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Busta Rhymes is asking a federal judge in Brooklyn to enforce a stricter protective order, claiming his former assistant could leak confidential case materials and jeopardize his right to a fair trial. The Hip-Hop icon and his attorneys argue that sensitive items, such as private messages, videos, and arrest records, must remain sealed to prevent media exposure before trial. This legal move comes as Rhymes battles both civil and criminal claims from Dashiel Gables, his former assistant. Gables filed a lawsuit in August 2025 seeking $6 million in damages. He alleges Rhymes assaulted him in January in the lobby of the rapper’s Brooklyn apartment building, then fired him after he reported the incident to police. The complaint also accuses Busta Rhymes of wage theft, workplace mistreatment and blacklisting him in the music industry. Rhymes has denied all wrongdoing and filed a countersuit in October, accusing Gables of defamation. In court filings, he called the original lawsuit a “shake-down” and rejected claims that he assaulted Gables or forced employees to perform degrading tasks. That includes an allegation that one assistant was told to unclog a toilet with his bare hand. In the recent motion, Rhymes’ legal team warned that media coverage and online speculation have already “infected the case.” They argued that even small leaks of discovery materials could sway public opinion and contaminate the jury pool. “Minor disclosures of confidential material,” they wrote, “could have an outsized impact on the fairness of the proceedings.” Gables’ attorneys pushed back, calling the motion an attempt to silence their client. They described Rhymes’ defamation suit as a “retaliatory Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)” and said the issues in the case involve public safety and alleged misconduct by a well-known figure, matters they claim are protected by the First Amendment. Busta Rhymes turned himself in earlier this year after being charged with a crime related to the January incident. A briefing on the revised protective order is scheduled for later this month.

An Ohio-based woman just got glared at for not tipping on a to-go order, so now she’s asking servers, “Are you supposed to tip when you’re getting takeout?” “I need people who work in the restaurant industry to chime in here,” said TikTok user Loretta Lynne (@loretta_lynne) in a video that’s gotten over 40,000 views since she posted it. She explained that she’s normally a big-tipper when it comes to table-side service, but isn’t one to tip if she’s just grabbing her meal from the restaurant. “ I never make it a point to go back and tip the guy that’s cooking in the kitchen,” Lynne said. “I’ve never done that. When I go through a drive-thru and the person hands me the order, I don’t tip them either. They’re not giving me service. They’re handing me an order. When did it become customary for you to walk into a restaurant and pick up a pickup order and then expect a tip and give you that evil eye?” Ohio Woman Asks: Should You Tip on To-Go Orders? Many workers in the service industry disagreed with Lynne’s no-tipping philosophy, urging her in the comments to consider leaving room for a tip next time she picks up an order. “I am in the service industry, 31 years and going strong. The people that take the to-go orders do almost as much work as a server. They take the order, pack the food up, and ensure the order is correct. Throwing them a few bucks [definitely] means a lot, because they really do work hard most of the time. They are doing all the things except cooking the food and giving you the ‘experience’ a server provides,” said one commenter. Another chimed in, saying, “Coming from a bartender here that takes to-go orders. [If] you call into the restaurant, [I’ll] answer while I’m in the middle of taking care of a full bar and making every drink for a full restaurant. [I have to stop] what I’m doing, answer all your questions, take all your info, and send in your order. When it’s done, I leave my bar again and go to the kitchen to pack up your whole order. [It] takes away from my paying customers at the bar. Just tip your servers.” Is Tipping Culture Out of Control? Other commenters questioned what’s changed over the years to make tipping culture more rampant. “I’m more curious as to what has changed over the last 30 [years]. We’ve been ordering out for decades,” said one viewer. “People have always had to do these things. Why in the last 5-8 [years] has it become expected to tip on to-go orders? What specifically has changed in the business?” Tipping culture has grown exponentially over the years, especially during Covid. Now it seems that most transactions have some sort of tipping option embedded into them. This is partially because of tip screens, which are easy to implement into most card transactions. Card paying customers will see a tip screen that prompts them to leave a percentage ranging from 15-25%. The Facts About ‘Tipflation’ Many people have noticed this difference in culture, even in the U.S., where tipping is incredibly normalized. This phenomenon is known as “tipflation“—as prices rise and inflate, so do tip expectations. Servers cannot necessarily take on more tables than they were able to 30 years ago, and while food and beverage prices have increased, that doesn’t necessarily mean their tips are ballooning. Seventy-two percent of U.S. adults state that more places expect tips than five years ago, according to the Pew Research center. But that research also shows that many Americans oppose ‘tiplflation’ and suggested tips. That’s one reason why many commenters seemed divided on tips. Servers generally need them, but customers feel pressured to tip more and more for meals that used to cost significantly less. That creates a tension between the service that customers feel “deserve” tips, and the effort still placed in their service regardless of if they see it. All Hip Hop has reached out to Lynne via email for comment. We’ll let you know if she responds. @loretta_lynne ♬ original sound – Loretta Lynne

"There’s two key things Valve could do to make me want to reach for a VR headset when playing flat games: 3D rendering for flat content and ‘socially present’ gaming." 3D rendering for flat content is exactly what I want to see Valve push for. This along with socially present gaming will be a great selling point for non VR crowd to own VR tech, as a standard TV, even an OLED one, can't can't replicate that. More VR players should be asking for 3D gaming from Valve as that's how VR adoption will grow. Once 3D gaming in VR grows VR adoption, then we as a growing player base can ask for AAA gamepad VR/6DOF VR games. The huge flat gaming crowd need to be enticed to VR with 3D and socially present gaming of the games they want to play & know.

The Dallas Cowboys enjoyed a much-needed week off in Week 10, but they will be back in action in Week 11. When they return to the field, the team will have a great opportunity to get back in the win column, as they will be taking on the lowly Las Vegas Raiders. However, there are some injury situations worth monitoring before this game.In Week 9, the Cowboys thought they were in good shape against the Arizona Cardinals, but they ended up suffering a 27-17 loss, so it’s clear this team needs all hands on deck for every game moving forward. With that in mind, Dallas received a trio of important injury updates regarding safeties Malik Hooker and Donovan Wilson and defensive tackle Solomon Thomas on Saturday.Cowboys Get Mixed Bag of Injury Updates Highlights from Cowboys HC Brian Schottenheimer’s conference call with media today: – DT Solomon Thomas (calf) unlikely to play– Safeties Malik Hooker and Donovan Wilson “trending toward playing”– Bye week was big for LB Logan Wilson to take in and digest information needed to… — Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) November 15, 2025 For pretty much the entire 2025 campaign, the Cowboys’ defense has been in the spotlight for reasons beyond their control. That’s because Jerry Jones made the mind-boggling decision to trade the unit’s best player, Micah Parsons, to the Green Bay Packers right before the start of the season. As a result, the defense has been fighting just to stay afloat this season.So far, that’s a fight they aren’t winning. Dallas’ defense has been arguably the worst unit in the league for a slew of reasons. Without a true No. 1 pass rusher anymore, the Cowboys are struggling to get to the quarterback. That’s putting more pressure on a beat-up secondary to hold up in coverage, which they haven’t been able to do.Staying healthy is a big piece of the puzzle right now, and the team’s bye week allowed it a chance to give some key players a bit of a rest. In the secondary, that should help allow both Hooker and Wilson to play, but the same can’t be said for Thomas, who is expected to miss the team’s upcoming game with a calf injury.“DT Solomon Thomas (calf) unlikely to play,” Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram shared in a post on X. “Safeties Malik Hooker and Donovan Wilson ‘trending toward playing.’”Cowboys Need to Beat Raiders to Keep Slim Playoff Hopes Alive GettyCHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – OCTOBER 12: Solomon Thomas #90 of the Dallas Cowboys looks on during the NFL 2025 game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on October 12, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) At the NFL trade deadline, the Cowboys swung a pair of moves for defensive tackle Quinnen Williams and linebacker Logan Wilson in an effort to help shore up this side of the ball. Both guys should immediately come in and play big roles for Dallas’ defense, which is especially true now for Williams, given that Thomas is expected to be out for this game.If there’s a team that has been worse than Dallas this season, it’s Las Vegas, which should give the well-rested Cowboys a shot at coming out on top. As we saw in Week 9, though, nothing is guaranteed in the NFL, even when it appears one team is a significant favorite over the other. For the second straight game, Dallas will be playing on Monday Night Football, with kickoff for this game scheduled for 8:15 p.m. ET. Like Heavy Sports's content? Be sure to follow us. This article was originally published on Heavy SportsThe post Cowboys Get Major Update on 3 Key Injured Players Ahead of Raiders Game appeared first on Heavy Sports.

Are the athletes that play Major League Baseball today better than most of their predecessors? It’s fair to answer yes to that question. They are generally bigger, stronger, faster and all that. Certainly the game’s all-time greats would be great in any era. But collectively, today’s players are more physically talented than those of previous generations. It shows up in different ways. Mostly it shows up these days in the amazing, night in and night out highlight reel defensive glove work that’s on display all across the sport. If you’re a baseball purest, someone who loves the artistry of the game and appreciates watching what statistics can’t measure, you love watching spectacular defense. If you’re heavily into analytics – or an MVP voter – then not so much.  Then the defense rests. It’s not supposed to, but it does. Sabermetrics have revolutionized the game in a lot of ways. But for whatever reason, the analytics crowd has yet to figure out how to properly value defense when it comes to the overall evaluation of player, most especially catchers and first basemen. When it comes to postseason awards other than the Gold Glove, defense gets left out. “The Catch” is Common Place Today The irony is that defense at the Major League level has never been this good. It’s the reason hitters started trying to lift the ball and are willing to strike out rather than hit the ball on the ground. “Web Gems” today are the norm, not the exception. You could argue that a dozen or more big league shortstops today are at least on par with an all-time great defender like Ozzie Smith. Willie Mays historic catch in the 1954 World Series? Centerfielders make those kinds of plays almost commonplace today. Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge each won their second consecutive MVP award recently. Each had another magnificent season at the plate, putting up incredible stats. Ohtani’s unique and unprecedented two-way skills as both a pitcher and a hitter weren’t really part of the equation this season, since he didn’t take the mound until very late in the regular season. He was unanimously voted MVP this past season strictly on what he did as a hitter. His Baseball Reference Wins Above Replacement was 7.7, which is outstanding of course. Meanwhile, on the other coast, Judge was once again a very slightly below average defensive outfielder, registering a -0.1 bWAR defensive metric for 2025. That didn’t do much to harm his overall bWAR of 9.7. The American League MVP race was close. Judge beat out Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh by a narrow margin, 17 first place votes to 13. Judge hit 53 home runs and had a batting average of .331, which won him the AL batting title. Raleigh hit an MLB leading 60 homers, and led the AL in RBI with 125. Based on offense alone, you can see why the vote was close. Cal Raleigh’s Great Defense Overlooked Raleigh’s bWAR was 7.4, which is also outstanding…especially if you consider that his defensive WAR rating was a ridiculous -0.4, for some undocumented reason. One of his greatest strength was viewed – analytically – as a negative. Besides being an outstanding hitter, Raleigh is also a two-time Gold Glove winner and in 2024 won the Platinum glove for work behind the plate. This year he was once again outstanding. He had a .996 fielding percentage, ZERO passed balls, and threw out 21% of would-be base stealers, which is very good. Despite the fact that he plays the game’s most demanding position (Raleigh caught 121 games in 2025) none of that was accurately documented by a far from perfect analytics formula. Therefore being a far better defender than Judge didn’t factor into the MVP voting. Defense may be the most artistic part of baseball, but the sabermetrics crowd has yet to figured that out. Like Heavy Sports's content? Be sure to follow us. This article was originally published on Heavy SportsThe post When it Comes to MLB MVP Voting, the Defense Rests appeared first on Heavy Sports.