Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived the state’s previous attempt to put him to death by lethal injection in 2022, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday by nitrogen hypoxia
The Court of Appeals heard diverging descriptions of the humaneness and potential risks of the proposed method, which no state has previously attempted to use
The storms and frigid temperatures affected everything from air travel to NFL playoff games to Iowa’s presidential caucuses, and were also the cause of several deaths around the country
Inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith’s attorneys said the method is cruel and experimental and are expected to appeal the decision
The weather has already affected campaigning for Iowa’s Jan. 15 precinct caucuses, where the snow is expected to be followed by frigid temperatures
Across the U.S. in 2022, the most recent year that figures are available, there were 96.6 adult men for every 100 adult women
The state that propelled George Wallace, a Democrat and four-term governor, into national politics is now dominated by Republicans loyal to Donald Trump
A second-term governor and wealthy software entrepreneur, was little known nationally when he launched his presidential campaign in June
The Seminoles lost star quarterback Jordan Travis to a season-ending injury two weeks ago. They continued to win, but the committee passed them over
Experts say it remains uncertain if the public’s waning support of the death penalty and its declining use will ultimately result in its abolition
It’s also been increasingly difficult for medical providers to get benzathine penicillin injections — the main medical weapon against congenital syphilis — because of supply shortages
To make the stage, candidates must garner at least 6% in two approved national polls and amass at least 800,000 unique donors
Adm. Lisa Franchetti will lead the Navy. Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville put a hold to fight the Pentagon’s policy of paying for travel of service members to get an abortion
The state will have to draw two new Black-majority districts in Georgia’s 56-member state Senate and five new Black-majority districts in its 180-member state House
The $500 million in grants came from last year’s CHIPS and Science Act to stimulate investments in new technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and biotech
A lower court ordered the district redrawn after finding that Republicans who control the state legislature improperly moved Democratic-leaning Black voters into another district to make the seat safer for Republican Rep. Nancy Mace in 2022
The plan sets the stage for potentially flipping one U.S. House of Representatives seat from Republican to Democratic control and for a second Black Congressional representative in Alabama
The Florida representative, part of the most hard-line wing of the Republican Party, has shown a keen desire for the spotlight in his six years in Washington
The justices, without any noted dissent, rejected the state’s plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were turned down by a lower court
In blocking the newly drawn congressional map, the three-judge panel wrote that they are ‘deeply troubled’ that Alabama lawmakers flouted their instruction to create a second majority-Black district or something close to it
The journalist and cook from Alabama, based in San Sebastian, succeeded with a book on Basque gastronomy and has become an advocate of the Spanish culinary culture in the United States
New rulings on the bans may be imminent in Florida, Missouri and Texas in the coming week. A federal appeals court panel allowed Alabama to enforce its ban on the medical care for youth
In the decades before and after 1963, Black churches and denominations have had diverse priorities and political approaches
Residents had been warned to stay indoors Monday, as the threat of severe thunderstorms and tornados stretched from Alabama to New York
Carlee Russell turned herself in Friday on charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. She was released on bond
Officials said the president was convinced by the head of Space Command, Gen. James Dickinson, who argued that moving his headquarters now would jeopardize military readiness
Since 1996, tornadoes in the United States have killed 815 people in mobile or manufactured homes, representing 53% of all the people killed at home during a tornado
