Diddy juror axed for lack of candor about residency

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has dismissed a juror in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs after concluding that his conflicting answers about where he lives might indicate he had an agenda or wanted to stay on the jury for a purpose. Judge Arun Subramanian made the ruling on Monday, rejecting arguments by Combs’ attorneys that it would disrupt the diversity of the jury to replace the Black man with a white juror. Subramanian had first announced late Friday that he was dismissing the juror, but multiple defense lawyers protested. The judge delayed dismissing the juror until Monday, when the trial entered its sixth week.

Death toll from flash floods climbs to 6 in West Virginia

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — The death toll from weekend flooding in West Virginia has risen to six. Gov. Patrick Morrisey says at least two people remain missing in the state’s northern panhandle. As much as 4 inches of rain fell in parts of Wheeling and Ohio County within 40 minutes. Among the six dead was a 3-year-old child. To the southeast, heavy rains tore through the community of Fairmont on Sunday, ripping off the outer wall of an apartment building. Morrisey says at least 60 homes, 25 businesses and an estimated 30 roads were impacted by the floods.

Judge extends order suspending Trump’s block on Harvard’s incoming foreign students

BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s order to block incoming foreign students from attending Harvard University will remain on hold temporarily. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston on Monday extended a temporary restraining order on Trump’s proclamation until June 23 while she weighs Harvard’s request for a preliminary injunction. Burroughs made the decision at a hearing over Harvard’s request, which Trump’s Republican administration opposed. Burroughs granted the initial restraining order June 5, and it had been set to expire Thursday. Trump previously tried to revoke Harvard’s ability to host foreign students on its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The judge has temporarily blocked that, too. Harvard’s lawyer says Trump is using its international students as “pawns.”

Dismissed members of CDC vaccine committee call Kennedy’s actions ‘destabilizing’

NEW YORK (AP) — The 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel say Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making “destabilizing decisions” that could lead to more preventable disease spread. Kennedy last week announced he would “retire” the influential panel that guides U.S. vaccine policy the panel. Two days later, he named eight new people to it. The former panelists all signed onto a commentary published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Kennedy, a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement before becoming the U.S. government’s top health official, has accused the committee of being too closely aligned with vaccine manufacturers and of rubber-stamping vaccines.