The Week Ahead: July 3 — 9

NYT>Arts

• Judge to Rule Next Week on Whether to Dismiss Alec Baldwin Case May 17, 2024
  During a heated hearing, Mr. Baldwin’s lawyers claimed prosecutors had improperly presented evidence to the grand jury considering the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust.”
  Julia Jacobs
• Sean Combs Is Shown Assaulting Cassie in 2016 Surveillance Video May 17, 2024
  The footage published by CNN shows Mr. Combs striking and kicking the singer when she was his girlfriend. They settled a lawsuit last year after she accused him of abuse.
  Julia Jacobs
• Alta, Irreverent Feminist Poet and Small-Press Pioneer, Dies at 81 May 17, 2024
  She wrote lusty work about her life. She also started what may have been America’s first feminist press, Shameless Hussy, in her garage.
  Penelope Green