Judge says Alabama can carry out 1st execution using nitrogen gas
The judge's order clears the way for what would be the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas — a method the inmate's lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental.
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1st U.S. execution by nitrogen gas would cause "humiliating death," experts say
Experts have denounced Alabama's planned execution of a death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested suffocation method that they say could cause "grave suffering."
Lawsuit challenges Alabama's plan for execution with nitrogen gas
Alabama is preparing to employ a new method of execution using nitrogen gas following botched attempts at lethal injections last year.
Nebraska priest, stabbing suspect had no connection, prosecutor says
Prosecutors say Kierre Williams appears to have no connection to Rev. Stephen Gutgsell or the town where the fatal stabbing occurred.
Oklahoma executes man who claimed self-defense in double homicide
Phillip Dean Hancock is the fourth Oklahoma inmate to be executed this year and the 11th since Oklahoma resumed executions in October 2021 following a nearly six-year hiatus
Alabama inmate who fatally shot man during 1993 robbery is executed
Casey McWhorter spent nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row, making him among the longest-serving inmates of the state's 165 death row inmates.
Texas executes inmate who said his sentence was based on false testimony
A Texas man who claimed his death sentence was based on false expert testimony has been executed for killing a man during a robbery in the 1990s.
Alabama can use nitrogen in execution, state's top court rules
Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi have OK'd nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method but no state has tried to use it. More litigation over the issue is seen as likely.
U.S. says Russia executing soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called the "barbaric" tactics "a symptom of how poorly Russia's military leaders know they're doing."
Victim's sister asks Texas not to execute her brother's killer
William Speer is slated to be put to death for the July 1997 strangling of a fellow inmate but the victim's sister and religious leaders want Speer's life to be spared.
Florida man executed by lethal injection for killing 2 women
Michael Zack III, 54, who killed two women after meeting them a day apart in north Florida bars in 1996, was put to death Tuesday evening.
Gen. Milley responds to shocking Trump post
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley is responding to comments by former President Donald Trump suggesting that Milley deserves to be executed for communications the general had with China.
Oklahoma executes man for 1996 killing of college dance student
Anthony Sanchez, 44, was convicted in 2006 of raping and murdering University of Oklahoma dance student Juli Busken.
Saudi Arabia reportedly sentences man to death for criticizing leaders
"A citizen is going to have his head cut off over tweets on an anonymous account with less than 10 followers," one rights group said.
Alabama presses effort to execute inmate by having him breathe pure nitrogen
Alabama would be the first to use that method. A number of inmates agree as they seek to block their executions by lethal injection.
Alabama executes 1st prisoner since IV issues halted lethal injections
James Barber was executed for the beating death of Dorothy Epps, 75, in Alabama's first lethal injection since difficulties inserting IVs led to a halt.
Missouri man executed for killing 2 unarmed jail guards
Michael Tisius, 42, died by lethal injection Tuesday for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton on June 22, 2000.
Iran executes 3 men linked to protests over Mahsa Amini's death
Mahsa Amini died after being arrested for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's strict dress rules for women.
Supreme Court sides with inmate who seeks to die by nitrogen hypoxia
Kenneth Smith was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection for the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife.
5 more hanged in Iran after U.N. warns of rising executions
The U.N. said earlier this month that more than 10 people have been put to death each week in Iran, on average, this year.
U.N. says Iran on pace for "frighteningly" high number of executions
Most of those sentenced to death in Iran are convicted of drug-related offenses, which the U.N. calls "incompatible with international human rights norms."
U.N. calls on Taliban regime to halt executions in Afghanistan
The Taliban says 175 people have been sentenced to death since it took back control of the country, as public, corporal punishment makes a violent return.
Man executed in Florida for woman's 1986 stabbing death
Darryl B. Barwick, 56, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison.
Singapore executes alleged cannabis dealer, ignores U.N. request
Singaporean Tangaraju Suppiah was convicted of conspiracy to traffic a little more than two pounds of cannabis.
Ohio governor postpones 3 executions amid struggle to find lethal drugs
More than 60 global healthcare companies have taken action to prevent their drugs from being used in lethal injection executions.
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House panel releases more records from Jeffrey Epstein's estate
The new records include a birthday letter to Epstein allegedly written by President Trump, which he has denied writing.
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NIH whistleblower details clash over vaccines with Trump officials
A former NIH official says she was removed after clashes over vaccines, accusing RFK Jr. and his deputies of posing "a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety."
Supreme Court allows sweeping immigration stops in Los Angeles area
The Supreme Court froze a lower court order that prevented immigration authorities from stopping people without reasonable suspicion that they are in the U.S. unlawfully.
Florida's decision to end vaccine rules wasn't based on data, surgeon general says
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said his department did not do any data analysis on how a change in vaccine rules could affect outbreaks of diseases like measles, polio or whooping cough.
Americans' confidence in finding a new job is crumbling, survey finds
Americans' confidence in finding a new job fell to the lowest measure on record, a survey from the New York Fed shows.
Man charged in retired Auburn professor's murder in Alabama
A retired Auburn University professor was stabbed to death in a public park near the school in Alabama on Saturday, according to police and the university.
Economists expect a major downward jobs revision from BLS tomorrow
Economists expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics to revise its jobs data downward for the year ended in March 2025. Here's why.
Deadly kissing bug disease has spread in the U.S. Here's what to know.
Chagas disease is already endemic to 21 countries in the Americas, and growing evidence of the parasite is challenging the non-endemic label in the U.S., the CDC says.
DHS announces "Operation Midway Blitz" amid ICE operations in Chicago
President Donald Trump has amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting a parody image from "Apocalypse Now" featuring a ball of flames as helicopters zoom over the nation's third-largest city.