About 2,200 inmates are expected to be released from federal prisons across the U.S. next week under a sweeping criminal justice overhaul signed into law last year.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
Analysis: New election systems use vulnerable software
States are buying systems that will soon be running outdated software that makes them more vulnerable to hacking.
Sudan activists call for justice for killed protesters
Tens of thousands flood city streets to mark the 40th day since the deadly dispersal of a protest sit-in.
Thai farmers race their buffaloes in show of gratitude
The races celebrate the start of the sowing season.
Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch linked to investigation
The state Attorney General’s Office has opened its own probe into the billionaire financier’s doings at the high-desert property known as Zorro Ranch.
Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world
The first lunar landing lifted America’s spirits – and the planet’s – when it needed it.
Floods ravage northeastern India, killing at least 12
A trail of destruction affects over a million people.
Rare sea turtles smash nesting records in Georgia, Carolinas
Scientists credit the boom to conservation measures that began 30 years ago.
Toxic lake in Russia’s Siberia becomes selfie sensation
The lake is bright blue due to a chemical reaction.
Nebraska man makes sweet guitar – out of M&Ms
Four thousand of the candies, to be exact. And between meltdowns and ants, it took him 80 hours.