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Official's Lavish Lifestyle](https://time.com/4188466/united-nations-executive-bribery/) The money paid for Rolexes, fancy cars and an in-home basketball court [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 20, 2016 ### [1 in 10 Recent College Grads Think Judge Judy Is a Supreme Court Justice](https://time.com/4186653/college-grads-judge-judy-supreme-court-justice/) Only 28% of college grads know James Madison as the "Father of the Constitution" [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 19, 2016 ### [St. Paul Cop Accused of Urging Drivers to Run Over Black Lives Matter Protesters](https://time.com/4185485/minnesota-police-black-lives-matter/) “Run them over,” the screenshot of the comment said [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 19, 2016 ### [Hundreds of Insect Species Are Living in American Homes](https://time.com/4184906/researchers-find-bugs-homes/) The most common insects were flies, spiders, beetles, ants and book lice [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jan 15, 2016 ### [Feds Lift Restrictions on U.S. Telecoms in Cuba](https://time.com/4183283/feds-lift-restrictions-on-u-s-telecoms-in-cuba/) Cuba was the last country to be removed from the FCC's exclusions list [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jan 14, 2016 ### [Video Shows Chicago Police Fatally Shooting Teen](https://time.com/4181348/chicago-police-shooting-teen-video/) He was unarmed, police said [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 14, 2016 ### [Zappos' Weird Management Style Is Costing It More Employees](https://time.com/4180791/zappos-holacracy-buyouts/) About 18% of the company has taken severance offers [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jan 14, 2016 ### [Court Says Wearing Unearned Medals Is Free Speech](https://time.com/4180442/medals-free-speech-court/) “Wearing a medal has no purpose other than to communicate a message” [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 13, 2016 ### [Emma Watson Was 'Terrified' by the Public's Attention as a Child Star](https://time.com/4179098/emma-watson-fame-terrified/) "I was terrified by the level of interest in me" [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jan 13, 2016 ### [France Bans 3 Islamic Groups for Trying to 'Incite Jihad'](https://time.com/4178872/france-bans-3-islamic-groups-for-trying-to-incite-jihad/) The groups were taking action to incite jihad, according to authorities [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 13, 2016 ### [Oregon Militia to Announce Departure Plans](https://time.com/4178757/oregon-reserve-militia-departure/) The occupation began in support of two ranchers [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 12, 2016 ### [What New Yorkers Would Do If They Won the Powerball Jackpot](https://time.com/4177826/powerball-lottery-jackpot-winner/) "If I win I'll take my son on vacation and we'll never come back" [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 11, 2016 ### [Detroit Teacher 'Sick-Out' Shuts Down Schools](https://time.com/4175203/detroit-teacher-sick-out-schools/) The teachers are protesting poor working conditions [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 8, 2016 ### [A Band Wrote a Protest Song Inspired by _Making a Murderer_](https://time.com/4172944/making-murderer-protest-song-arcs/) They had "a few sleepless nights" after seeing the Netflix show [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jan 8, 2016 ### [See Venus and Saturn Come Together in Friday Night’s Sky](https://time.com/4172745/venus-saturn-conjunction/) It's an optical illusion [SCIENCE](/section/science/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/lauren-french/","name":"Lauren French"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/lauren-french/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/lauren-french/"},"name":"Lauren French","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/lauren-french/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```