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The First Step Act, Congress’s criminal justice reform bill, explained

Congress may pass actual criminal justice reform — and Trump supports it.

White supremacist who drove into a Charlottesville crowd sentenced to life in prison

A jury sentenced James Fields Jr. to life in prison plus 419 years for 10 charges, including the murder of Heather Heyer.

Trump’s labor secretary once helped an admitted child molester stay out of prison

Accused of molesting girls, the wealthy and well-connected Jeffrey Epstein got the "deal of a lifetime" from Alexander Acosta. Senators from both parties want to know why.

The Arctic has lost 2.6 million reindeer over the past 20 years

The Arctic is changing — fast. That’s bad news for reindeer and caribou.

2018 belonged to Black Panther. And it could change Marvel’s future.

This year, Black Panther became Marvel’s flagship hero.

Guns killed more people than car crashes in 2017

Suicides drove an increase in gun deaths from 2016 to 2017.

Time’s 2018 Person of the Year is Jamal Khashoggi and other “Guardians” of the truth

The list includes Filipina journalist Maria Ressa, imprisoned Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and the staff of the Capital Gazette.