McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma’s first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced ...

RAIFORD, Fla. – Florida executed its first prisoner of 2026 on Tuesday evening, a man twice convicted in separate murders 12 years apart and who stabbed a robbery victim in the neck with a hunting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ronald Heath, 64, was sentenced to death for shooting, fatally stabbing, and robbing Michael Sheridan in a wooded area south of ...

Following a record 19 executions in Florida last year, Ronald Heath is scheduled Tuesday to be the first person put to death in 2026, for a 1989 murder in Alachua County. Heath, 64, is scheduled to be ...

Alabama has scheduled a March execution date for a man sentenced to death for a fatal shooting during a 1991 robbery even though he didn't pull the trigger. Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday set a March 12 ...

A rural Illinois bar owner was gunned down by a convicted murderer in an “execution-style” shooting shortly before opening her business for the day Monday. Courtney Drysdale, 30, was fatally shot by ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there "completely false." ...

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee has called for the public execution of Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of killing conservative commentator Charlie Kirk last year. Lee shared a Fox News story on X Monday night ...

SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Sen. Mike Lee called for the public execution of Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of killing conservative commentator Charlie Kirk last year. Lee shared a Fox News story on X ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The only woman on death row in Tennessee is challenging the state's lethal injection process ahead of her execution date in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A woman on Tennessee's death row is fighting for her life in court, claiming the state's execution method could cause her to drown in her own blood. Christa Pike is suing the ...

Iran had planned to put a 26-year-old protester to death amid the wave of unrest in the country, but apparently stood down for now. By Abdi Latif Dahir Sanam Mahoozi and Ephrat Livni Iran on Wednesday ...