The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton — who, according to his attorneys, now primarily uses a wheelchair — for his conviction in the 1991 murder at a ...

HOUSTON – A man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend was put to death by lethal injection in Texas on Jan 28 in the first execution in the US in 2026. Charles Thompson, 55, was ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Texas on Wednesday evening conducted the United States' first execution of the year, putting a 55-year-old man to death for the 1998 double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during a robbery is set to become Florida's second execution of 2026 under a death warrant signed Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who once escaped custody and spent three days on the run after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend was put to ...

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of killing a Fort Pierce police officer during a 1991 traffic stop, as DeSantis moves rapidly to continue executions after the ...

Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) artist rendering. Credit: U.S. Air Force WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is closing in on its first contractor selections for a ...

In the years since his mother was murdered by her jealous ex-boyfriend, every milestone in Wade Hayslip's life has had a void, an achingly empty space where she should be. There was dating for the ...

Nearly 70 years after the state of Texas put him to death, Dallas County officials formally exonerated Tommy Lee Walker, a 21-year-old Black man executed two years after being wrongfully convicted of ...

Tommy Lee Walker was just 19 when he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, despite being at the hospital for the birth of his child at the time Courtesy of Dallas History & Archives Division ...

A CNN video analysis appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him. Bystander video shows one agent reaching into the scrum ...