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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that the Justice Department will file a lawsuit challenging a Georgia elec...

Politics Jul 01

Garland halts federal executions, orders review of protocols

By Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, Michael Tarm, Associated Press

Nation Feb 17

FILE PHOTO: The execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana is shown in this undated photo. Photo via Reuters
AP report: Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases

An Associated Press review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.

By Michael Tarm, Associated Press

Nation Jan 13

U.S. carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953

She was the 11th prisoner to receive a lethal injection there since July when President Donald Trump, an ardent supporter of capital punishment, resumed federal executions following 17 years without one.

By Associated Press

Nation Jan 12

FILE PHOTO: The execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana is shown in this undated photo. Photo via Reuters
Female inmate’s execution on hold; 2 more halted over COVID-19

The U.S. government's plans to carry out its first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades are on hold, and two other executions this week have been canceled because the inmates tested positive for COVID-19.

By Michael Tarm, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

World Dec 11

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News Wrap: Cuomo suspends indoor dining in New York City

In our news wrap Friday, the FDA prepares to approve Pfizer's inoculation for emergency use, the U.S. Senate approved a sweeping defense funding bill, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will suspend indoor dining in New York City starting Monday, the…

Dec 10

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News Wrap: Lebanon officials charged with negligence in deadly Beirut blast

In our news wrap Thursday, Lebanon's caretaker prime minister and three other former ministers were charged with negligence in the Beirut explosion, applications for unemployment aid have spiked as companies cut more jobs amid the pandemic, President-elect Biden continues to…

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Dec 07

Trump quickens pace of federal executions before Biden inauguration

By Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr defended the extension of executions into the post-election period, saying he’ll likely schedule more before he departs the Justice Department.

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Nov 27

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News Wrap: Federal appeals court rejects Trump’s election challenge in Pennsylvania

In our news wrap Friday, President Trump has lost yet another legal round in his bid to challenge the election results, "Black Friday" unofficially ushers in the holiday shopping season under the pall of the pandemic, and thousands of Indian…

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Jul 16

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News Wrap: EU’s top court voids data-sharing deal with U.S. tech companies

In our news wrap Thursday, the European Union’s top court voided an agreement that let big tech companies share data on EU citizens with the U.S. Privacy activists in the region welcomed the decision. Also, the Trump administration criticized China…

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Jul 15

Judge halts second federal execution amid claims inmate isn’t mentally fit

By Associated Press

Wesley Ira Purkey, convicted of a 1998 kidnapping and killing, was scheduled for execution Wednesday at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death Tuesday after his eleventh-hour legal bids failed.

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