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US judge may order Nevada to disclose lethal injection drugs

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LAS VEGAS — A federal judge said Thursday he may order Nevada prison officials to disclose the type of drugs they would use for...

Texas inmate faces execution for killing his great aunt

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HOUSTON — A Texas inmate convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt nearly 22 years ago was scheduled to die by lethal injection...

Former jailer seeks clemency for one death row inmate

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — If Richard Moore is executed, he will have some say in how he goes — the electric chair or the firing...

Softball teams in states with transgender bans get regionals

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The NCAA named Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee as host schools for softball regionals on Sunday, bringing its postseason tournament to three states that have...

German government makes hate-motivated insults a crime

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BERLIN — The German government passed a new law on Wednesday making hate-motivated insults a criminal offence that can be punished with a monetary...

Tennessee inmate asks court to declare he can’t be executed

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee death row inmate's attorneys on Wednesday asked a court to declare that he cannot be executed because he is...

Firing squad bill headed to South Carolina governor’s desk

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Legislation adding a firing squad to South Carolina's execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs is headed to the desk...

Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing

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CAIRO — Egyptian authorities on Sunday executed a defrocked monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo, officials said. ...

Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing

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CAIRO — Egyptian authorities on Sunday executed a defrocked monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo, officials said. ...

Nebraska death sentences continue despite no execution drugs

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OMAHA, Neb. — Three times in the past four years, Nebraska prosecutors have sought death sentences, and each time they have been successful. Within...