Convicted murderer, who attorneys say had schizophrenia, put to death in Arizona after SCOTUS denies stay
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(PHOENIX, Ariz.) — Arizona performed its first execution in nearly eight years, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an eleventh-hour request from attorneys who said the man had schizophrenia and should not be put to death.
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Nearly 2,400 Astroworld attendees needed medical treatment after deadly concert, court filing says
Rick Kern/Getty Images, FILE(HOUSTON) — Nearly 2,400 people required medical treatment following last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston, according to a new court filing.
Attorneys representing thousands of people suing promoter Live …
COVID-19 hospital admissions, deaths expected to keep climbing in the US amid resurgence
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Amidst the nation’s latest resurgence in COVID-19 infections, new forecast models used by the CDC show that daily hospital admission levels and new virus-related deaths in the U.S. are proj…
Will Poulter teases joining the “wonderfully weird” ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ family for ‘Vol. 3’
Shannon Finney/Getty ImagesActor Will Poulter recently appeared opposite Michael Keaton in the latter actor’s Emmy-winning Hulu series Dopesick, and while he admitted that he was blown away by the Batman veteran, Will recently got to play a superhero h…
Report outlines federal ‘abuse’ of Native children at boarding schools
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — More than 500 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children died over the course of 150 years in Indigenous boarding schools run by the American government and churches to force assimilation, ac…
Biden says US farmers play critical role in ‘feeding the world’ amid Ukraine war
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Pool/Getty Images(KANKAKEE, Ill.) — President Joe Biden hit the road Wednesday to talk about the role American farmers can play in alleviating global food shortages caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
At O’Connor Farms, a famil…
European Union lifts face mask requirements for flights, airports
Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Travelers will no longer be required to wear masks on European flights or in airports.
The decision was announced Wednesday by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the European Centre for Disea…
Major US abortion pill producer says it has ample supply if demand soars
Mifeprex(WASHINGTON) — A major producer of the abortion pill in the U.S. says it has ample supply if demand suddenly soars in the wake of a Supreme Court decision and that it’s working with federal regulators to make the drug available in pharmacies b…
Former Seattle deputy mayor Casey Sixkiller tapped to lead EPA Northwest region.
[PHOTO: Sixkiller ran for mayor in 2021, hoping to succeed his former boss Jenny Durkan]
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, ‘Euphoria’ lead the nominees for the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards
Sony Pictures/Matt KennedyThe $1.8-plus billion grossing Spider-Man: No Way Home leads all other contenders with seven nominations for this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards. Euphoria, which also stars No Way Home’s Zendaya, was a close second, with seven.
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