4 h. ago Mississippi sets execution date for man who killed a college student in 1993

The Mississippi Supreme Court has set an Oct. 15 execution date for the man convicted of kidnapping and killing a college student in 1993

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4 h. ago Charlie Kirk's killer could be executed by firing squad: Utah is one of only five states to kill convicted criminals by shooting them

Utah governor Spencer Cox had previously vowed to subject the person responsible for the fatal shooting to the death penalty when finally apprehended by law enforcement.

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9 h. ago CCTV shows Neil Canney's killers buying Pringles after executing dad on doorstep

The men who murdered Neil Canney have been captured on CCTV fleeing the murder scene.

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15 h. ago Student at Utah college where Charlie Kirk was murdered witnessed person walking on roof in weeks before shooting

The unnamed student said that a man was either on or near the Losee Center roof twice in the past two weeks.

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37 h. ago Conservative group to hold vigil in London after Trump ally shot dead

Charlie Kirk, 31, the co-founder and chief executive of the youth organisation Turning Point USA, was killed at a Utah Valley University show.

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7 d. ago Laughing killers jailed for life for gun execution of young music producer in west London

The convicted murderers were seen smiling and laughing as they were sentenced

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9 d. ago Accepting my gray hair was one thing. Going back to school was another

I stopped dyeing my hair to avoid the hassle. As an older college student, responses from teachers and younger classmates surprised meA year ago, on my first day of graduate school, the lecture hall filled up around me – and I plotted revenge on the friend who’d persuaded me to enroll.To cure a thousand days of malaise, loneliness and brain fog, she’d suggested I apply to Columbia’s journalism school. So there I was, back in New York after two years in California, armed with 13 books about words and writing, every item of clothing I owned that looked like something my teenage nephews would wear, plus dried persimmons, avocados and walnuts from local farmers markets, the thing I’d miss about LA. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago The lesson I needed: going back to school later in life with gray hair

I stopped dyeing my hair to avoid the hassle. As an older college student, responses from teachers and younger classmates surprised meA year ago, on my first day of graduate school, the lecture hall filled up around me – and I plotted revenge on the friend who’d persuaded me to enroll.To cure a thousand days of malaise, loneliness and brain fog, she’d suggested I apply to Columbia’s journalism school. So there I was, back in New York after two years in California, armed with 13 books about words and writing, every item of clothing I owned that looked like something my teenage nephews would wear, plus dried persimmons, avocados and walnuts from local farmers markets, the thing I’d miss about LA. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Masked man made horrific threats on YouTube to kill every student at a college in a quiet Welsh town

The 'disturbing' video was seen by police who arrested the suspect just hours before 2,200 students were due to start the new term today.

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1 week ago ISIS Beatle Jihadi John was eating kebab when he was 'evaporated' by British drone strike

The British ISIS executioner Jihadi John was eating a kebab when he was killed in a British drone strike, according to a top military chief who was involved in the operation

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2 w. ago Triple killer put to death in Florida’s record 11th execution this year

Curtis Windom was executed by lethal injection

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2 w. ago Triple murderer executed on death row more than 30 years after killings

Curtis Windom was executed by lethal injection at a prison in Florida more than 30 years after he murdered his girlfriend, her mother and a man who he claimed owed him money

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2 w. ago Florida monster who killed lover, her mother, and rival executed after decades on death row

Curtis Windom, 59, was sentenced to die for the Nov. 7, 1992, killings of girlfriend Valerie Davis, her mother Mary Lubin, and Johnnie Lee in the Orlando area

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2 w. ago Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO has inspired followers, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say the man who allegedly killed the UnitedHealthcare chief executive last December has inspired followers, such as the man who killed four people at a the National Football League headquarters last month

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2 w. ago Trump wants executions for ‘anybody’ who kills in DC, where death penalty is banned

Local officials abolished capital punishment more than 40 years ago, teeing up yet another political and legal fight

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2 w. ago Republicans are trying to ensure we’ll never have another fair election | Judith Levine

From an executive order and redistricting to seeking to kill mail-in ballots, the party is conducting an all-out assault on voting rights“Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” Donald Trump exhorted the audience at a campaign event organized by the conservative Turning Point Action in July 2024. “In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.”Since his defeat by Joe Biden in 2020, Trump has been building toward delivery on that promise, first by fomenting suspicion of widespread election fraud, then by trying to overturn the results via legal challenge and intimidation, and finally, on 6 January 2021, by force. Now the White House and Republicans both in Washington and the states are colluding more brazenly than ever to “fix it” – “it” meaning free and fair elections they might lose.Judith Levine is Brooklyn-based journalist, essayist and author of five books. Her Substack is Today in Fascism Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mystery as death row killer manages to commit suicide while awaiting his execution

Florida death row inmate Matthew Caylor, who was awaiting execution for the horrific murder and rape of a 13-year-old girl, has died by suicide in prison.

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2 w. ago College student’s “time travel” AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history

College student’s “time travel” AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history  Ars Technica

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3 w. ago Husband watches wife’s killer executed 43 years later after he made 'promise'

Randy White, 70, was in the room for the execution of murderer Kayle Bates, 67, who abducted, raped, and stabbed his wife Renee White to death in a woods near her work 43 years ago

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3 w. ago Cold blooded killer who ripped diamond ring off dying victim executed in record breaking year

Kayle Bates, 67, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison for the 1982 killing of Janet White, who was abducted at her place of work

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