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President Obama grants a new round of clemencies to nonviolent drug offenders, pushing the total for his administration past 1,000.

Hayward has a new council member. She’s a millennial, a renter, and Afghan American. Aisha Wahab is a 31 year old IT consultant. Her late parents fled war…

Women began speaking in court on Tuesday about the devastating impact of abuse at the hands of sports doctor and admitted sexual assaulter Larry Nassar. The list of accusers is growing longer.

The researchers looked at responses of 1,709 people in three countries that have undergone prolonged, brutal conflict. The findings hold encouraging news — and a cautionary note.

A white former South Carolina police officer received a 20-year prison sentence for killing an unarmed black man. Michael Slager fired eight times as Walter Scott ran away following a traffic stop.

Coming up, a play about a man who spent more than half a century in prison. Then, dealing with depression . . . and getting the wrong pills. And, we’ll…

"The incarceration rate in this country is just insane," said Johnnie Moore, an evangelical leader and informal adviser to President Trump.

Muslim men could terminate their marriages by repeating "talaq," Arabic for "divorce," three times. The practice continued despite a Supreme Court rule outlawing it.

A TV adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel follows schoolboys who survive a plane crash and must fend for themselves on a deserted island. It was co-written by Adolescence creator Jack Thorne.

A program helps formerly incarcerated people find their footing.A local journalist travels the world helping women report their own communities' stories.…

In a region ravaged by job loss and addiction, a musical tradition provides a lifeline for people in recovery.

A program helps formerly incarcerated people find their footing.A local journalist travels the world helping women report their own communities' stories.…