Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to make his first appearance before the judge who is expected to preside over the hip-hop powerbroker's trial on sex trafficking charges. Combs will be brought to Manhattan federal court from a Brooklyn jail for a Thursday afternoon appearance before Judge Arun Subramanian.

A federal appeals court judge has ruled to keep Sean "Diddy ... Combs obstructing the investigation or threatening or harming witnesses. In their appeal, Combs' lawyers argued that the judge had "endorsed the government's exaggerated rhetoric" and ordered ...