Florida’s first execution of 2026 is set to take place in February, following a record year for executions in the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant Jan. 9. It paves the way for Ronald ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution. According to officials, Hoffman was ...

STARKE, Fla. — Florida carried out its first execution of the year on Tuesday. Ronald Heath was executed for the murder of Michael Sheridan, committed in 1989. The execution follows a record-breaking ...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma’s first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced ...

STARKE, Fla. -- A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman he and his brother had met at a bar was the first person executed in Florida this year. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, was pronounced dead at ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Texas on Wednesday evening conducted the United States' first execution of the year, putting a 55-year-old man to death for the 1998 double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new ...

Travelers described the panic at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport after a man drove through the Evans Terminal on Friday morning. Read full article: Travelers describe panic after car crashes ...

This photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Kendrick Simpson, 45, on Aug. 11, 2025, who is scheduled to be executed, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Oklahoma, for the 2006 drive-by ...