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Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s attempt to bar the 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend and related police statements from being used at trial has been denied, keeping those statements admissible as prosecutors prepare for an August trial in Las Vegas over the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.
Charli xcx has released Music, Fashion, Film, a 11-track project that blends electronic textures with guitar-driven moments. The artist has explained the release as a reflection on creativity, identity, and the pressures of fame, with responses to Brat and earlier projects.
Judge has ruled that a 2008 interview with Duane “Keffe D” Davis is admissible in the murder trial over Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing, set to begin Aug. 10. Davis is charged with murder and could face life in prison if convicted. The trial has drawn renewed attention to Davis’s memoir and related media.
Teenagers and young adults were convicted in Hamburg for planning and carrying out arson, bomb attacks and assaults on asylum shelters and left‑wing facilities. Sentences range from 1.5 to 5 years under juvenile law; some cases involved earlier raids and a “last line of defense for the German nation” group name. The rulings follow investigations into a surge of neo‑Nazi activity and radicalization among youths.
The case against Duane “Keffe D” Davis has moved toward a Las Vegas trial over the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors say Davis ordered the drive-by shooting; Davis pleads not guilty and faces life in prison if convicted. The trial, beginning this week, revisits the East Coast–West Coast feud and the Bloods–Crips dynamics that defined 1990s hip-hop.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri has testified in a federal trial in Oakland where 29 US states accuse Meta of designing addictive features that harm children and violating child privacy laws. States are seeking large damages and structural changes; prosecutors have shown internal documents and low adoption of safety tools. Mosseri defended improvements and said some tools initially had low uptake.
Phase one of a $266.6 million revamp of Marin City’s Golden Gate Village is under way, with 14 buildings and 88 units being renovated across a three-phase project. The work will relocate residents for several months, and funding comes from municipal bonds and federal tax credits. The project preserves historic elements while expanding housing options and accessibility.
The trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis continues in Las Vegas. Prosecutors rely on his 2008 police interview and a 2019 memoir to argue he masterminded the 1996 Tupac Shakur shooting, while the defense disputes the evidence and contends his accounts are unreliable braggadocio.
A jury in Alabama has ruled The New York Times liable for defaming Kai Spears, a former University of Alabama basketball walk-on, in a 2023 report that wrongly identified him at the scene of a fatal shooting. The Times has issued an editor’s note and is weighing legal options after the nine-day trial.
Duane Davis has been convicted of murder with a deadly weapon in the 1996 Las Vegas shooting that killed Tupac Shakur. The jury deliberated for under three hours. Prosecutors say Davis provided the gun and ordered the attack, while Shakur’s allies identify the assailants amid gang rivalries and dénouements in the case.
A Las Vegas jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of murder with a deadly weapon in the drive-by killing of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. The verdict comes after an 11-day trial and could result in a life sentence without parole. Sentencing is set for October 13.