Category U.S.

Four U.S. activists were convicted this week of conspiring to act as illegal Russian agents within the United States. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a jury “convicted Omali Yeshitela, 82, Penny Hess, 78, Jesse Nevel, 34,…

California, once a leader in finding ways to lock up fewer people by lowering sentences for some drug and property crimes, is now considering reversing course. And it is not alone. Lawmakers across the country have rolled back reforms meant…