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He ended up picking her up by her armpits and her shoulder area and dangled her over this apartment balcony.

More details emerge as the criminal trial of music mogul Sean Diddy Combs continues.

It's Friday, June 6, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBWR Boston.

I'm Shiko Theori in for Chris Bentley.

Today on the show, we remember the life and legacy of a literary legend.

Poet, playwright, and novelist, Ngugi Wadiyangu, was one of Kenya's most celebrated writers.

He prioritized writing in his native language as an act of resistance against colonialism.

That is what Ngugi was saying, is that when you are divorced from your language, then you're divorced from your culture. So what does that make you? What does what does that mean for your identity?

Also, the iconic film, Jaws, is still scaring audiences 50 years later. We head to Martha's Vineyard,

where locals reflect on the

making of the film half a century after its debut. I don't think anybody on the island had a clue

that it was going to go on to become a monster hit, the first summer blockbuster, a movie that people

were still talking about 50 years later.

But first, the fourth week of Sean Diddy Combs' criminal trial has been packed with shocking

allegations. Combs faces federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, in addition to

dozens of civil lawsuits alleging rape and sexual assault.

Lisa Mullins gets the latest from Samantha Sherry of the Washington Post. And just a warning,

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