Christa Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Behind the scenes of US executions | Death penalty news
Tennessee is set to execute a woman Wednesday for the first time in more than 200 years, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute attempt to stop it. Christa Pike, 50, who was convicted of torturing and killing a classmate when she was 18, was…
Colder-than-expected numbers on the Fed’s preferred inflation measure ease the urgency of a rate hike
A new reading of the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge released Wednesday showed prices cooled more than expected in August – and is likely to ease some of the urgency for another interest rate hike next month. The personal…
100 million people under flood alert in US after Polo criticizes Mexico. View forecast maps.
The remains of the old Hurricane Polo is expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to parts of the southern and midwestern United States after the powerful storm passes through Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said. Polo was downgraded from…
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California poll: Voters support billionaire tax, but proposal falls short of majority support
A plurality of likely California voters support a proposal on the state’s November ballot that would impose a one-time wealth tax on the wealthiest Californians, but the measure still lacks majority support, according to a new NBCUniversal…
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took office. Then his finances collapsed.
In the 19 months since President Donald Trump took the reins of the Kennedy Center, the institution has borrowed everything its bank loaned it, dipped into money donors gave on the condition it would never be spent and canceled pledges from supporters…
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TSA Agents Now No Longer Allowed to Sit While Checking Boarding Passes and IDs
WASHINGTON, DC– Airport security workers who check boarding passes and IDs will no longer be allowed to sit while working, the Transportation Security Administration confirmed Tuesday. All chairs will be removed from travel document checkers’…
US military declares end of anti-IS Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq
The US military declared an end to its Iraq-based anti-ISIS operations on Wednesday, saying all US-led coalition forces and equipment had been withdrawn from a key base in the north of the country in accordance with an earlier agreement with the Iraqi…
Cam Schlittler, Ben Rice lead Yankees to Game 1 win over Red Sox
Cam Schlittler is going to win the American League Cy Young winner in November and will probably collect some MVP votes while he’s at it. But if the Yankees ace keeps pitching like that against the Red Sox in the playoffs, they’re going to…