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Deputies: Western NC woman charged with murder for providing drugs in victim's overdose
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (247+ words) FOX Carolina News RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N. C. (FOX Carolina) - The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office said that a woman has been charged with murder for providing drugs that led to a person's overdose in November 2025. Deputies said that the investigation began after responding…...
Witnesses recall chilling sounds as death row inmate asked to 'rate his pain' during failed execution
7+ hour, 7+ min ago (474+ words) The Tennessee death row inmate was scheduled to be executed last week Topics: Death Row, Crime, US News A witness has recalled the chilling sounds a death row inmate made after he was asked to 'rate his pain' during an…...
Second suspect charged for Steak N Shake homicide
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (186+ words) CLAYTON, Mo. A second person has been charged for the murder of Steak N Shake employee, Chauncia Meekins. Prosecutors allege that following a dispute at the Bellefontaine Road location, both Torriono Baker and Jada Bell fired rounds into the restaurant…...
There's No "Moral' Death Penalty
13+ hour, 59+ min ago (755+ words) As a long-time death penalty abolitionist, I've often compared the death penalty in America to a train with no brakes: Once the machinery starts moving, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to stop. But the real problem is that the train should…...
China executes man for killing billionaire linked to 3 Body Problem
20+ hour, 3+ min ago (664+ words) Xu Yao in court. (Source: Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court) (Source: Supplied) Chinese authorities have executed a man convicted of using poison to kill a billionaire gaming tycoon linked to the Netflix adaptation of The Three-Body Problem over a professional…...
Hostage Taker Demands Immediate Placement in Dutch Psychiatric Clinic
11+ hour, 34+ min ago (327+ words) A 30-year-old inmate demanded immediate placement in a secure psychiatric facility during an appeal hearing against the State on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, following his involvement in multiple high-profile hostage situations across the Netherlands. Corn" H. has spent nearly 18 months waiting for a…...
Man convicted of 2016 murder sentenced to life in prison
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (612+ words) Convicted murder Dawud M. Rogers is led from the Lycoming County Courthouse after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder on April 20, 2026. MATTHEW COURTER/Sun-Gazette Dawud M. Rogers will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced…...
DOJ to allow firing squads for executions
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (353+ words) The Justice Department will allow firing squads and certain single-drug lethal injections for executions in an effort to "strengthen" the federal death penalty, the agency announced." It's the first time the federal government has included firing squad as a method…...
Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (408+ words) The Justice Department is also reauthorizing the use of single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital that were used to carry out 13 executions during the first Trump administration " more than under any president in modern history. The Biden administration had removed pentobarbital…...
Second person charged in murder of Steak 'n Shake employee
8+ hour, 56+ min ago (223+ words) ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. " A second person has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a Steak 'n Shake employee in early April. St. Louis County prosecutors on Wednesday charged 22-year-old Torriono Baker with one count each of…...