Christa Pike, who remains on ventilator after her failed execution, was not the only one who was found guilty of the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. However, Pike was the only one who ended up on death row. In this image from video provided by WBIR-TV, Christa Pike cries after being sentenced to death on … Read more
More than 30 years after a brutal killing put Christa Pike on death row, her failed execution has now led to a major shake-up in Tennessee. The state’s prisons chief has resigned, while Pike remains critically ill in a Nashville hospital. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada has resigned after the failed execution of … Read more
Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded former central bank chief Jerome Powell quit the body’s board, despite a watchdog finding no criminal misconduct in a costly Federal Reserve renovation project. Watchdog clears former US Fed chief Powell in renovation probe “At no point during our evaluation did we find reasonable grounds to believe that a violation … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel on Wednesday said its military killed Muhammad Abu Alwan, identified by Israel as the head of Hamas’ finance department, in a strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed the killing in a joint statement, with Netanyahu also posting the … Read more
Albania’s state intelligence chief turned herself in on Tuesday after the country’s corruption prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for her in a graft probe also involving a senior police figure. Albania security chief surrenders after arrest warrant The Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organised Crime said in a statement earlier Tuesday that it had … Read more
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Monday that Lebanon needed a UN-sponsored international force to stay in the country’s south after the current UN peacekeeping mandate expires. Lebanon needs international force after peacekeepers leave, PM tells UN chief The UN Interim Force in Lebanon , which currently counts around … Read more
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded a man on Sunday afternoon in Austinthe capital of Texas. An ICE officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. (REUTERS) What happened in Austin? The man was shot once in the torso on Austin’s north side. Austin Police Chief Lisa … Read more
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “deeply regrets” Washington’s decision to deny a visa for the second year running to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, a UN spokesman said Friday, preventing him for attending the UN General Assembly. UN chief ‘deeply regrets’ US visa refusal to Abbas for annual meeting The US State Department said Thursday it was … Read more
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The White House has withdrawn President Donald Trump’s nomination of former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to lead US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), leaving the agency without a Senate-confirmed director.The withdrawal was announced in a brief notice on Thursday, which did not give a reason for the decision. … Read more
At Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, a new group of workers has arrived with a rather unusual job description. They are expected to spend the coming months eating their way through dry vegetation.The base has brought in 471 goats as part of a pilot project aimed at reducing the amount of flammable … Read more