The Target Corporation, the American retailing company chain, said that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts have been affected by a data breach that occurred between November 27 and December 15
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of eight people convicted of drug crimes who have each serve long prison times, the White House said on Thursday, CNN reported. The president "provided relief to people convicted of crack cocaine offenses under laws calling for strict mandatory sentences. The eight offenders have each served more than 15 years in prison, which the White House said amounted to 'unduly harsh sentences issued under and outdated sentencing regime."
A jury on Thursday convicted two British Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale of murdering serviceman Fusilier Lee Rigby who was run down with a car and stabbed to death on a London street in May, The Associated Press reported. The 25-year-old Rigby was walking toward his barracks when he was hit by a car, then stabbed and nearly decapitated by a cleaver, according to news reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot would be freed under an amnesty bill, The Associated Press reported. The bill will also enable 30 people arrested in a Greenpeace protest against arctic oil drilling to avoid trial. The moves come just a couple of months before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics in February.
