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— Florida is confronting an uncomfortable question that has rarely arisen in American capital punishment: Is a person ever too old to execute? The issue came to a head in late June when the state put to death 74-year-old Dusty…
The owner and operator of the Keystone Pipeline has agreed to pay $26.9 million in civil penalties to settle allegations stemming from a December 2022 oil spill in Kansas that dumped nearly 13,000 barrels of heavy crude oil into a…
— A retired teacher from a small Alaska fishing community has ignited one of the most unusual legal battles in recent American electoral politics by simply sharing a name with the Republican U.S. senator he is trying to unseat. The…
Residents in Philadelphia and surrounding counties began cleanup efforts Sunday after a severe series of microbursts tore through the region Saturday afternoon, bringing straight-line winds that damaged buildings, knocked down trees and left tens of thousands without power. A succession…
Colt Gray, the 16-year-old charged in the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, is scheduled to appear in court on July 24 for a non-negotiated plea and sentencing hearing, according to court documents released Friday. The hearing…
Ohio prison officials have responded after a new selfie of Mackenzie Shirilla surfaced on her Instagram page. Shirilla, 21, is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life at the Ohio Reformatory for Women after being convicted of deliberately…
Donald Trump’s job approval has fallen to its weakest point since beginning his second stint in the White House, according to newly released polling about a year and a half into the term. That stands in contrast to a recent…
Veteran CBS News correspondent Matt Gutman has opened up about the moment he nearly emptied his bank account after being targeted by what he called an “incredibly sophisticated” phone scam. The 48-year-old described the incident in a video shared on…
Wimbledon may be tennis’s most famous Grand Slam, and it’s also the one with the toughest approach to what players can wear. As the 2026 tournament reaches its finale, Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev are preparing to battle for the…
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a prominent Republican from South Carolina who served as a key ally to President Donald Trump, has died at age 71 following a brief and unexpected illness. His office confirmed his death Saturday evening, July 11,…
The defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks have been sold to a group led by tech billionaire Vinod Khosla and his family, the estate of late owner Paul Allen announced Saturday. The reported sale price of $9.612 billion sets a…
Two people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival in Toronto on Saturday evening, authorities said, as police continued searching for a suspect or suspects in connection with the violence. The…
Conor McGregor’s long-awaited comeback at UFC 329 came to a sudden and painful end, leaving fight fans stunned by how quickly the main event unraveled. Inside Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, the 37-year-old Irish star was returning to action after spending…
New York City’s iconic Guggenheim Museum is among 31 buildings on the Upper East Side whose cooling towers have tested positive for Legionella bacteria, the agent that causes Legionnaires’ disease, city health officials announced Friday as an outbreak continues to…
— A federal judge has dismissed the landmark seditious conspiracy case against four far-right Proud Boys members, erasing convictions that represented some of the government’s most serious prosecutions stemming from the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. U.S. District Judge Timothy…
A teenager convicted in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Kayla Rincon-Miller addressed her family in court before learning he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Thomas Stein appeared in court on July 10 for sentencing after being…