Ron Nessen, who as President Gerald R. Ford’s press secretary from 1974 to 1977 pledged a new era of openness after the Watergate scandal but had an often rocky relationship with the White House press corps, died on Wednesday in Bethesda, Md. He was...

Wheesung, a singer-songwriter who popularized RB music in South Korea and was open about his struggles with drug abuse, was found dead on Monday in his home in Seoul, the police there said. He was 43. Fire department officials found the singer, whos...

Simon Fisher-Beckerw1-sledpg, a British character actor best known for his small but memorable roles in the “Harry Potter” and the “Doctor Who” franchises, died on Sunday. He was 63. His death was announced on social media by his husband, Anthony Du...

Kevin Drum, who gave up his day job in software marketing to write online about politics, policy and his cats, quickly becoming a key figure in the vanguard of center-left bloggers during the genre’s heyday in the early 2000s, died on March 7. He wa...

Frank Saucier won batting titles in three minor leagues and seemed destined for an outstanding career as a major league outfielder when he joined the St. Louis Browns in 1951. But a lingering shoulder injury and service in the U.S. Navy during the K...

A man who once worked as a sound engineer for the rapper Eminem was charged on Wednesday with leaking and selling his unreleased music online for about $50,000 in Bitcoinzonadejogo, according to federal prosecutors. The man, Joseph Strange, 46, of H...

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that directs the federal Department of Education to come up with a plan for its own demise. Only Congress can abolish a Cabinet-level agency, and it is not clear whether Mr. Trump has the votes i...

A hearing has been set for Friday afternoon to debate whether a federal judge in Washington acted correctly when he temporarily stopped the Trump administration last weekend from summarily deporting scores of Venezuelan immigrants under a powerful b...