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Jonathan Clements, a longtime personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal, has a lot of savings. He’s not mad that a fatal illness will keep him from spending it.

Henna artists’ elaborate designs are a hallmark of Indian weddings. They also highlight a disparity where some are fabulously rich and many earn very little.

Lina Boussaha joined a team in Saudi Arabia so she could wear her head scarf while playing the sport she calls “a part of my soul.”

The actor was accused of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of the cinematographer on the film “Rust.” The judge dismissed the case after ruling that the state had withheld evidence.

The decision means that the former New York City mayor and lawyer for Donald Trump will face his creditors without protection from federal bankruptcy laws.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. privately reached out last week to a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in the late 1990s, an account detailed in a recent magazine article.

Facing rising frustration in his party, the president brushed it off in an energetic speech in Michigan. Inside the room, at least, the Democratic mood was defiant, with cheers of “Don’t go, Joe.”

After the House minority leader visited the White House to share Democrats’ concerns over his candidacy, the president held a tense virtual session with lawmakers in which he resisted a call to step aside.

The Western United States has been sweltering for more than a week with little respite for those without air-conditioning. Cooling centers can help, but not everyone takes advantage of them.

The involuntary manslaughter case against Mr. Baldwin fell apart after an envelope of ammunition that the prosecution had not shown the defense was brought into the courtroom.

Intense fighting between soldiers and Hamas militants has left parts of the city uninhabitable, say residents who returned.

The reports were tantalizing, but someone else was behind the expensive purchase.

Some people voiced indifference or regret that their city was hosting the Republican National Convention. Others welcomed the spotlight.

Also, a look at Donald Trump’s V.P. contenders. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

More than 100 million customers’ phone records were exposed, but the breach did not include contents of calls, texts or data such as Social Security numbers and passwords.

For many of the president’s allies, it’s not the last three and a half years that concern them. It’s the next four.

With children’s health and well-being at stake, effective, evidence-based and compassionate health care must be accepted.

Husam Badran said the militant group would give up civilian control in the territory, but would not disband its military wing.

In 1921, an Army veteran who was traveling home stopped in Tulsa, Okla., only to be caught in one of the worst racial attacks in American history.

Hanging over the alliance’s summit in Washington this week was the shadow of the U.S. presidential election, which added a layer of unpredictability to the war and to the future of the bloc.