On Thursday, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals placed on home confinement, and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, with the White House stating that the moves represented the “largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.” Biden said in a statement: “America was built on the promise of possibility … Biden commutes 1,500 sentences, issues 39 pardons in ‘largest single-day grant of clemency’

TIME Magazine announced on Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump has been named TIME’s “2024 Person of the Year,” marking the second time Trump has earned the recognition from the publication (he previously won the honor after winning the presidential election in 2016). In his letter to readers, Time Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs credited Trump with “marshalling … President-elect Donald Trump named Time Magazine’s “2024 Person of the Year”

After a federal court blocked the multibillion proposed merger between grocery retailers Kroger and Albertsons on Tuesday, Albertsons has backed out of the deal, and filed a lawsuit against Kroger. Kroger, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, operates 2,750 stores in 35 states and the District of Columbia, including the chains Harris Teeter, Mariano’s, Ralphs and Smith’s. … Grocery chain Albertsons sues rival retailer Kroger after courts block $24.6 billion merger

A Wisconsin man who officials say faked his own drowning roughly four months ago and fled to Eastern Europe – leaving his wife and three children — has willingly returned to the U.S. and turned himself in. According to Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll, the man – Ryan Borgwardt — came back on his … Wisconsin kayaker who authorities say fled to Europe after faking death returns to the U.S.

The suspect in the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City faced an extradition hearing on murder charges on Tuesday afternoon. Luigi Mangione contested extradition to New York but was denied bail and remanded to State Correctional Institution Huntingdon in Huntingdon County. The state of Pennsylvania has 30 days to get … Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO denied bail in PA; awaits extradition to NY on murder charges

The New York Attorney General’s Office has rejected a demand from President-elect Donald Trump to drop the , $480 million civil business fraud case against him. NY Attorney General Letitia James had been urged by Trump defense attorney John Sauer in a Nov. 26 letter to dismiss the case “for the health of our Republic.” … NY Attorney General rejects demand from Trump to drop $480M fraud case

On Monday, Dec. 9, a Manhattan jury found Daniel Penny — the man charged in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train — not guilty of criminally negligent homicide. Penny, 24, had also previously been charged with manslaughter; however, after the jury was unable to reach a verdict last … Daniel Penny acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely

Police have arrested 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione, who is considered a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson was fatally shot outside the New York Midtown Hilton hotel Wednesday in what police described as a “brazen, targeted attack.” New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday that Mangione was found with … 26-year-old suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO arrested

Rebel forces invaded Syria and captured Damascus on Sunday, bring a decades-long reign by the Assad family to an end.   President Bashar Assad fled the country and relinquished the presidency, with Russian state media reporting that Assad fled to Moscow. Hassan Abdul-Ghani, senior commander of the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, claimed victory for … President Assad flees Syria after rebels capture Damascus

On Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump called for an “immediate ceasefire” in the war between Russia and Ukraine, writing in a post on social media, “there should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin,” and calling the war between Russia and Ukraine one that “should never have started, and could go on forever.” Trump has repeatedly … President-elect Trump calls for “immediate ceasefire” in Russia-Ukraine war