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By KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. District Judge Emily …

California lawmakers blocked legislation requiring a comprehensive audit of the state’s multibillion-dollar Homekey program. Fortunately, a nonprofit news site undertook the very investigation state leaders refused to demand. The newly-released findings sharply undercut Gov. Gavin Newsom’s repeated claims that his …

By ILLIA NOVIKOV KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of long-range Ukrainian attacks hit targets deep inside Russia on Wednesday, part of Kyiv’s efforts to raise the costs of the war for the Kremlin by striking energy facilities and military …

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and JOEY CAPPELLETTI WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Gates will appear Wednesday before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify. Members of the House Oversight …

Bernadin Dedic was mistakenly set free from HMP Wormwood Scrubs after a court official wrongly told the prison that he had been granted bail (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images) A rapist who held his victim at knifepoint and threatened to …

Michael Davies, 57, killed Tracy Davies, 48, at their home in Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend, before stabbing himself(Picture: Wales News Service) An ex-soldier who strangled his wife to death after saying he was scared she would ‘go off’ with someone else …

By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched airstrikes early Wednesday against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of an American attack helicopter, and Iran fired back at countries in the region — another …

Urban explorer Archie Williams documents the buildings time forgot (Picture: Cover Images) After a day working hard in a Hampshire laboratory, slouching on the sofa and binge-watching Netflix is insufficient entertainment for chemist Archie Williams. Instead, he laces up his …

Cars were set on fire by protesters on Lendrick Street in Belfast (Picture: PA/PA Wire) The world is a strange and scary place, one that even adults may feel they don’t fully understand. But major events can be even more …

Immigrant rights groups in Chicago are slamming the Trump administration’s treatment of FIFA World Cup officials and players as they enter the U.S. this week for the quadrennial soccer tournament. About three-fourths of World Cup games are being played in …

When the two were together in Detroit, Bears coach Ben Johnson would let wide receiver Kalif Raymond in on an occasional secret. He would show Raymond a play and tell him exactly how an opponent two weeks into the future …

Nine minutes into her second attempt to secure an indictment against the group of Operation Midway Blitz protesters who would become known as the “Broadview Six,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg excused a grand juror who called the case a …

Nigel Farage with Suella Braverman, who spent most of 2023 as the UK’s Home Secretary (Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire) Two former Tories who defected to Reform this year are facing questions after it emerged the suspect in the Belfast attack …

Jack McKee, 74, pushed through crowds of people throwing petrol bombs and setting homes on fire to reach two women trapped inside (Picture: Metro) Women ‘still in their care workers’ uniform’ were dragged to safety by Belfast heroes after their …

(Stephan Bauer/RM Sotheby’s) Back in 2015, the term “hypercar” was coming into its own as the McLaren P1, Porsche 918, and Ferrari LaFerrari blitzed the automotive scene, previewing the performance potential of a road car injected with electric power. On …

“This is the permanent home for hope,” Valerie Jarrett, former top White House adviser and current CEO of the Obama Foundation, told an assemblage of reporters last week at the new Obama Presidential Center. Good, I thought. So if we …

LONDON — After nearly four years away from professional tennis, Serena Williams made a winning return at Queen’s Club on Tuesday. The 44-year-old Williams showed she still has plenty of her trademark power, hitting service winners of up to 120 …

Former Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg was never charged in a sprawling federal corruption investigation that engulfed the south suburb, but members of his family keep paying the price. On Tuesday, Kellogg’s older brother, 78-year-old Derrick Muhammad, was sentenced to six …

Not long after President Donald Trump took office last year, Chicago Public Schools landed in the crosshairs of a Republican-led attack on protections for transgender students and programs aimed at helping specific student groups, like Chicago’s Black Student Success Plan. …