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Rapper Fetty Wap asks Judge for minimum 5-year prison sentence in drug trafficking case

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Rapper Fetty Wap has asked a judge in his federal drug trafficking case to only sentence him to the mandatory minimum years.    Fetty is seeking a 5-year sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine stemming from his October 2021 arrest.  His lawyers told the judge that Fetty “accepts full responsibility for his crimes, but his conduct here does not and should not define him”. They attached a bunch of positive letters from family and friends, who said Fetty was just trying to provide for them financially by selling drugs.   In spite of the rapper's plea, prosecutors want Fetty to spend between 87 and 108 months behind bars. They claimed he participated in a massive drug trafficking organization that flooded Long Island with cocaine.   The office of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace also says leniency isn't really warranted here, adding that the rapper "has used, and continues ...

You're not our royal - US firm dismisses Harry and Meghan demand to hand over pictures

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  An American photo agency has dismissed a demand by Harry and Meghan to hand over pictures from what they claimed was a 'near catastrophic' car chase with paparazzi in New York this week. Backgrid USA reportedly said the prince's 'English rules of royal prerogative to demand that the citizenry hand over their property to the Crown were rejected by this country long ago'.  The agency has confirmed it received photos and footage from four freelance photographers – three of whom were in cars and one riding a bicycle – taken on Tuesday night, May 16.   But it has rejected claims by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of a 'near catastrophic' car chase through Manhattan's Upper East Side after the couple appeared at an awards ceremony.   US gossip website TMZ on Thursday published details of the legal tit-for-tat, including part of a letter sent to Backgrid by the Sussexes' lawyers.   It reportedly read: 'We hereby demand that Backgrid immedi...

Jay-Z and Beyonce are owners of the most expensive home ever sold in the entire state of California

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Singers Jay-Z and Beyonce are the new owners of the greatest architectural masterpieces in the United States of America.    The 30,000 square foot home in the prime area of Malibu was purchased for $200 million, making it the most expensive home ever sold in the entire state of California.  The purchased eclipsed the previous record of $177 million. It's also the second most expensive real estate deal in the United States. The most expensive house in the country is a $238 million New York City apartment.   The house sits on an 8-acre bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Paradise Cove area a.k.a Billionaires' Row.     The architectural jewel was designed by Tadao Ando , a Japanese master architect, who is also designing the house Kanye West bought in Malibu.   The house was built by William Bell , one of the biggest art collectors in the world. It took Bell almost 15 years to build the all-concrete structure.     The house if Ja...

Russia-Ukraine war: US agrees for its allies to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

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The US says it will allow its Western allies to supply Ukraine with advanced fighter jets, including American-made F-16s, a major military boost for Ukraine, whose leadership has sought for the jets since the war began in February 2022. US National security adviser Jake Sullivan said President Joe Biden "informed his G7 counterparts" of the decision at the bloc's summit in Japan on Friday night, May 19. He said US troops will also train Kyiv's pilots to use the jets.   Legally, countries can only resell or re-export American military hardware if the US approves it, so this decision clears the way for other nations to send their existing stocks of F-16s to Ukraine. However, no government has so far confirmed it will give advanced fighter jets to Kyiv. The US and allies had so far "focused on providing Ukraine with the systems weapon and training it needs to conduct offensive operations this spring and summer", Sullivan told reporters in Hiroshima, J...