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Physically, Cassie is described to be beautiful and the girl next door with soft, slightly wavy blonde and clear blue-silver eyes. Personality wise, Cassie is described as being shy, unique, loner, withdrawn and quiet but she becomes significantly more "alive" and opens up after she unexpectedly meets Adam. Cassie loves listening to music and collecting unicorns. She loves Phantom Of The Opera and greatly enjoys creative writing.

While on vacation in Cape Cod, Massachusetts she meets the young, handsome and mysterious Adam, whom she saves from a group witch hunters. Cassie feels an immediate, magnetic, intense and indescribable attraction and connection to Adam. She also realizes that she and Adam are bound together by the silver cord of destiny or fate, which implies that Adam and Cassie are destined and fated to be together and that they are ultimate soulmates. He then leaves Cassie, giving a token of friendship.

Cassie arrives at her vacation home that evening to find out that she and her mom are going to have to live with Cassie's sick grandmother in New Salem. Once they arrive in New Salem, Cassie finds out that she will be going to the high school there.

Settling in in the town of New Salem, Cassie eventually befriends Nick Armstrong, Faye Chamberlain, Deborah Armstrong, Sean Dulany, Melanie Glaser, Chris Henderson, Doug Henderson, Laurel Quincy and Susan Whitler; all members of the Secret Circle coven. She is also friends with Jeffrey Lovegood and Sally Waltman. Upon her arrival at New Salem High, she witnesses an altercation between a girl named Faye Chamberlain and Sally Waltman. After this occurrence, Faye and her friends Deborah and Suzan constantly pick on Cassie and will not leave her alone.

At the end of her first week, Faye, Suzan, and Deborah lure her into the old science building and torture her with fire, at which point Diana Meade comes rushing to the rescue and becomes Cassie's best friend and adopted big sister. Cassie then starts hanging out with the popular, mysterious club. A couple of weeks later, Kori Henderson is killed and the club initiates Cassie instead, who finds out the club is a coven of witches. She is then initiated into the coven of witches. After the ceremony, Adam arrives, who happens to be her newfound friend Diana's longtime boyfriend.

After seeing Adam, Cassie makes a blood promise to herself that she won't let anybody discover her deep, strong and intense feelings for Adam. Adam comes with news that he has found a master tool. He takes out the crystal skull. Faye demands that the crystal be used immediately, and that is where all the trouble begins. That day, after dark energy is released, Diana makes Adam walk Cassie home. After a few minutes of awkwardness, Adam and Cassie cannot deny their intense and deep attraction to each other. They share a passionate kiss and the silver cord brings them together. But it is not until the fourth book that Adam and Cassie are finally allowed to be together. Cassie eventually becomes the official leader of the coven.

In regards to Adam and Cassie's relationship, Adam and Cassie are ultimate soulmates. They are bound together by a mysterious 'silver cord', also known as the silver cord of destiny or the silver cord of fate. This special cord links both Adam and Cassie from heart to heart, implying that the two are destined for each other for all of eternity and in any many, many lifetimes to come. It also means that regardless of time, space and distance, they will always be pulled towards each other no matter what. Adam and Cassie meet in Cape Cod at the beach and both of them see the silver cord binding them together. When Cassie moves to New Salem she discovers that Adam has a girlfriend, Diana. Diana has been a true friend to Cassie and the two have become almost sisters. Cassie cannot bring herself to tell Diana that she loves Adam. Adam cannot bear to hurt Diana.

After a midnight interlude at the beach, Cassie and Adam make a blood pact to never by word or look or deed hurt Diana and give in to their desires to be together. While making their pact, Adam and Cassie are spotted by Diana's cousin Faye. Faye uses her knowledge of Cassie and Adam's love to blackmail Cassie into doing what she wants. Cassie agrees as long as Diana does not find out, but soon she cannot take Faye's demands. In retaliation Faye tells Diana and the rest of the Circle about Cassie and Adam. Both Cassie and Adam beg Diana for forgiveness and to prove that they can be faithful to her and she agrees. Adam stays with Diana, but things have changed.

At the end of the trilogy, Diana gives Cassie her chalcedony rose, which has symbolized her love with Adam, and in essence giving her blessing for Adam and Cassie to be together since it is their destiny. Diana explains to Cassie that the only reason she told Cassie she continued with the charade was to prove to Cassie how strong she was. Adam and Cassie reunite and the trilogy is complete.

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Cassie settles lawsuit accusing Diddy of rape

R ap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and R&B artist Casandra "Cassie" Ventura have settled a lawsuit one day after she accused him of rape and sex trafficking.

The pair said they reached an agreement on Friday, without disclosing details.

In a joint statement with Mr Combs, Ms Ventura said that she "decided to resolve this matter amicably on terms that I have some level of control.

"I want to thank my family, fans and lawyers for their unwavering support."

Mr Combs wrote: "We have decided to resolve this matter amicably. I wish Cassie and her family all the best. Love."

Ms Ventura filed the lawsuit on Thursday, in which she said she was trapped for a decade by Mr Combs, her-ex-boyfriend, in a cycle of abuse and violence.

The rapper and record executive - who also goes by the stage name Puff Daddy - denied the allegations, and accused the singer of trying to extort him.

His lawyer said the claims were "offensive and outrageous".

Confirming the settlement, Ms Ventura's lawyer Douglas Wigdor said: "I am very proud of Ms Ventura for having the strength to go public with her lawsuit. She ought to be commended for doing so."

Ms Ventura alleged that the rap producer raped and beat her over 10 years starting when she was 19 and he was 37.

"After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story," she said in a statement on Thursday.

The lawsuit included multiple graphic descriptions of the violent abuse that she says began after she met the rapper in 2005.

According to the complaint, Mr Combs signed her to his record label, Bad Boy, and "plied the vulnerable Ms Ventura with drugs and alcohol, causing her to fall into dangerous addictions that controlled her life".

The lawsuit labelled the musician a "serial domestic abuser, who would regularly beat and kick Ms Ventura, leaving black eyes, bruises, and blood".

In a statement to BBC News, Mr Combs' lawyer said Ms Ventura had demanded $30m (£24m) "under the threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship".

His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said the lawsuit was "riddled with baseless and outrageous lies" and the alleged demand "was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail".

In response to Mr Brafman, Ms Ventura's lawyer, Doug Wigdor, said Mr Combs had offered her a payment of "eight figures to silence her and prevent the filing of this lawsuit".

"She rejected his efforts and decided to give a voice to all woman who suffer in silence," he said.

Her lawsuit also alleged that the music mogul told her he planned to "blow up" a car owned by rapper Kid Cudi. Mr Combs had become jealous that Ms Ventura was in a relationship with the rapper, according to the legal action.

She said he told her of his plan during Paris Fashion Week in 2012.

"Mr Combs told Ms Ventura that he was going to blow up Kid Cudi's car," the complaint said, "and that he wanted to ensure that Kid Cudi was home with his friends when it happened. Around that time, Kid Cudi's car exploded in his driveway."

A spokeswoman for Kid Cudi told the New York Times that Ms Ventura's account was true.

But New York police said in a statement on Friday that no investigation had yet been opened into any of the allegations.

Ms Ventura released several hits in the 2000s, including songs that featured Diddy.

Her most famous tracks include Me & U, Long Way to Go and Official Girl, featuring Lil Wayne.

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Cassie’s Lawsuit Against Diddy, Explained

Cassie sued Diddy in federal court on November 16, accusing the hip-hop mainstay of rape and a decade-long pattern of abuse that began when she was 19 years old. The R&B singer, who was once signed to Diddy’s label, Bad Boy Records, alleges sex trafficking, human trafficking, sexual battery, sexual assault, and gender-motivated violence, among other causes of action. The filing claims his controlling behavior started when she met him in 2005. After she signed a deal with Diddy’s record label the following year, he allegedly exerted complete control over her life, including her apartment, car, clothing, and even her medical records, to keep her under his thumb. According to the lawsuit , he went so far as targeting rapper Kid Cudi, who briefly dated Cassie in 2011 during a rough patch in Diddy and Cassie’s relationship, she alleges. Just one day after Cassie filed the lawsuit, she settled with Diddy out of court.

As the dust cleared, multiple accusers stepped forward, detailing their own sexual-assault allegations against Diddy in the months following Cassie’s explosive lawsuit. Federal agents got involved on March 25, with Homeland Security Investigations raiding Diddy’s Los Angeles and Miami properties in connection to an alleged sex-trafficking case involving him. Below, everything to know about the lawsuit, the settlement, the music industry’s response, and what appears to be a criminal case against the fallen mogul.

What was Diddy accused of in the lawsuit?

The lawsuit alleges several instances of abuse committed by Diddy, including rape, battery, and forced sex acts with male sex workers. In the filing, Cassie depicts the mogul, head of her former label and then–romantic partner, as a textbook abuser — luring her into what she first perceived as a fatherly, protective relationship, only to find herself in an unequal, and violent, sexual relationship. Diddy successfully kept her under his thumb through his alleged intimidation tactics, which consisted of blowing up a man’s car, dangling a friend over a 17th-floor balcony, and asking her to carry his gun in her purse. She never went to the police out of fear that it “would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her.” Diddy denied the allegations.

“Cassie — Ms. Casandra Ventura — was held down by Mr. Combs and endured over a decade of his violent behavior and disturbed demands,” the lawsuit reads. “For Ms. Ventura, the ‘dark times’ were those she spent trapped by Mr. Combs in a cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking.” Diddy first expressed romantic interest in Cassie in 2006, the lawsuit claims, when his makeup artist mentioned that he was “interested.” Soon after, the young star is said to have been drawn into his jet-setting, drug-fueled lifestyle.

Once they entered a romantic relationship, Diddy and his inner circle allegedly controlled every aspect of her life. The lawsuit claims those close to the founder of Bad Boy Records turned a blind eye to physical abuse. “Beatings were witnessed by Mr. Combs’ staff and employees,” the suit read, “but no one dared to speak up against their frightening and ferocious boss.” Cassie said she never went to the police for fear that it would give Diddy “an excuse to hurt her.” In one instance of abuse in 2009, he allegedly kicked her repeatedly in the face, making her bleed, and had his staff hide her in a hotel room. “Every time she hid, Mr. Combs’s vast network of corporations and affiliated entities found her, and those who worked for Mr. Combs’s companies implored her to return to him,” the filing stated. “Many went as far as to explicitly state that her failure to return to Mr. Combs would hinder her success in the entertainment industry.”

According to the suit, Cassie suffered memory loss from copious substance use and suicidal ideation during her relationship with Diddy. The court papers cite an instance in which MRI results went directly to Diddy.

The suit named Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, and his associated business entities — Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Records, Epic Records, Combs Enterprises, and Doe Corps — pointing to a widespread complicity in the allegations. Cassie sought an unspecified amount in compensatory damages.

Elsewhere in the filing, Cassie alleges Diddy forced her to take part in “freak offs,” or an arrangement in which she had no choice but to plan and engage in sex acts with male sex workers while he masturbated. The encounters continued for years in high-end hotels across the country and sometimes occurred as often as once a week, the lawsuit read. Diddy took photos and filmed the encounters. Cassie would delete videos shot on her phone to no avail — once, she was forced to watch footage on a flight that she thought she had gotten rid of.

Following an “FO” in 2016, he allegedly paid a hotel $50,000 to erase hallway surveillance footage of an intoxicated Diddy throwing glass vases at Cassie when she tried to escape after he gave her a black eye. She would take copious amounts of drugs “to disassociate during these horrific encounters,” including “ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana, and alcohol in excessive amounts.” The excessive substance use led to addiction, Cassie said.

The lawsuit suggested Diddy blew up Kid Cudi’s car in 2012 in retaliation for the “Up Up & Away” rapper’s brief relationship with Cassie. Diddy once said he would target him. “Around that time,” the suit says, “Kid Cudi’s car exploded in his driveway.” In a statement through his spokesperson, Cudi confirmed Cassie’s account. “This is all true,” he told the New York Times .

Diddy forced his way into her home and raped her in 2018, according to the filing, while she “repeatedly said ‘no’ and tried to push him away.” Following the incident, Cassie left him for good. She ended her association with Bad Boy in 2019.

What do we know about the settlement?

The two parties did not disclose terms of the settlement, which came just one day after Cassie filed the lawsuit. “We have decided to resolve this matter amicably,” Diddy said in a statement on November 18. “I wish Cassie and her family all the best. Love.” By reaching an agreement out of court, Diddy avoided new, likely damaging evidence being made available during the process of legal discovery. “Just so we’re clear, a decision to settle a lawsuit, especially in 2023, is in no way an admission of wrongdoing,” Ben Brafman, a lawyer for Diddy, said in a statement on November 20. “Mr. Combs’ decision to settle the lawsuit does not in any way undermine his flat-out denial of the claims. He is happy they got to a mutual settlement and wishes Ms. Ventura the best.”

Cassie’s civil suit was brought under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law that gives victims of sexual abuse, who were 18 or older at the time of the alleged abuse, a one-year window to bring cases in New York after any statutes of limitations have expired. The window closes next week. “With the expiration of New York’s Adult Survivors Act fast approaching,” Cassie told the Times on November 16, “it became clear that this was an opportunity to speak up about the trauma I have experienced and that I will be recovering from for the rest of my life.” Cassie’s filing mentions the law as well: “Thanks to the passage [of the act in New York and California], she is now ready and able to also confront her abuser, and to hold him and those who enabled his abuse accountable for their actions.”

How has the music industry reacted?

Singer-songwriter Tiffany Red published an open letter to Diddy in Rolling Stone on December 7, corroborating Cassie’s claims. Red said she became close to the R&B singer in 2015 while writing an album that Diddy “never released.” The musician was also present at Cassie’s 29th-birthday party where Diddy allegedly screamed and cursed at her. After his verbal abuse disrupted karaoke with friends, Red claimed she saw the rapper drag a drugged Cassie to a “freak off” in the middle of the night. She also said Cassie confided the physical abuse to her on a separate occasion. Diddy’s treatment of herself and her friend triggered PTSD, paranoia, and anxiety.

“The power imbalance makes it nearly impossible to fight back and terrifying to speak up,” Red wrote in her letter. “But despite that, here I am, standing beside my friend. There are moments in life when some of us have to face the hard choice of speaking truth to power or not. This is one of those moments.”

50 Cent immediately got to work on a documentary about Diddy’s sexual-assault allegations. The rapper confirmed the news in a tweet on December 7. “G-Unit Film & Television proceeds from this Documentary will go to victims of Sexual Assault and Rape!” 50 wrote alongside a clip from the project. In the footage, former Bad Boy Records rapper Mark Curry describes the bacchanals hosted by Diddy and allegations that he would spike Champagne with drugs for women to consume. He claims they would become “real, real slippery” not knowing they were drugged. G-Unit Film & Television will produce the film.

Kesha changed the lyrics of her chart-topping 2009 hit “Tik Tok” seemingly in response to the allegations, per USA Today . The song originally opens with the line “Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy.” In her performance on November 19, however, the song began, “Wake up in the morning feeling like me.” 50 Cent commented on the settlement in a now-deleted Instagram post, insinuating that Diddy is not yet in the clear, Complex reported. “He paid that money real quick, should have done that before the sharks saw the blood in the water and here they come in 5,4,3,2,1 every woman he put his hand on,” he wrote on November 18.

Former Danity Kane member Aubrey O’Day responded to the allegations on November 16. She expressed support for Cassie, tweeting she’s been “trying to tell y’all.” She attached screenshots of news headlines about the lawsuit. Danity Kane was formed by Diddy on MTV’s Making the Band in 2005. O’Day’s former bandmate, Dawn Richard, also shared a message of support for Cassie. “Praying for Cassie and her family, for peace and healing,” Richard tweeted that same day. “You are beautiful and brave. ❤️.”

Has Diddy said anything since settling with Cassie?

Diddy has denied all allegations of wrongdoing. “Enough is enough,” Diddy  tweeted  in a statement on December 6 after facing a total of five lawsuits in recent weeks. “For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation, and my legacy.” He pointed fingers at victims, saying they were “looking for a quick payday.”

What other allegations has Diddy faced?

Multiple accusers hit Diddy with an avalanche of lawsuits in the weeks after Cassie sued him for sexual assault. At the time of writing, five additional victims stepped forward, leveling similar claims against the ousted CEO. Producer Lil Rod, real name Rodney Jones, sued Diddy for sexual assault and sex trafficking on March 4, among other claims, while working on The Love Album from September 2022 to November 2023. Attorneys for the producer describe Diddy’s Bad Boy businesses as a “RICO enterprise” that failed to protect employees and associates from the former mogul. Jones alleges Diddy neglected to compensate him for his work on the album.

A woman filed a claim with the Southern District Court of New York on December 6, alleging Diddy, Bad Boy Records executive Harve Pierre, and a third assailant gang raped her when she was 17 after trafficking her across state lines in 2003. “Seeing two other women bravely speak out against Mr. Combs and Mr. Pierre, respectively, gave Ms. Doe the confidence to tell her story as well,” the attorneys for the accuser wrote in her December filing. Diddy’s lawyers filed formal appearances against this case on December 21 and denied the claims in court documents filed February 20, alleging he “never participated in, witnessed, or was or is presently aware of any misconduct, sexual or otherwise” in relation to the plaintiff.

Last Thanksgiving weekend, Combs was hit with two separate lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault and a third accusing his company of negligence and workplace violence. The first comes from a former Syracuse University college student who accuses him of drugging and sexually assaulting the victim, filming the act, and showing it as a form of “revenge porn,” writes Rolling Stone . The second one accuses him and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall of alleged rape and assault against the plaintiff and her friend in 1990 or 1991. Days after Combs reportedly sexually assaulted the victim, he went back to her place of residence and violently attacked them, reports Rolling Stone . A woman named Pierre and Diddy’s business entities in a sexual assault and workplace harassment lawsuit as well, claiming “Pierre engaged in a yearlong pattern of grooming” that eventually turned violent on “multiple occasions” between 2016 and 2017, per USA Today .

Additional allegations resurfaced after Cassie’s lawsuit first came to light. A 2019 interview with Virginia V detailed alleged instances of physical abuse. In a conversation with the controversial internet personality Tasha K, Diddy’s ex-girlfriend accused the CEO of once “stomping” on her stomach, “punching” her, and trying to pay her to abort their child. “He stomped on my stomach really hard — like, took the wind out of my breath,” Virginia V, whose real name is Gina Huynh, claimed. “I couldn’t breathe. He kept hitting me. I was pleading to him, ‘Can you just stop? I can’t breathe.’” She added that “everyone” around Diddy “allowed” the abuse to occur. “He was mentally, emotionally and physically abusing me. He would always compare me to Cassie and tell me that I’m the bad one, she’s a good one,” she remembered .

Diddy’s former personal chef, Cindy Ruela, filed a lawsuit against him in 2017, claiming sexual harassment, failure to pay overtime, and retaliation. Ruela alleged Diddy would regularly ask her to serve food to him and his friends “immediately following sexual activity.” The men would be naked during the “post-coital” meals, according to the lawsuit, with Diddy once asking if she liked his body. He settled the lawsuit with Ruela in 2019. No terms were divulged.

In the years prior, Diddy allegedly assaulted his son’s football coach in 2015, was rumored to have fought Cudi at a club in 2012, and was sued for ordering a promoter’s assault in 2007. In the ’90s, he pleaded guilty to a reduced assault charge after he attacked the president of Interscope Records with “a chair, a telephone and a champagne bottle” over a “blasphemous” Nas video that includes a scene of two men crucified. The judge sentenced him to one day in an anger-management program.

Why were Diddy’s homes raided?

Federal agents raided Diddy’s Los Angeles and Miami properties on March 25 in connection to an alleged sex-trafficking investigation, multiple outlets reported. While Diddy’s sons Justin and King appear to have been handcuffed during the Los Angeles search, Diddy was not present for the raids. The executive was spotted pacing around the Miami airport by TMZ. Diddy’s private jet landed in Antigua and Barbuda that same day, but he was not onboard the flight.

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Everything To Know About Cassie And Diddy’s Settlement; Singer Says ‘I Have Some Level Of Control’ Regarding Terms

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A day after filing a lawsuit against Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, accusing him of rape, sex trafficking and domestic violence, singer Casandra “ Cassie ” Ventura has agreed to a settlement with the music mogul. The two parties released a statement on Friday, saying they have resolved the claims with “mutual satisfaction.” The pair also said they would not release details about the settlement terms.

“I have decided to resolve this matter amicably on terms that I have some level of control,” Ventura said in a statement, according to  People . “I want to thank my family, fans and lawyers for their unwavering support.”

Ventura’s attorney, Douglas Wigdor, praised his client.

“I am very proud of Ms. Ventura for having the strength to go public with her lawsuit,” the attorney said, People reported. “She ought to be commended for doing so.”

Diddy said the case has been resolved “amicably.”

“I wish Cassie and her family all the best. Love,” he said.

Ventura, now 37, was 19 when she met Combs in 2005, as  Blavity  previously reported. Combs, who was 37 years old then, signed her to his Bad Boy Records label, and the pair started dating soon after. In her lawsuit, however, Ventura said she was caught up in a decade-long “cycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking.” According to the complaint, Combs was beating Ventura severely and hiding her at “hotels for days at a time to let her bruises heal.”

“After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story, and to speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships,” Ventura said in a statement after filing the lawsuit. “With the expiration of New York’s Adult Survivors Act fast approaching, it became clear that this was an opportunity to speak up about the trauma I have experienced and that I will be recovering from for the rest of my life.”

The Adult Survivors Act, which gave a one-year window for sexual assault survivors to file complaints past the statute of limitations, is scheduled to expire on Thursday,  NPR  reported. In her complaint, Ventura added that Combs forced her to engage with sex workers. The 54-year-old music mogul called these encounters “freak offs” or “FOs,” the lawsuit states. These encounters involved ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana and alcohol, Ventura added.

Combs’ lawyer, Ben Brafman, described the allegations as “offensive and outrageous.”

“Ms. Ventura’s demand of $30 million, under the threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship, was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail,” Brafman said when the singer filed the lawsuit.

Wigdor spoke out against Brafman’s statement.

“Mr. Combs offered Ms. Ventura eight figures to silence her and prevent the filing of this lawsuit,” he said. “She rejected his efforts and decided to give a voice to all women who suffer in silence. Ms. Ventura should be applauded for her bravery.”

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'We'll deal with that Monday,' Dana White said about Arman Tsarukyan appearing to punch a fan during his UFC 300 walkout.

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Iverson didn't get a life-size statue. Charles Barkley and Wilt Chamberlain didn't either.

UFC 300: Kayla Harrison introduces herself to UFC fans with utter domination of Holly Holm

Harrison was quick to call for a title fight after the win, and it's hard to imagine why she wouldn't get it.

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Donald Trump is floating ideas for his economic team much earlier than in elections past. But he is once again embracing loyalists and well-known figures from the worlds of Wall Street and Washington.

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The Thunder prevailed in a three-way race in the West with an emphatic season-finale win over the Mavericks.

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Anthony Davis leaves Lakers season finale with back spasm, accuses Larry Nance Jr. of 'dangerous play'

Davis and head coach Darvin Ham are optimistic that Davis' latest injury won't sideline him for Tuesday's play-in game against the Pelicans.

2025 Toyota 4Runner (finally!) revealed, and the new Trailhunter is extremely cool

The 2025 Toyota 4Runner is finally arriving this fall with a full lineup including returning TRD Pro and new Trailhunter. Hybrid power now available.

2024 NBA Awards: All-NBA, All-Defensive and All-Rookie selections

Here's one voter's awards ballot with All-NBA, All-Defensive and All-Rookie selections.

20 new electric cars we're excited are coming soon in 2024 and 2025

A slew of new electric cars are coming in 2024 and 2025. Here are 20 that have us looking forward to their imminent release.

2024 NBA Awards: Official picks for MVP, Rookie of the Year and every individual honor

With the 2023-24 NBA season coming to an end, here's one voter's award ballot, breaking down the top candidates — and declaring the winners.

Adam Silver: Raptors’ Jontay Porter accused of ‘cardinal sin’ in betting scandal, full ban a possibility

The league is investigating Jontay Porter over several betting irregularities in which player props on him all hit after he left games early.

Republicans (?!?) are killing a tax cut

In a flip of the usual priorities, Senate Republicans seem likely to kill a set of tax cuts that have already passed the House and are broadly popular. Here's why.

Alex Sarr, potential No. 1 pick, declares for 2024 NBA Draft

International basketball prospect Alex Sarr declared for the 2024 NBA Draft. Playing this season for Perth in Australia's National Basketball League, Sarr is projected as a No. 1 overall selection.

Influencer fatigue finds its next victim: Coachella 2024

“We built a full city in the desert, and now, it’s a little too big," an event ticketing expert told Yahoo Entertainment about Coachella.

2025 Ram 1500's 'Hurricane' I6 tops V8 in fuel economy

2025 Ram 1500 full-size pickup truck now has fuel economy numbers, and the Hurricane inline-six delivers better numbers than the V8 it replaces.