3 h. ago Agonising execution as killer continued speaking after lethal injection

Officials maintained the killing had proceeded normally, stating the extended time was simply to allow murderer to make his final statements

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3 h. ago Rapist and murderer speaks fluently for 'minutes' after lethal injection

Brian David Steckel was convicted of the horrific rape and murder of 29-year-old Sandra Lee Long in 1994

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2 w. ago The great escape: seal flees killer whales by jumping on to photographer’s boat

Charvet Drucker captures dramatic video and photos of seal being hunted by orcas in Salish Sea, north-west of SeattleA wildlife photographer on a whale-watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering on to the stern of her boat.Charvet Drucker was on a rented 20ft (6 metre) boat near her home on an island in the Salish Sea about 40 miles north-west of Seattle when she spotted a pod of at least eight killer whales, also known as orcas. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Seal escapes from pod of killer whales by jumping on to photographer’s boat

Charvet Drucker captures dramatic video and photos of seal being hunted by orcas in Salish Sea, north-west of SeattleA wildlife photographer on a whale-watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering on to the stern of her boat.Charvet Drucker was on a rented 20ft (6m) boat near her home on an island in the Salish Sea about 40 miles north-west of Seattle when she spotted a pod of at least eight killer whales, also known as orcas. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man suffered 'worst execution in history' with watchers sickened by agonising method

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Accounts of the most terrible execution in history continue to haunt centuries after they took place.

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2 w. ago Staggering data reveals almost 200 bodies have been pulled from Houston bayous

Police continue to downplay fears of a serial killer on the loose even as new data indicates that 189 bodies have been recovered from Houston's bayous in the last eight years.

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2 w. ago Coronation Street fans fear dark Becky revenge twist as Carla feud escalates

Coronation Street fans fear Becky Swain could turn killer as her drama with Carla Connor and Lisa Swain continues, but how far will she go to win back her family?

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