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Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Wednesday, December 25th, Christmas Day, 2024.

This is the excerpt. Today, Biden has enacted an anti-hasing law,

plus another lawsuit against Diddy. And we hear from some of the voices behind your favorite toy.

President Joe Biden yesterday enacted the first federal anti-hasing law,

marking the end of a years-long push by victims' families for more transparency and accountability on college campuses.

The Stop Campus Hazing Act, which passed the House in September and the Senate this month,

requires universities to start collecting hazing statistics to include in regular public reports.

These requirements could kick in as soon as next week and impact many campus groups.

Under longstanding federal statutes, colleges and universities must disclose crimes that occur on

their campuses each year, and still, amid the sometimes violent and even fatal outcomes of hazing,

schools have never been required by the federal

government to disclose statistics about how often it happens, especially within fraternities

and sororities that target their new members. While nearly every state has an anti-hasing law,

the measures vary in scope and impact. According to the advocacy group, stop hazing.

Sean Diddy Combs has been sued again.

The embattled music mogul who is awaiting a trial next year for federal sex crimes was

sued Monday, this time by a former male employee, Philip Pines, who was accusing Diddy

of sexual battery, according to TMZ and variety. According to the suit obtained by the outlets, Philip Pines, who was accusing Diddy of sexual battery, according to TMZ and

variety. According to the suit obtained by the outlets, Pines claims Diddy treated him as a personal

lackey during his employment for the Bad Boy Records founder, which lasted from 2019 to 2021.

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