Weinstein's sex crimes conviction in New York was overturned last year. In a new trial, three accusers have testified that Weinstein assaulted them. Closing arguments are underway.

President Trump called the pardoned sheriff a victim "persecuted by the radical left monsters and left for dead."

Sixteen individuals arrested in Jonesboro retail theft operation; over 60 charges filed, including drug and forgery offenses.

Many in Virginia's Culpeper County are unhappy with the president's pardon of a sheriff convicted of bribery. Trump called him a victim "persecuted by the Radical Left 'monsters' and 'left for dead.'"

The U.S. is bound by international law to protect migrants who are likely to be tortured by their own governments if they go home. The Trump administration is changing the screening process.

NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses the history of presidential pardons Rachel Barkow, Professor of Law at New York University.

President Trump pardoned a corrupt, former Virginia sheriff last week, saying he was a victim of the Biden administration. But as NPR's Frank Langfitt reports, many of the sheriff's constituents oppose the pardon.

This week in the trial of Sean Combs, a former employee testified that he held her against her will, threatened her and eventually blacklisted her so she could not get another job in the music industry. The details were shocking, but reminded Rodney Carmichael of the image that Combs cultivated in the media, reality shows and movies during the early 2000s -- an uncompromising, unreasonable boss whose employees had to bend to his whims.

A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.

Videos show armed agents in tactical gear, a crowd of locals and what appear to be smoke devices deployed.