Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges
President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of clemency actions meant to nullify prison terms he deemed too harsh. The recent round of clemency gives Biden the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations […]
What to Do If Therapy Isn’t Working as Well as You’d Hoped
George, a 22-year-old who chose to use a pseudonym, says that he was first forced to see a therapist as a child and has seen numerous different professionals but has quit therapy multiple times. “The advice I was being given was stuff I had already heard countless times from my parents and others,” he says. […]
Ash and other dangers mean LA area residents who fled fires a week ago won’t be going home soon
It has been more than a week since two massive fires forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in the Los Angeles area, and officials said Thursday residents won’t be going home soon. As the search continues for human remains in the leveled neighborhoods, properties also face new dangers with burned slopes […]
Biden won’t enforce TikTok ban, official says, leaving fate of app to Trump
President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump. Congress last year, in a law signed by Biden, required that TikTok’s China-based […]
NYC mayor Eric Adams to meet with President-elect Donald Trump
New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to meet with Donald Trump in Florida on Friday, another friendly overture to the president-elect by a Democrat awaiting trial on federal corruption charges. The purpose of the talk is to “discuss New Yorkers’ priorities,” the mayor’s spokesperson, Fabien Levy, said in a short statement Thursday. “The mayor […]
