Prospective jurors received a list of locations and celebrities' names that could come up during trial and were asked what they knew about the case.

The trial starts in earnest after the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates is selected. Prosecutor Emily Johnson told the judge that the government will need three weeks to present its case. Diddy's legal team have indicated they will need a week to present their case. The trial is to be open to the public, but it is not streamed online.

Jury selection has begun in Sean "Diddy" Combs’ sex trafficking trial. Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.

A federal judge ordered North Carolina's election board on Monday to not throw out any ballots cast by voters in November in a close race for a seat on the state's Supreme Court and to certify a sitting Democratic justice's electoral victory.

A federal judge ordered North Carolina's election board to certify a sitting Democratic justice's electoral victory to the state's Supreme Court.