Iran is seeking to execute a decorated Iranian wrestler for merely peacefully protesting against the regime in early January, prompting the U.S. State Department on Wednesday to demand that Tehran ...

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Detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani, whose execution did not take place on Wednesday as some had feared, is in good physical health and has been able to meet with his family, according to a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has scheduled four executions in 2026. Citing authorities, News 2’s Memphis sister station WREG reported that Carruthers and an accomplice were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charles Thompson was the first Texas execution of the year on Wednesday. Thompson was sentenced to death for the 1998 killings of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The only woman on death row in Tennessee is challenging the state's lethal injection process ahead of her execution date in ...

Leroy McGill is scheduled for execution on May 20 for a 2002 attack during which he set a couple on fire. McGill was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder after the attack ...

A South Carolina fugitive accused of killing his ex-girlfriend “execution-style” at her Queens home was ordered held without bail during a Thursday court appearance, where the mother of the slain ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A woman on Tennessee's death row is fighting for her life in court, claiming the state's execution method could cause her to drown in her own blood. Christa Pike is suing the ...

Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, who is facing a September 2026 execution date, is now suing the state, as well as several others, claiming that lethal injection could ...

Erfan Soltani, an Iranian shopkeeper, is facing execution for allegedly participating in ongoing demonstrations against the government. The 26-year-old is set to be executed Wednesday after speedy ...

Washington — President Trump said Wednesday he's heard on "good authority" that the "killing in Iran is stopping," as thousands are feared dead amid anti-government protests. "We have been told that ...