16 h. ago Baseball bat Death Row killer 'forced' to choose execution by horror firing squad

Brad Sigmon’s upcoming execution by firing squad is raising ethical questions after the 67-year-old convict pleaded for a postponement of the grim method set for Friday (March 7)

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32 h. ago Who is Brad Sigmon? The South Carolina murderer set for first U.S. firing squad execution in 15 years

Death row inmate convicted of the double murder of David and Gladys Larke has chosen to die by firing squad over fears the electric chair would ‘burn and cook him alive’

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34 h. ago Neighbours living near home that went up in flames and killed girl, four, tell of horror moment fire crews stormed the blazing building

A 44-year-old woman, who knew the dead four-year-old girl, has been arrested on suspicion of arson.

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64 h. ago Horror as huge FedEx aircraft EXPLODES into gigantic fireball just moments after takeoff

Shocking images and videos of a FedEx aircraft bursting into flames went viral on social media Saturday morning as terrified onlookers recorded the scene.

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3 d. ago Alabama governor commutes death row inmate Rocky Myers' sentence to life in prison

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case

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3 d. ago Train fire horror as inferno rips through carriages after 'tanker ruptures'

It is currently unknown if there are any injuries.

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3 d. ago Czechia train fire horror as huge plume of black smoke fills sky after 'special freight fire alarm'

A major freight train fire has caused huge plumes of black smoke to fill the sky in Czechia, sparking major travel delays across the Olomouc region, near Hustopeci

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4 d. ago Lucky Death Row killer who ate tasty last meal 'three times' granted new trial

Oklahoma prisoner Richard Glossip has been scheduled to be put to death nine times in total, but fresh evidence has prompted the Supreme Court to grant him a new trial

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5 d. ago Now Diddy's MOM is being sued for seizing Bad Boy label from rapper's right

Sean 'Diddy' Combs used a baseball bat to coerce his former righthand man and co-founder of his record label into signing over his shares of the company, a shocking new lawsuit claims. 

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5 d. ago Nitrogen gas is banned in Louisiana to euthanize dogs. The state plans to use it to kill a death row inmate next month

‘This is a state that hasn't executed anybody in 15 years, and suddenly there’s this rush to kill,’ Jessie Hoffman’s attorney told The Independent

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5 d. ago Thug brutally beat man unconscious with child's baseball bat

Logan Welch, 34, assaulted Lee Willmott outside the victim's home in Newport having initially armed himself with a bottle of wine.

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6 d. ago He's had three 'last meals' on Oklahoma's death row. The Supreme Court has now tossed his conviction

A death row inmate in Oklahoma who has been scheduled for execution nine separate times and been fed three “last meals” has won a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed his murder conviction

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6 d. ago Supreme Court saves Oklahoma man Richard Glossip from death row, orders new trial

Oklahoma man has been on death for 26 years and faced three separate ‘last meals’

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6 d. ago NASA issues update on chances asteroid that could 'wipe out' city has of hitting Earth

Some astronomers have described it as a 'city killer' and say it could detonate with hundreds of times the force of the Hiroshima bomb

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7 d. ago First picture of Scots pensioner and two dogs killed in horror fire at Scots home

Emergency services raced to Balnagowan Road in Selkirk after the alarm was raised at around 5.30am on Saturday.

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7 d. ago Rugby house fire kills man and woman, both 90s, as 'nothing could be done to save them'

'Nothing could be done to save' the pair, both believed to be aged in their 90s, police said - after a horror house fire ripped through the property in Rugby, Warwickshire on Monday morning

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7 d. ago Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate dies 3 weeks before he was to be state’s first execution in 15 years

“Give me a little time,” Christopher Sepulvado’s ex, who also served time for her son’s murder, told The Independent. “I’m not ready to comment yet.”

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7 d. ago Moment great grandfather, 64, pulls out a GUN on his granddaughter during a family row over wife's ashes: Man jailed for five years

Martin Gordon, 64, was filmed brandishing a gun and heavy-duty baseball bat in the West Midlands.

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8 d. ago Moment great grandfather, 64, pulls out a GUN on his granddaughter during a family row after wife's ashes removed from mantelpiece: Man jailed for five years

Martin Gordon, 64, was filmed brandishing a gun and heavy-duty baseball bat in the West Midlands.

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8 d. ago Moment great grandfather, 64, pulls out a GUN on his granddaughter during a family row: Man jailed for five years

Martin Gordon, 64, was filmed brandishing a gun and heavy-duty baseball bat in the West Midlands.

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