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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  ## Melissa Chan  ## Melissa Chan Articles1802Collections1 *  Mar 16, 2022 ### [A Year After the Spa Shootings, Asians Fear More Than Physical Attacks](https://time.com/6157468/asian-americans-abuse-atlanta-spa-shootings-anniversary/) Unfairly blamed for COVID-19, Asian Americans increasingly are subject to verbal harassment, but tha... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Mar 7, 2022 ### [The Alternative to Burial or Cremation That Few Know Of](https://time.com/6151559/aquamation-cremation-funeral-alternative/) 'Any other option would have caused more pain,' says John Garretson, whose son's body was dissolved ... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Feb 23, 2022 ### [This Class Is a Near-Death Experience, and That's a Good Thing](https://time.com/6146980/death-classes-college-covid-19-pandemic/) At an age when most people feel invincible, young Americans are confronting their own mortality afte... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Feb 18, 2022 ### [How the Sandy Hook Case Showed That Gun Makers Aren't Invincible](https://time.com/6149343/sandy-hook-remington-other-gun-lawsuits/) Remington's agreement to pay a $73 million settlement to Sandy Hook families shattered the perceptio... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Feb 15, 2022 ### [Remington to Pay Sandy Hook Families to Settle Landmark Suit](https://time.com/6148299/sandy-hook-remington-lawsuit-settlement/) An attorney for the families says the settlement is a historic victory that could lead to more lawsu... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 26, 2022 ### [For These Doulas, Death Is a Way of Life](https://time.com/6128469/death-doulas-covid-19-pandemic/) Death Doulas say demand for their services has soared during the pandemic as many people face end-of... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Dec 20, 2021 ### [The Risk Every Defendant Weighs, From Ghislaine Maxwell to Kim Potter](https://time.com/6129830/high-profile-defendants-testifying-ghislaine-maxwell-kim-potter/) Several high-profile defendants have opted to testify in their own defense lately, with mixed result... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Dec 8, 2021 ### [Parents of School Shooters Rarely Face Charges. This Case Is Different](https://time.com/6126647/crumbley-parents-charges/) James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, face multiple charges related to the fat... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 17, 2021 ### [In Kyle Rittenhouse Case, Self-Defense Was on Trial](https://time.com/6120607/kyle-rittenhouse-self-defense/) Prosecutors said Kyle Rittenhouse provoked the violence that led to two deaths; the defense said he ... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 10, 2021 ### [There's a Travel Ban on Dogs, and You Can Blame COVID-19](https://time.com/6115398/dog-travel-ban-cdc-covid-19/) The CDC announced tighter restrictions on bringing dogs into the U.S. amid fears that pandemic pups ... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 3, 2021 ### [Supreme Court Justices Appear Open to Expanding Gun Rights](https://time.com/6113604/supreme-court-guns-hearing/) The newly conservative court is considering a case that would overturn a New York state law that lim... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 2, 2021 ### [Why The Supreme Court's Gun Case Matters So Much](https://time.com/6111970/guns-supreme-court/) The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the biggest gun rights case in more than a decade, which could g... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 21, 2021 ### [Does Happy the Elephant Deserve the Same Rights as a Human?](https://time.com/6107549/happy-elephant-lawsuit-bronx-zoo/) Animal activists say Happy the elephant deserves more than the Bronx Zoo gives her, and the appellat... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 20, 2021 ### [Police Claim Witnesses Didn't Help Woman Being Raped on Train](https://time.com/6108440/bystander-effect-philadelphia-train-rape/) Social isolation during the pandemic has made it less likely people will step in to help strangers, ... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 14, 2021 ### [More People Than Ever Are Trying to Carry Guns Onto Planes](https://time.com/6107066/guns-on-planes/) So far in 2021, the Transportation Security Administration has seized nearly 4,500 guns at airport s... 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