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David Kenner, a lawyer who unsuccessfully defended convicted Fugees rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, pleaded guilty on Friday to misdemeanor criminal contempt and was sentenced to one year of probation after admitting he leaked confidential material to reporters in 2023. Federal prosecutors said Kenner was representing Michel in the federal conspiracy case over the rapper’s role in a multimillion-dollar government influence campaign that involved both the Obama and Trump administrations. After Kenner had been…

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore announced Friday that he will step down as head of the LAPD at the end of February, after which time the city and department officials will begin the process of finding a new leader to take over one of the most unique and challenging jobs in law enforcement.At a press conference with Mayor Karen Bass, Moore said he was proud of his career at the department and choked back tears.“During my tenure, I know I’ve made mistakes and missteps,” Moore said. “But I’m also confident that my…

Michel Ciment, the celebrated French film critic and longtime editor of Positif magazine, has died aged 85. The magazine reported the news on social media, describing him as Positif’s “master architect” after a 60-year career.Born in Paris in 1938, Ciment fell in love with cinema as a student, and joined Positif in 1968, becoming editorial director in 1973; he said he admired Positif over Cahiers du Cinéma because the magazine was “left wing” and influenced by surrealism. Ciment published a string of books about prominent…

Listen! These days everyone is telling you to listen, how to listen, why it’s important to listen. Active listening, deep listening, the art of listening: for a fee – sometimes a large fee – life-body-spirit magi will teach you how to refine your ears. Listen to your gut, they say. Your breathing. To others, too, the excluded. Listening is not just self-care; it’s ethics, social engagement, imaginative reparation. Often listening is more cant than action: it’s what every other politician promises to their constituents,…

Following Pras Michel’s being found guilty in an international conspiracy scheme, The Fugees rapper has reiterated that he was never a FBI or CIA informant. “I can’t really talk about the verdict, I got a lot more work to get done,” said Pras when he was approached by TMZ recently. Pras explained that he’s legally not allowed to speak about the verdict, and seemed nonplussed about the prospect of facing 20 years behind bars. As for the notion that he’s an informant—which is something 50 Cent accused him of—Pras shot down…

Leonardo DiCaprio testified at Fugees rapper Pras Michel`s trial in a money laundering case. According to CNN, Leonardo on 3 April 2023 testified his connections with Pras and Jho Low, the Malaysian financier who is on the wanted list for one of the world`s biggest corruption scandals. The trial is star-studded as except for Leonardo other celebrities like Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx and Mark Wahlberg can also be called for testimony. Leo is the first prominent celebrity to testify about his connections with Jho Low and Pras…

By Hannah Rabinowitz | CNN Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio took the stand Monday as the first blockbuster witness in the star-studded trial of former Fugees member Pras Michel. Michel is accused of participating in a global campaign-finance conspiracy funded by Jho Low, a Malaysian businessman who allegedly stole billions of dollars from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB. Michel has pleaded not guilty. DiCaprio, who reportedly testified to the grand jury that handed up Michel’s indictment, is not accused of…

Former Fugees rapper Pras Michel is on trial in Washington, D.C., after he pleaded not guilty in 2019 to participating in a global campaign-finance conspiracy.According to NPR, jury selection began Monday in the trial of the Grammy-winning musician — who stands accused of conspiring with fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low to surreptitiously divert funds to former President Obama‘s 2012 campaign. Michel also faces a civil forfeiture complaint alleging his involvement in a scheme to block the Justice Department’s…

How High-probability Lower bounds (HPLBs) on the total variation distance can lead to an integrated appealing test statistic in A/B testingFigure 1: figure from the original paper (by authors)Contributors: Loris Michel, Jeffrey NäfThe classical steps of a general A/B test, i.e. deciding whether two groups of observations come from different distributions (say P and Q), are:Assume a null and an alternative hypothesis (here respectively, P=Q and P≠Q);Define a level of significance alpha;Construct a statistical test (a…

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini photographed on May 29, 2015. The two were once among the most powerful figures in world football.Michael Buholzer | AFP | Getty ImagesFormer FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Friday.Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was cleared of fraud by the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona.Platini, a former France national team captain and manager, was also acquitted of fraud.The…