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THEY WERE flickering blue flames hovering in swamps. They were the spirits of those who had died in the murky waters, bent on leading others to the same fate. They were will-o’-the-wisps and they do ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Prosecutors on Thursday approved a plan to request $500,000 from the Legislature next session to create a new team to provide assistance with death penalty cases. The team would be ...

I’m always looking for affordable ways to decorate my apartment, whether that’s finding stuff at the thrift store or thinking outside the box and getting crafty. Sometimes two items can combine to ...

A Kansas sheriff's deputy was charged Thursday with murder in the death of a jail inmate who sustained broken ribs after his back was kneeled on after he was wheeled from the infirmary to his cell, ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City on Wednesday as more people fled the devastated area, and strikes cut off phone and internet services, making it harder for ...

The killing of Charlie Kirk revealed that a dangerous storm is rising. Resentment and fear are being weaponized, and before facts were known, blame was assigned. Those who responded “incorrectly” face ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive. But the experiment ...

The New Orleans City Council directed the New Orleans Police Department to create a program for alerting the public when vulnerable individuals go missing, after the disappearance of 12-year-old Bryan ...

Section 1. Background. Federal law provides for the death penalty for criminals found guilty of especially aggravated crimes (18 U.S.C. 3591(a)). Capital punishment is an essential part of how our ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – The Moncks Corner Rural Fire Department announced Sunday the line-of-duty death of Deputy Chief Jimmy Townsend. Officials did not provide details about Townsend’s death; ...

Russia fired more than 600 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight into Sunday — killing at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl — as Kyiv suffered one of the heaviest assaults of the war ...