Casandra Ventura had testified that Mr. Combs physically coerced her into “freak-offs,” but defense lawyers tried to suggest that jealousy and drug use caused his aggression.

Lawsuits challenged President Trump’s executive orders on birthright citizenship and protections for federal workers, and a church leader asked him to show “mercy.” In jails and courtrooms ...

A Texas man plowed a pickup truck flying an ISIS flag through New Year’s Day revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing 15 and injuring more than 30 in an attack the FBI ...