Romanian court rejects Wiz Khalifa's appeal against 9-month jail sentence for drug possession

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by American rapper Wiz Khalifa to annul his nine-month jail sentence handed down for drug possession in the Eastern European country.

The Constanta Court of Appeal's decision came after Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, filed an appeal last month against theDecember conviction. The sentence came after Khalifa was stopped by Romanian police in July 2024 after allegedly smoking cannabis on stage at the Beach, Please! Festival in Constanta County.

Prosecutors said the rapper was found in possession of more than 18 grams of cannabis, and that he consumed some on stage.

The court convicted Khalifa of "possession of dangerous drugs, without right, for personal consumption."

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The appeals court on Thursday rejected as inadmissible Khalifa's appeal to annul the sentence, and ruled as unfounded a request to suspend the sentence.

The Associated Press contacted Khalifa's representatives via email to request a comment on the latest legal developments, but has not yet received a response.

That December conviction came after a lower court in April issued Khalifa a criminal fine of 3,600 lei ($830) for "illegal possession of dangerous drugs," but prosecutors appealed that decision and sought a higher sentence.

Romania has some of the harsher drugs laws in Europe. Possession of cannabis for personal use is criminalized and can result in a prison sentence of between three months and two years, or a fine.

It isn't clear whether Romanian authorities will seek to file an extradition request, since Khalifa is a U.S. citizen and doesn't reside in Romania.

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Sylvester Stallone reveals grueling ‘Rocky’ prep: ‘If you want it to feel real, you have to live it’

Sylvester Stallone on Wednesday shared the grueling, body-punishing work it took to make the fight scenes in "Rocky" look like the real thing.

"Before Rocky ever stepped into the ring on screen, there were hours like this," the 79-year-old wrote on his Instagram while sharing a video that showed Stallone and Apollo Creed actor Carl Weathers working out theirboxing choreography.

"Repetition. Footwork. Timing," he added. "Getting hit and getting back up. I wrote the script in 3½ days, but the physical work took months. Nothing about it was accidental. If you want it to feel real, you have to live it."

In the throwback video,Stallone and Weathersare figuring out each punch and fall, with Stallone saying to his costar of the titular character, "So, I'm a little hurt. You've got me stung with the jabs."

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He then throws himself against the ropes after Weathers gives him a fake punch, telling his costar he needs to be closer to the edge of the ring because he wants to "fly into the ropes" and grab his hand around them when he falls.

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"These ropes are like guitar wires," he joked.

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"Left, right," he told Weathers where to throw his punches before launching himself 180 degrees against the ropes again.

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"Now, I'm going to hang," Sylvester continued, explaining the camera should be positioned low to see Rocky from the perspective of the ground. "When he gets up, the bell rings. Carl raises his hand."

He then explained that Rocky should get picked up by his team and have water thrown on his face and be told, "'Why didn't you take bookkeeping in high school?'"

Weathers then pulls more punches at him, with Stallone advising the late "Happy Gilmore" actor, "You've got me hurt" and to "throw left, then right" before Stallone hurls himself to the ground.

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Stallone then continued to direct Weathers on what jabs to take, joking, "Beat me! Beat me! I love it!" before he finally gets a couple of his own punches in, and the two fall down laughing."

Stallone received a flood of praise from fans in the comments on the commitment to his first role, including comedian David Spade who wrote, "V cool."

Last month, Stallone shared a post of himselfat the gymadmitting he hadn't been in one "in a long time."

"Its kind of like, in a way, a sanctuary, a church. We pray to get better, to feel better physically, so, you have the strength to arrive at your goals really confident and ready to face any challenge," he said.

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He added in the caption, "Every year it gets harder and harder, but that's why you gotta push harder and harder. blood sweat and tears."

"Rocky" won three Oscars in 1977 for best picture, best director and best film editing, and Stallone was nominated for best actor and best original screenplay.

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While filming "Rocky IV," which came out in 1985,Stallone broke ribsduring his legendary fight scene with costar Dolph Lundgren.

"I didn't know it happened. We were both getting hit in that fight," Lundgren told "Fox & Friends" last year. "We shot for two weeks in Vancouver, and I got back to L.A. … The producer called and said, 'Hey, Dolph, you got two weeks off.' I said, 'That's great, what's going on?' 'Sly's in the hospital.' I found out that way."

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Lundgren, who played Russian powerhouse Ivan Drago, admitted the news took him by surprise.

"I did feel a little guilty. You know, he hit me too. He was the boss. I did what he told me, which was good. Go really hard with the body, you know those Russian uppercuts. I don't know if it was my body or exhaustion or my punches. I don't know, but he did get hurt. I'm sorry about that," he said.

Fox News Digital's Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this report.

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FBI moving command post in Nancy Guthrie investigation, source says

The FBI is moving its command post in theNancy Guthrieinvestigation from Tucson, Arizona, to Phoenix, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told CBS News on Thursday.

The transition is being done because the large Phoenix command post will be able to operate more efficiently for the long term and most of the agents who have been working on the investigation in Tucson are based in Phoenix, the source said.

The investigative squads,evidencerecovery teams and SWAT teams will all remain in Tucson as they are assigned to the FBI's Tucson office, which is a large satellite office.

Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on Feb. 1, sparking a massive search effort.

The investigation is still running at full speed, the source said. Leads are still being worked, andvideo footageis still being reviewed. Digital evidence, including cellphones, is being analyzed. Tips are still being followed.

The source said a lot of the work going forward does not require boots on the ground in Tucson and can be done from Phoenix or offices anywhere in the country.

A second law enforcement source briefed on the investigation said when a major case breaks, the FBI surges resources fast. It brings in extra agents, stands up a command post and throws everything at the time-sensitive work that has to happen in those initial critical days.

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That work includes neighborhood canvasses, evidence collection and running down every lead as soon as it comes in, the source said. That work in the Guthrie case is now done.

The source familiar with the investigation noted those specialized resources, including the hostage rescue team from Quantico, Virginia, are always readily available. They can be back on the ground in Tucson quickly if something breaks in the case.

The FBI has received over 23,600 tips since Guthrie's disappearance, which was reported to authorities Feb. 1. More than 1,500 of those tips have come in since the family offered arewardof up to $1 million this week, according to a law enforcement source.

Meanwhile, the house where authorities believe Guthrie was abducted in the middle of the night will soon bereturned to her family, a law enforcement source said.

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Canada warns USMCA could face annual reviews, fueling uncertainty and chilling investment

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's minister for U.S. trade said Thursday the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement could be subject to annual review and that uncertainty could be the objective of the Trump administration.

Dominic LeBlanc told a business audience in Toronto that he will meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer late next week in Washington ahead of the mandatory review ofthe USMCAin July.

"If there's no consensus in the review the agreement continues. Then there's an annual review that starts and if uncertainty is one of the objectives from one of our (USMCA) partners you can imagine scenarios of how this might go," LeBlanc said.

LeBlanc said the current uncertainty about the future of the free trade deal is causing a break in investment decisions in Canada.

"Net business investment is down," LeBlanc said. "Therein lies one of the big challenges. We have to control what we can control."

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has set a goal for Canada todouble its non-U.S. exports in the next decade, saying American tariffs are causing a chill in investment. Carney recently made a trade deal with China and is in India this week.

U.S. President Donald Trump negotiated the USMCA in his first term and included a clause to review the deal in 2026.

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Trump has talked about getting the U.S. automakers to close factories in Canada and move them to the U.S. and Greer has talked about "reshoring" industrial production.

LeBlanc said he's "not pessimistic" about the future of the trade deal because the U.S. maintained an exemption for Canada and Mexico under the deal when Trump announced new tariffs recently.

"So, they're doing that because it's in the American economic interest to do that," he said.

Most of Canada's exports to the U.S.are currently exempted by USMCA. But tariffs aretaking a toll on certain sectorsof Canada's economy, particularly aluminum, steel, auto and lumber.

LeBlanc said he felt Canada was close to getting a deal on sectoral tariffs in the fall, before Trump abruptly ended talks in response to anantitariff TV ad produced by the Ontario government.

LeBlanc said Trump administration officials have been engaged in a "political argument" about trade in public but insisted that's not the case behind closed doors.

"There is a public prosecution of the argument, the political argument in the United States, and there are the private government-to-government-to-government conversations, which are not discouraging," LeBlanc said.

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