STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who was one of three older inmates scheduled for execution within the ...

Amid an aggressive pursuit of the death penalty, the move is the first time Florida has set two executions for the same day. James Duckett, left, and Dominick Occhicone, right, are both scheduled to ...

For more than 40 years, since his service as a young Reagan administration lawyer, Chief Justice John Roberts has pressed for an exceptionally powerful US president, one who could fire the heads of ...

Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIAMI (AP) — A 74-year-old man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife became the oldest person executed in Florida's modern ...

Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct has reignited public interest in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent Texas history: the 2020 killing of pregnant 21-year-old Reagan ...

The Supreme Court denied Alabama’s request to execute a man using nitrogen gas late Thursday after two lower court rulings blocked the method and found it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and ...

After a week of legal volleyball, Alabama Death Row inmate Jeffery Lee’s execution — scheduled for Thursday evening — was called off after federal courts called the state’s nitrogen gas execution ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends the meeting between US President Trump and German Chancellor Merz at the ...

This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy. If her execution happens as planned in September, Christa Pike will become the fourth woman to die at the hands of the ...

A Chinese lawyer who fatally poisoned the billionaire gaming tycoon who helped produce the Netflix sci-fi hit “3 Body Problem” has been executed, according to Chinese state media. Xu Yao killed his ...

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