresser and assistant director during film shoot in Paris in 2021

Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021 and given an 18-month suspended prison sentence.

Depardieu, France’s biggest film star who has made more than 200 films and TV series, is the highest-profile figure in the French film industry to be convicted of sexual assault since the #MeToo movement. His name will be added to the sex offender register in France, the judge ruled.

The victim of an assault just days before the tree felling says the men were in the police's sights.