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Alan Eugene Miller — Alabama Department of Corrections (ATMORE, Ala.) — Alabama carried out the second-ever nitrogen gas execution in the United States on Thursday. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was sentenced to death for the 1999 murders of his then-coworkers Lee Holdbrooks and Christoper Scott Yancy, and his former supervisor Terry Lee Jarvis. Miller was […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (GREENBELT, Md.) — As Democrats in Maryland tell it, the state’s key Senate race isn’t about any particular person — even the candidates themselves. On the campaign trail, you’ll hear Democrats vying to keep an open Senate seat blue knock former Gov. Larry Hogan, the GOP nominee. But you’ll also hear lamentations […]
U.S. Attorney (SANTA MARIA, Calif.) — The man who allegedly threw an explosive device inside a California courthouse where he was set to be arraigned, which left five injured, has been federally charged, officials announced on Friday. Santa Barbara resident Nathaniel James McGuire, 20, was charged with maliciously damaging a building by means of explosive, […]
RobinOlimb/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats have long said that they remain competitive in Florida and Texas, two erstwhile swing states that have jolted right in recent election cycles. Now, they’re putting their money where their mouth is. The Democratic National Committee on Friday announced a six-figure investment of over $400,000 for get out the vote […]
This photograph shows a view of the Sarco assisted suicide capsule, during a press conference organised by the “Last Resort”, a Swiss human rights non-profit association focused on assisted suicide, in Zurich on July 17, 2024. (Arnd Wiegmann/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Multiple people were detained and a criminal case has been opened […]
Grant Baldwin/Getty Images (MOUNT AIRY, N.C.) — Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor, was hospitalized after suffering burns at a campaign event Friday evening in Mount Airy, his campaign said. Robinson’s campaign said he suffered second-degree burns at a truck show. “This evening following an incident at a campaign appearance at the Mayberry […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NASA and SpaceX are set to launch a critical mission Saturday to bring home the two astronauts who flew Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon will take off with two empty seats and extra spacesuits for Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, who […]
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (HONG KONG and LONDON) — The Chinese military test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific on Wednesday, marking the first known launch of an ICBM in decades, officials said. The People’s Liberation Army launched the ICBM carrying a “dummy warhead” into the “high seas” at about 8:44 in the […]
Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images (BEIRUT) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other commanders were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut, the group and Israeli officials confirmed on Saturday. After his death was confirmed, Israel continued firing strikes on the city. An Iranian Revolutionary Guard general, Abbas Nilforoushan, was also killed in the Israeli strike that killed […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are locked in a race that refuses to budge outside the polling margin of error despite historic developments — and outside factors are starting to play increasingly important roles. Two assassination attempts, a debate, controversies over conspiracy theories and theorists from […]
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