President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also pardoned 39 individuals convicted of nonviolent crimes. This marks the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.

Time magazine has named President-elect Donald Trump "Person of the Year" for the second time. Trump also rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.

Luigi Mangione’s attorney explained that his client was irritated by the way he was treated by police and by an alleged lack of legal representation. As the case develops, flyers designed to look like "wanted posters" targeting health care executives have started appearing on the streets of New York City.

An American man has been found in Syria after crossing into the country on foot and spending seven months in detention. Travis Timmerman appears to have been among the thousands of people released from Syrian prisons after the fall of the Assad regime.