In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace. Across a two-lane highway from Florida State Prison, people prayed as an ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission are unconstitutional and overturned a 90-year-old decision that allowed Congress to ...

For more than 40 years, since his service as a young Reagan administration lawyer, Chief Justice John Roberts has pressed for an exceptionally powerful US president, one who could fire the heads of ...

Jeffery Lee murdered two people during a pawnshop robbery in Orrville, Alabama, in 1998. He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death — though the jury voted 7-5 for life, and the judge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters gather outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, June 8, 2026, to oppose an upcoming execution in Alabama.

The Supreme Court denied Alabama’s request to execute a man using nitrogen gas late Thursday after two lower court rulings blocked the method and found it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and ...

McClain and his co-executor John Branca have clashed in court with Jackson's daughter Paris in recent months Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy John McClain, a music executive and Michael Jackson estate ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “The Court is not equipped in this case to provide any meaningful guidance on how ...

The old saying that “you can’t pick your family” may be true. But you can pick the executor of your estate and it doesn’t have to be a member of your family. Sometimes, in fact, it’s better when the ...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women linked to anti-regime protests after he urged their release a day earlier. "Very good news! I have just been informed ...

Iran is set to execute its first female protester tied to the January 2026 uprising in Tehran, according to multiple human rights organizations. Bita Hemmati was named in a collective death sentencing ...

Iran’s barbaric regime is set to execute its first female protester over recent protests, one of an estimated 1,600 sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic in the past year. Bita Hemmati is the ...