South Dakota man executed for 1992 stabbing death of doughnut shop co-worker
A South Dakota man convicted of fatally stabbing a former doughnut shop co-worker during a 1992 burglary was put to death by lethal injection on Monday night, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied three 11th-hour petitions to stay his execution.
South Dakota man convicted of 1992 stabbing death of former doughnut shop co-worker
A South Dakota man convicted of fatally stabbing a former doughnut shop co-worker during a 1992 burglary was put to death by lethal injection late on Monday, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied three 11th-hour petitions for stays of his execution.
Trump urges Kentucky ahead of state vote: Send impeachment Democrats a message
Under siege in an impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump urged voters in Kentucky on Monday to send Democrats arrayed against him in Washington a message by voting for the re-election on Tuesday of the state’s Republican governor.
U.S. House Democrats to continue probe after Boeing testimony
The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the head of its aviation subcommittee said on Monday that it will continue its investigation into two fatal 737 MAX crashes after Boeing’s testimony prompted new questions.
Condemned killer in South Dakota cites anti-gay bias in seeking stay of execution
The execution of a South Dakota man convicted of the 1992 fatal stabbing of a former doughnut shop co-worker was held up on Monday as his lawyers pursued an 11th-hour appeal on grounds the jurors who sentenced him to death may have held an anti-gay bia…
Trump wins political support from key Nats players in White House fete
Popular players on the Washington Nationals baseball team praised Donald Trump at Monday’s White House celebration of their World Series championship, days after the polarizing U.S. president drew boos from fans and criticism from a pitcher on the unde…
U.S. diplomat tells impeachment probe she was urged to tweet support for Trump
Two U.S. diplomats told lawmakers the State Department was being used for domestic political purposes under President Donald Trump and warned that would hurt American interests, according to transcripts released on Monday in Congress’ impeachment inves…
Colorado white supremacist charged with plotting to detonate explosives at synagogue
A self-described white supremacist in Colorado has been arrested following an FBI sting operation and charged with plotting to detonate pipe bombs and dynamite at one of the state’s oldest synagogues, officials said on Monday.
New York police commissioner to step down from ‘a job that consumes you’
New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill will step down to take a new job in the private sector, he said on Monday, about three months after his decision to fire an officer accused of using a banned chokehold that caused the death of a bla…
In impeachment testimony, U.S. diplomat says she was told to tweet support for Trump
Two U.S. diplomats told lawmakers the State Department was being used for domestic political purposes under President Donald Trump and warned that would hurt American interests, according to transcripts released on Monday from Congress’ impeachment inv…
