IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. UP NEXT Minnesota students build portable solar panel kits for students in Africa 02:09 South Carolina carried out first death in 13 years 03:16 The Secret Service is under new scrutiny over the assassination attempt on Donald Trump 01:20 Soldier … Read more
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections. Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens killed a … Read more
When the Carolina Panthers take on the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, it will mark a first for the National Football League. The game is the first time two female presidents will go head-to-head in professional football. The two executives represent a small, but growing class of women in the front office at the NFL, … Read more
The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some experts attribute to post-pandemic vaccine fatigue. “With the increase in vaccine hesitancy that has been going on since the Covid-19 pandemic, we’re seeing outbreaks occurring in kids who are not vaccinated,” said Dr. … Read more
Jailers put accused sex trafficker Sean “Diddy” Combs on a “procedural” suicide watch, as the music mogul awaits trial on three felony counts tied to more than a decade of alleged abuse, a source said. Combs has been in federal custody in New York City since Monday night and guards at the Metropolitan Detention Center … Read more
Warning: This article contains imagery some readers might find disturbing. Jennifer Nosek’s pregnancy was everything she had hoped for. After two miscarriages, she felt grateful and relaxed as her due date approached. In Sayulita, Mexico, her part-time home, she and her friends gathered for a baby shower, wearing flower crowns to celebrate. She washed gently … Read more
There hasn’t been a worse time to be a coral in recent history. Record-breaking sea surface temperatures have persisted globally since March 2023. In that time, more than three-quarters of the world’s reefs have experienced heat stress intense enough to bleach corals, according to Derek Manzello, an ecologist who coordinates the National Oceanic and Atmospheric … Read more
Polish American voters are having a moment. Less than two weeks ago, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a surprise shoutout to the must-win group of voters in Pennsylvania during the presidential debate with former President Donald Trump. “Why don’t you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans right here in Pennsylvania how quickly you would give up … Read more
An initial DNA test on remains believed to be those of Joseph Couch, the suspect in the Interstate 75 shootings, was inconclusive, but an autopsy confirmed the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, state officials said. The soft tissue DNA test was “inconclusive due to extreme decomposition of the body,” and a further DNA … Read more
A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Judge Kevin Mullins was in his district office when he was shot shortly before 3 p.m., and Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines has been detained in the slaying, Kentucky State Police said Thursday night. Stines, a … Read more