Long before Christa Pike was brought into Tennessee’s execution chamber, prison leaders reviewed and approved a backup plan detailing exactly what to do if the first attempt at lethal injection failed. But the backup plan also failed, and Thursday — 24 hours later — Pike was still alive but in cr...
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Dr. Shota Musaev spoke with ABC News about how he saved the pilot of the FlyDubai flight who was attacked by his co-pilot inside the cockpit.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stopped more than 600 attempts this year to ship stolen vehicles overseas through the Port of Newark.
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Editor’s note: To help readers learn more about the candidates running for statewide seats, The Texas Tribune is sharing information about the Republican, Democratic and third-party candidates. For more information on midterms and the voting process, check out our election resour...
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The long-anticipated influx of GOP money to boost U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton has tilted the battle for airtime in Republicans’ favor less than three weeks before early voting begins in Texas. But in an election where both parties are desperate to win over Latino voters, littl...
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Dallas will keep more than 300 Flock Safety cameras originally slated for removal after the surveillance company paused certain agencies’ payments for the devices for 90 days, a move made in response to Gov. Greg Abbott’s state funding freeze for the controversial cameras. At lea...
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Students at Willis High School have already seen major changes to how they enter the building. Bag searches. Metal detector screenings. And now, clear backpacks. Thursday morning, Willis ISD leaders are considering another change. According to the published agenda, the Willis ISD...
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Christa Pike is in critical condition and receiving "life-saving care" after a botched execution attempt Wednesday night, her attorneys said
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Congo's Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus. The latest figures were released by the health ministry on Thursday. They show that 4,018 people have died from among 8,300 confirmed cases, makin...
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The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent. Capt. Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, to...
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Not-so-outlandish, prognosticators say: The Nobel Peace Prize this year could go galactic, with an award to the International Space Station. But terrestrial contenders loom too, including U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, emergency teams in Sudan,...
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Episode: 1636 Of books and learning in nineteenth-century America. Today, thoughts on books and learning.
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Global stocks were mixed and European shares edged higher on Friday after a global bond sell-off deepened and ahead of a U.S. monthly jobs report due later in the day. Oil prices declined even as the U.S. sent another aircraft carrier and more troops to the Middle East, and as Pr...
