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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes.
Year in review: A look at events in December 2024

Year in review: A look at events in December 2024

A look at news events in December 2024 so far: 1 - Belgium grants sex workers full labour rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions.
Year in review: A look at events in August 2024

Year in review: A look at events in August 2024

A look at news events in August 2024 1 - The Israeli military confirms the death of Hamas' military leader, Mohammed Deif. Deif was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July, knocking another leader of the militant terror group off Israel's hit list.
Year in review: A look at news events in January 2024

Year in review: A look at news events in January 2024

A look at news events in January 2024: 1 - Former world cycling champion Rohan Dennis is charged in connection with the death of his wife, 32-year-old Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins. She died late Dec.

Rapper Quando Rondo sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Rapper Quando Rondo was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a federal drug offense in Georgia.
Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons

Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons

DAMASCUS (AP) — Mohammad Chaeeb spoke softly into his phone, telling a relative the grim news: He found his brother at the morgue. “I saw him and said my goodbyes,” he said.
Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons

Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons

DAMASCUS (AP) — Mohammad Chaeeb spoke softly into his phone, telling a relative the grim news: He found his brother at the morgue. “I saw him and said my goodbyes,” he said.
After acquittal in subway chokehold trial, Daniel Penny says he was vulnerable in the encounter

After acquittal in subway chokehold trial, Daniel Penny says he was vulnerable in the encounter

NEW YORK (AP) — After being acquitted of homicide, the military veteran who choked a volatile, mentally ill man on a New York subway told an interviewer he put himself in a “very vulnerable position” but felt compelled to act.
After acquittal in subway chokehold trial, Daniel Penny says he was 'vulnerable' in the encounter

After acquittal in subway chokehold trial, Daniel Penny says he was 'vulnerable' in the encounter

NEW YORK (AP) — After being acquitted of homicide, the military veteran who choked a volatile, mentally ill man on a New York subway told an interviewer he put himself in a “very vulnerable position” but felt compelled to act.
Parents plead guilty in 2021 death of burned, emaciated toddler in Calgary

Parents plead guilty in 2021 death of burned, emaciated toddler in Calgary

CALGARY — The parents of a badly burned and emaciated Calgary toddler have pleaded guilty in his death. Court heard on Monday horrific details about the 2021 death of Gabriel Sinclair-Pasqua.
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