A man who was executed after being found guilty in a rape and murder case in 1953 near Dallas Love Field airport has been exonerated. Now, 70 years later, Tommy Lee Walker was declared “innocent” by a ...

For death penalty opponents, the dramatic spike in executions last year was truly horrifying. After several years of no more than 25 executions, there were 47 executions in 2025, nearly double the ...

The release of files, videos and photographs from the federal inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein is the largest to date, and the final one planned by the Justice Department. Times reporters are sifting ...

Tensions between the United States and Iran escalated sharply after former US President Donald Trump issued a strong warning to Tehran over the proposed execution of Iranian protester Irfan Sultani.

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Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, at about 9 a.m. Central time on Saturday morning. A video shared with The New York Times by a witness and her ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who once escaped custody and spent three days on the run after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend received a ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend has become 1st person executed in US this year.

Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson has spent the past year as a “federal government whisperer,” receiving tips from hundreds of federal workers impacted by President Donald Trump’s ...

• US President Donald Trump said Iran has “no plan for executions,” amid fears for the fate of a detained anti-government protester. But he declined to take military action off the table, saying his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (AP) — A Texas man who once escaped custody and spent three days on the run after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting ...

President Donald Trump pardoned 21 people Friday, multiple outlets report, including a banker whose daughter gave $3.5 million to the president’s super PAC—the latest pardons and commutations in Trump ...