Georgia execution is fodder for challenges to new drug
ATLANTA - The thrashing, jerking death of Roy Willard Blankenship has lawyers for death row inmates plotting fresh arguments against the drug used to execute him, even though they may never be able to...
View ArticleSome law officers say full ban on drivers' use of cellphones could be...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A driver in the next lane is moving his lips. Is he on a hands-free cellphone? Talking to someone in the car? To himself? Singing along to the radio?If lawmakers follow the...
View ArticleRock and Roll Hall of Fame to honor pioneer Chuck Berry with series in October
NEW YORK — One of rock's pioneers will be celebrated by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this fall.read more
View ArticleIn a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites
EDITOR’S NOTE _ “America at the Tipping Point: The Changing Face of a Nation” is an occasional series examining the cultural mosaic of the U.S. and its historic shift to a majority-minority...
View ArticleIn a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites
WASHINGTON — America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential...
View ArticleDeath in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land...
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