A Missouri man convicted in the 1991 killing of his former landlord was executed Tuesday evening, becoming the first death row inmate to die in the United States since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic in early March. The ACLU confirmed the execution.Walter Barton, 64, died by lethal injection in a state prison…
With just over six months to go until November’s general election, new polling in the crucial states that will decide the presidential contest gives Democratic challenger Joe Biden the upper hand over President Trump.But looks can be deceiving.The former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee enjoys 8-point leads over the Republican incumbent in the White House…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…