2 months ago
Kanye West's former security guard wants one subject kept out of their upcoming Donda Academy employment trial, any attempt to argue that Ye was of "unsound mind" during the period covered by Benjamin Deshon Provo's discrimination and wrongful-termination claims.
Provo has asked a Los Angeles judge to bar that argument after an Aug. 24 pretrial discussion in which, according to his attorneys, Ye's counsel would not agree to keep the rapper's mental-health history out of the case. Provo's side says mental health was never pleaded as an affirmative defense and no supporting medical records or expert testimony were produced during discovery.
The new filing is a pretrial attempt to determine what his lawyers may argue or introduce when the civil case is heard, and TMZ reports that Provo wants the court to prevent the issue from being raised at all.
Provo's lawyers are also relying on Ye's own deposition. Asked whether he felt he was not himself around the period when he ran Donda Academy, Ye answered no and said that time was "close to me being myself."
According to MyNewsLA, Provo's attorneys say the issue surfaced during an Aug. 24 meeting over pretrial motions. They claim Ye's counsel said he was "certainly not agreeing" to exclude references to Ye's "documented mental health issues" because those issues could relate to things Ye had said.
#pretrial #provo #according #wants
Provo has asked a Los Angeles judge to bar that argument after an Aug. 24 pretrial discussion in which, according to his attorneys, Ye's counsel would not agree to keep the rapper's mental-health history out of the case. Provo's side says mental health was never pleaded as an affirmative defense and no supporting medical records or expert testimony were produced during discovery.
The new filing is a pretrial attempt to determine what his lawyers may argue or introduce when the civil case is heard, and TMZ reports that Provo wants the court to prevent the issue from being raised at all.
Provo's lawyers are also relying on Ye's own deposition. Asked whether he felt he was not himself around the period when he ran Donda Academy, Ye answered no and said that time was "close to me being myself."
According to MyNewsLA, Provo's attorneys say the issue surfaced during an Aug. 24 meeting over pretrial motions. They claim Ye's counsel said he was "certainly not agreeing" to exclude references to Ye's "documented mental health issues" because those issues could relate to things Ye had said.
#pretrial #provo #according #wants
2 months ago
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LiveRamp shareholders approved the proposed merger with MMS USA Holdings, with affirmative votes representing more than 77% of shares outstanding and entitled to vote. The preliminary results satisfy a key condition of the May 16, 2026 merger agreement.
The special meeting had strong participation, with 92.23% of outstanding shares represented. Shareholders also reelected three directors and approved an equity-plan share increase, executive compensation on a non-binding basis, and KPMG as the fiscal 2027 auditor.
A separate advisory proposal covering merger-related compensation for named executives failed, receiving affirmative support from only 14.16% of votes cast. LiveRamp expects to file certified final voting results with the SEC within four business days.
LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) stockholders approved the company's proposed merger with MMS USA Holdings Inc. at a virtual special meeting, clearing a key shareholder-vote requirement for the transaction outlined in a May 16, 2026 merger agreement.
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LiveRamp shareholders approved the proposed merger with MMS USA Holdings, with affirmative votes representing more than 77% of shares outstanding and entitled to vote. The preliminary results satisfy a key condition of the May 16, 2026 merger agreement.
The special meeting had strong participation, with 92.23% of outstanding shares represented. Shareholders also reelected three directors and approved an equity-plan share increase, executive compensation on a non-binding basis, and KPMG as the fiscal 2027 auditor.
A separate advisory proposal covering merger-related compensation for named executives failed, receiving affirmative support from only 14.16% of votes cast. LiveRamp expects to file certified final voting results with the SEC within four business days.
LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) stockholders approved the company's proposed merger with MMS USA Holdings Inc. at a virtual special meeting, clearing a key shareholder-vote requirement for the transaction outlined in a May 16, 2026 merger agreement.
#affirmative #shares
2 months ago
Aaron Judge playing catch normally wouldn't be a big deal, just a routine part of a baseball player's day.
But Judge hasn't been able to be a baseball player since he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his ribs in early June. One month ago, an imaging exam showed that some healing was occurring but not enough for the three-time American League MVP to resume baseball activities.
However, Judge took a step closer to returning to the New York Yankees lineup on Friday. when he played catch for the first time in months. He also ran, another activity he hasn't been able to do since his injury was diagnosed.
Does that mean Judge will be able to return before the end of the regular season with 39 games and six weeks remaining on the schedule? Yankees manager Aaron Boone wasn't willing to answer that affirmatively, but was optimistic that the team's captain would still be able to return this season.
"We expect him back, but we're in the early stages of baseball activities, so hopefully things continue to go well," Boone said, via MLB.com. "He hasn't done any baseball things in a while, so there's a lot more to do."
#Baseball
But Judge hasn't been able to be a baseball player since he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his ribs in early June. One month ago, an imaging exam showed that some healing was occurring but not enough for the three-time American League MVP to resume baseball activities.
However, Judge took a step closer to returning to the New York Yankees lineup on Friday. when he played catch for the first time in months. He also ran, another activity he hasn't been able to do since his injury was diagnosed.
Does that mean Judge will be able to return before the end of the regular season with 39 games and six weeks remaining on the schedule? Yankees manager Aaron Boone wasn't willing to answer that affirmatively, but was optimistic that the team's captain would still be able to return this season.
"We expect him back, but we're in the early stages of baseball activities, so hopefully things continue to go well," Boone said, via MLB.com. "He hasn't done any baseball things in a while, so there's a lot more to do."
#Baseball
2 months ago
Penn State's 2026 season will feature a completely overhauled roster following an offseason of significant transition. A coaching change led to a flurry of activity in the transfer portal, which led to a number of new faces on the program. We have taken some time to profile each player on the roster this season, but now it is time to dig a little deeper on the 25 players who will play the largest roles on the roster.
In a year with so much roster turnover with help from the transfer portal, there will be some notable players returning to Penn State's roster in 2026. One of the key players returning is nickelback Zion Tracy, who will serve as one of the defensive leaders for the Nittany Lions this fall.
Zion Tracy had a bit of a breakout season as he saw his role increase in the Penn State defense in 2025. Tracy started nine of 11 games played for the Nittany Lions, and he ended the year with 32 total tackles. That includes 5 tackles for loss, which was good for fourth on the roster. For a season with so many letdown moments, Tracy was one of the more reliable positive **** ets for the defense overall. He also recorded one sack and forced a fumble. He ended the season with five tackles in the Pinstripe Bowl victory over Clemson, tying his personal career high for a single game.
Perhaps the biggest question for Zion Tracy is whether or not he is equipped to be the top cornerback on the defense. The answer is probably leaning toward the affirmative, but it is a big test for him this season after some key teammates have departed the program to pursue opportunities at new schools this season. Those departures were replaced with some transfers, of course, but Tracy will be looked to as the mainstay for the defensive backfield this fall. Doing so with a new defensive coordinator and defensive scheme can be challenging even for a talented vet like Tracy.
If Penn State is going to have a playoff push this season, it will be in part because Zion Tracy is delivering big hits and coming up with key takeaways. Tracy will be successful if he is used correctly on blitz packages off the edges to create havoc in the backfield by taking down a quarterback or helping to blow up a screen pass situation. Tracy will be successful if he also helps create turnovers, either by taking the ball away through the air or knocking the ball loose for a teammate to pounce.
#tracy #season #players
In a year with so much roster turnover with help from the transfer portal, there will be some notable players returning to Penn State's roster in 2026. One of the key players returning is nickelback Zion Tracy, who will serve as one of the defensive leaders for the Nittany Lions this fall.
Zion Tracy had a bit of a breakout season as he saw his role increase in the Penn State defense in 2025. Tracy started nine of 11 games played for the Nittany Lions, and he ended the year with 32 total tackles. That includes 5 tackles for loss, which was good for fourth on the roster. For a season with so many letdown moments, Tracy was one of the more reliable positive **** ets for the defense overall. He also recorded one sack and forced a fumble. He ended the season with five tackles in the Pinstripe Bowl victory over Clemson, tying his personal career high for a single game.
Perhaps the biggest question for Zion Tracy is whether or not he is equipped to be the top cornerback on the defense. The answer is probably leaning toward the affirmative, but it is a big test for him this season after some key teammates have departed the program to pursue opportunities at new schools this season. Those departures were replaced with some transfers, of course, but Tracy will be looked to as the mainstay for the defensive backfield this fall. Doing so with a new defensive coordinator and defensive scheme can be challenging even for a talented vet like Tracy.
If Penn State is going to have a playoff push this season, it will be in part because Zion Tracy is delivering big hits and coming up with key takeaways. Tracy will be successful if he is used correctly on blitz packages off the edges to create havoc in the backfield by taking down a quarterback or helping to blow up a screen pass situation. Tracy will be successful if he also helps create turnovers, either by taking the ball away through the air or knocking the ball loose for a teammate to pounce.
#tracy #season #players
3 months ago
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with the Virginia NAACP in its lawsuit against a county school board's reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools, saying the decision discriminated against Black students and ordering the board to change the schools' monikers again.
In an opinion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court of Virginia, Judge Michael F. Urbanski said the school board in Shenandoah County violated Black students' rights under the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause, which forbids racial discrimination in state-supported institutions. The decision also violates the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, the court found.
Confederate army officers' names are "vestiges" of Shenandoah County's segregationist history that required separate schools for Black and white students.
"The Confederate names were restored with complete awareness of their historic legacy and ongoing discriminatory impact," Urbanski wrote. "In the court's view, the affirmative act of reinstating these vestiges of segregation is far more problematic than a passive failure to remove a long-standing name or symbol."
The judge ordered the board to settle on new school names "on a racially nondiscriminatory basis with all deliberate speed."
#confederate
In an opinion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court of Virginia, Judge Michael F. Urbanski said the school board in Shenandoah County violated Black students' rights under the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause, which forbids racial discrimination in state-supported institutions. The decision also violates the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, the court found.
Confederate army officers' names are "vestiges" of Shenandoah County's segregationist history that required separate schools for Black and white students.
"The Confederate names were restored with complete awareness of their historic legacy and ongoing discriminatory impact," Urbanski wrote. "In the court's view, the affirmative act of reinstating these vestiges of segregation is far more problematic than a passive failure to remove a long-standing name or symbol."
The judge ordered the board to settle on new school names "on a racially nondiscriminatory basis with all deliberate speed."
#confederate
4 months ago
The Dallas Cowboys clearly had a depth issue at wide receiver in 2024, struggling to find a complimentary player to pair up with CeeDee Lamb. In the category of too little too late, Dallas grabbed Jonathan Mingo from the Carolina Panthers a few days after they lost starting quarterback Dak Prescott for the year. 2025 was meant to answer the question of whether the acquisition was a wise jumping on an opportunity, or a panic move. It did, and not in the affirmative.
Mingo saw action in just six contests last season, seeing a measly five targets and hauling in only one of them, a 25-yard completion. Dallas traded a fourth-round pick to the Panthers and it now appears wasted. Whatever they hoped Mingo could be, that vision is gone, leading to a pay cut this past spring just so Mingo could remain in a system that gives him his best chance of seeing the field in 2026.
Position: Wide Receiver
Age: 25
Height: 6-foot-2
Mingo saw action in just six contests last season, seeing a measly five targets and hauling in only one of them, a 25-yard completion. Dallas traded a fourth-round pick to the Panthers and it now appears wasted. Whatever they hoped Mingo could be, that vision is gone, leading to a pay cut this past spring just so Mingo could remain in a system that gives him his best chance of seeing the field in 2026.
Position: Wide Receiver
Age: 25
Height: 6-foot-2
4 months ago
A Los Angeles judge has handed Lil Wayne a court win this week, signing a $29,225 judgment against the security guard who sued him after the case was thrown out for persistent noncompliance.
The judgment, signed June 10, orders former security guard Christian Carlos and his attorney to jointly cover monetary sanctions and legal costs owed to the rapper.
The ruling formalizes an April decision in which a Los Angeles Superior Court judge issued terminating sanctions and cancelled an August trial date.
"The court is granting terminating sanctions because plaintiff willfully refused to comply with three discovery orders over nearly ten months, made affirmative misrepresentations to the court about compliance, and has still provided no responses as of April 21, 2026," read the court's decision.
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The judgment, signed June 10, orders former security guard Christian Carlos and his attorney to jointly cover monetary sanctions and legal costs owed to the rapper.
The ruling formalizes an April decision in which a Los Angeles Superior Court judge issued terminating sanctions and cancelled an August trial date.
"The court is granting terminating sanctions because plaintiff willfully refused to comply with three discovery orders over nearly ten months, made affirmative misrepresentations to the court about compliance, and has still provided no responses as of April 21, 2026," read the court's decision.
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1 yr. ago
The Trump administration plans to dismantle one of the federal government’s largest and longest-standing affirmative action programs, siding with two White-owned contracting businesses that challenged its constitutionality.
