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CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year. Roy Lee Ward, 53, was put to death at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Indiana Department of Correction said in a statement that the …

An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman during a 1997 gas station robbery was put to death Thursday after apologizing to his victim’s family and pleas from the woman’s son to spare his life.  Geoffrey Todd West, 50, was executed at William C. Holman Correctional Facility by nitrogen gas, a method Alabama began using last year. It was one …

Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade apologized on Sunday for advocating for the execution of mentally ill homeless people in a discussion on the network last week, saying his remark was “extremely callous.” Kilmeade’s initial comment came on a “Fox & Friends” episode Wednesday and began getting widespread circulation online over the weekend. Kilmeade, a host of the morning show, was …

Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade apologized on Sunday for advocating for the execution of mentally ill homeless people in a discussion on the network last week, saying his remark was “extremely callous.” Kilmeade’s initial comment came on a “Fox & Friends” episode Wednesday and began getting widespread circulation online over the weekend. Kilmeade, a host of the morning show, …

Fox host apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed  Politico Fox host Brian Kilmeade apologizes for ‘extremely callous’ remark on-air  The Washington Post FOX News host Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying homeless people should be killed  USA Today Fox News host apologizes for ‘extremely callous’ remarks on unhoused people  The Guardian “Fox & Friends’ Brian Kilmeade Apologizes After ‘Just Kill Them’ …

Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade apologized on Sunday for advocating for the execution of mentally ill homeless people in a discussion on the network last week, saying his remark was “extremely callous.” Kilmeade’s initial comment came on a “Fox & Friends” episode Wednesday and began getting widespread circulation online over the weekend. Kilmeade, a host of the morning show, …

A man convicted of abducting a woman from a Florida Panhandle insurance office and killing her was executed Tuesday evening. Kayle Bates, 67, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. It was the 10th death sentence carried out by the state …

Tennessee Inmate to Be Executed Despite Ethical Health Concerns  The New York Times Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator  NPR Tennessee plans to execute inmate amid concerns his heart implant will shock him repeatedly  CNN Tennessee to execute Byron Black amid heart device, intellectual disability concerns  USA Today Tennessee man with heart device to be executed despite concerns it may …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state’s high court ruled on Thursday. The ruling overturns a lower court’s order and paves the way for Byron Black to be executed on Tuesday morning, as scheduled. The Tennessee Supreme Court found that requiring that the device be deactivated “amounted to …

The youngest victim of Monday’s shooting rampage in a Midtown skyscraper was a rising star — who was executed while working late. Julia Hyman, 27, was one of the last people still working on the 33rd floor of 345 Park Ave. about 6:30 p.m. when madman Shane Tamura, also 27, burst from the elevator and started blasting with an assault rifle. Hyman …