Missouri declines to halt execution of man who killed couple
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a petition to stop the execution of Brian Dorsey, a death row inmate, by lethal injection next month.
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a petition to stop the execution of Brian Dorsey, a death row inmate, by lethal injection next month.
The last execution in Georgia had been conducted in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic gained force.
Cantu was convicted of murdering two people in Collin County in 2000 despite a lot of influential voices claiming he was not guilty.
Unless Gov. Abbott or the U.S. Supreme Court intervene, Cantu will be put to death Wednesday.
Thomas Creech, one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.
South Carolina says all three execution methods allowed in the state — electrocution, lethal injection, and now, firing squad — fit existing protocols.
The state of Alabama was criticized by several groups, including the United Nations and the European Union, after it executed a death row inmate Thursday night using the controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia. Kenneth Smith's spiritual adviser said the nitrogen method amounted to torture, but Alabama officials disagree. Manuel Bojorquez has more.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he expects to see nitrogen hypoxia used in more executions.
In a groundbreaking and controversial move, Alabama executed an inmate using nitrogen gas, a method never before tested or used in the United States. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.
Alabama authorities executed Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas Thursday night despite controversy over the method. Smith was one of three men convicted in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. Dr. Keith Ray, associate professor and chair of criminal justice and social sciences at Alabama State University, joined CBS News to discuss the execution.
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Kenneth Eugene Smith, a death row inmate in Alabama, is expected to become the first person in the U.S. executed with nitrogen gas. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to be the first person in the United States to be put to death with nitrogen gas after the Supreme Court refused to stop the procedure. Experts have repeatedly warned that nitrogen toxicity may cause the condemned person to suffer unnecessarily. Kim Bellware, a reporter with The Washington Post, joins CBS News with more.
A death row inmate in Alabama was executed on Thursday, Jan. 25, using nitrogen gas. It marked the first U.S. execution carried out this way.
Politicians pushed for the nitrogen gas execution method with limited scientific research behind it. Critics say it could amount to torture.
The inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, already survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection in 2022.
The judge's order clears the way for what would be the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas — a method the inmate's lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental.
Experts have denounced Alabama's planned execution of a death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested suffocation method that they say could cause "grave suffering."
Alabama is preparing to employ a new method of execution using nitrogen gas following botched attempts at lethal injections last year.
Prosecutors say Kierre Williams appears to have no connection to Rev. Stephen Gutgsell or the town where the fatal stabbing occurred.
Phillip Dean Hancock is the fourth Oklahoma inmate to be executed this year and the 11th since Oklahoma resumed executions in October 2021 following a nearly six-year hiatus
Casey McWhorter spent nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row, making him among the longest-serving inmates of the state's 165 death row inmates.
A Texas man who claimed his death sentence was based on false expert testimony has been executed for killing a man during a robbery in the 1990s.
Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi have OK'd nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method but no state has tried to use it. More litigation over the issue is seen as likely.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called the "barbaric" tactics "a symptom of how poorly Russia's military leaders know they're doing."
"With such a tiny majority, all it would take is a tiny number of Republicans to decide ... they want to go and leave immediately," one expert said.
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries "Roots," has died.
Four construction workers are still missing after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge Tuesday morning.
Jane Dorotik was convicted of her husband's murder but says some so-called bloodstains presented at trial were never tested and others were not blood at all.
The endorsement of President Biden comes as independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling on his family's ties to the Latino community and the civil rights leader.
President Biden vows to keep "working every day" for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who's been "wrongfully detained" by Russia for a year.
Lieberman represented Connecticut for decades and became the first Jewish candidate on a major party ticket. He died Wednesday in New York City at 82 years old.
"This month has been deadly when it comes to beach drownings in the area of Puerto Rico," the Coast Guard said.
Jenna Newcomb, 15, died trying to save her sister and her friend, according to Rockford's mayor.
Authorities say Ike Nicholas Souzer was captured a week after he walked away from a halfway house.
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy-winner for Outstanding Recorded News Program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
Cigna determined 3-month-old's air-ambulance ride arranged by hospital was not medically necessary, leaving his parents with nearly six-figure bill.
Officials said the standards will help clean up some of the nation's largest sources of planet-warming greenhouse gases.
David Walker, 19, was assigned to the battleship USS California when it was torpedoed during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Cigna determined 3-month-old's air-ambulance ride arranged by hospital was not medically necessary, leaving his parents with nearly six-figure bill.
Officials said the standards will help clean up some of the nation's largest sources of planet-warming greenhouse gases.
About 90,000 tiki torches sold at BJ's Wholesale Club are being recalled because of a burn risk.
Other Ivy League universities reported an increase in applications this year, including Yale and Columbia.
South Korean business leaders worried about the country's economic future are offering some remarkable rewards for workers willing to build families.
Officials said the standards will help clean up some of the nation's largest sources of planet-warming greenhouse gases.
President Biden vows to keep "working every day" for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who's been "wrongfully detained" by Russia for a year.
The endorsement of President Biden comes as independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling on his family's ties to the Latino community and the civil rights leader.
"With such a tiny majority, all it would take is a tiny number of Republicans to decide ... they want to go and leave immediately," one expert said.
GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky asked President Biden to appear on April 16, an invitation he is almost certain to decline.
Cigna determined 3-month-old's air-ambulance ride arranged by hospital was not medically necessary, leaving his parents with nearly six-figure bill.
From abortion restrictions to IVF bans, reproductive rights for women in the U.S. have never been more uncertain.
For some people, going over large bridges brings a sense of fear, but help is available.
Krystal Anderson, a former Chiefs cheerleader who was passionate about women's health died after giving birth earlier this month.
In the first major challenge to abortion rights since overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that could determine nationwide access to mifepristone. The so-called abortion pill was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions last year.
A Syrian war monitor says Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah fighters and Syrian soldiers near Aleppo have killed 44 people.
President Biden vows to keep "working every day" for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who's been "wrongfully detained" by Russia for a year.
South Korean business leaders worried about the country's economic future are offering some remarkable rewards for workers willing to build families.
The mob formed after an 8-year-old girl disappeared and her body was found on a road on the outskirts of the city.
Only one passenger, an 8-year-old girl, survived the accident in South Africa's northern province of Limpopo.
Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Emmy Award for "Roots," and became the first African American to win a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman," died Thursday, March 28, 2024, at the age of 87. In this conversation with CBS News' Michelle Miller (originally broadcast on "Sunday Morning" July 19, 2020), Gossett talked about his long career, and said the greatest advice he could give wasn't about acting – it was about understanding.
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries "Roots," has died.
Emmy-nominated actress Diarra Kilpatrick discusses her new series, “Diarra from Detroit,” which she created, executive produced and starred in on BET Plus.
Robert Randolph, a six-time Grammy nominee and leader of the “Robert Randolph and the Family Band,” discusses his collaboration with Beyoncé as her new album, "Cowboy Carter," drops.
The Black Crowes released "Happiness Bastards," their first new album in 15 years.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
Researchers in London are developing an AI tool to sort dogs into 5 categories, in a bid to match pooches with their perfect owners.
CBS News' Ian Lee meets researchers in London who are developing an AI tool to sort dogs into 5 categories, in a bid to match pooches with their perfect owners.
Shares of former President Donald Trump's Truth Social rose 16% after the first day of trading on the Nasdaq exchange Tuesday. CBS News campaign reporter Jake Rosen has more on the publicly traded company.
Former President Donald Trump's Truth Social began trading under the ticker "DJT" on Tuesday, putting the real estate tycoon — and his initials — at the helm of a publicly traded company once again. CBS News' Lilia Luciano has more.
According to the United Nations Environment Programme, humans wasted 19% of all available food in 2022. That's equivalent to one billion meals per day. Brian Roe, agricultural and environmental economics professor at Ohio State University, joins CBS News to discuss the implications.
Researchers in London are developing an AI tool to sort dogs into 5 categories, in a bid to match pooches with their perfect owners.
The critically endangered dragons will likely be extinct in the next 20 years without conservation efforts, experts say.
Climate change means wine could soon have a higher alcohol content — but spoil faster and smell worse.
NASA has a warning for people who want to take a peek at next month's total solar eclipse. CBS News' Lilia Luciano has more.
Authorities say Ike Nicholas Souzer was captured a week after he walked away from a halfway house.
Matthew Ornellas Jr. scaled a fence with razor wire, and officers gave chase but lost sight of him when he entered a dense brush area, officials said.
Jane Dorotik was convicted of her husband's murder but says some so-called bloodstains presented at trial were never tested and others were not blood at all.
The mob formed after an 8-year-old girl disappeared and her body was found on a road on the outskirts of the city.
A judge sentenced disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison Thursday. A jury convicted the 32-year-old of fraud and conspiracy in November. CBS News national correspondent Errol Barnett reports.
Supermassive black holes are believed to have emerged very early in the universe but their creation remains a mystery.
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson is replacing Loral O'Hara, who's wrapping up a six-month stay aboard the space station.
NOAA said people as far south as Alabama may have seen the northern lights and that the sun could expel the strongest type of solar flares over the next few days.
As March's full Worm Moon rises late Sunday into early Monday, it will travel through the Earth's penumbra — the faint outer part of its shadow — creating a penumbral eclipse.
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, making her third flight, will spend six months aboard the station, replacing astronaut Loral O'Hara.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday, March 26 after a column was struck by a container ship that reportedly lost power, sending vehicles and people into the Patapsco River.
When Tiffiney Crawford was found dead inside her van, authorities believed she might have taken her own life. But could she shoot herself twice in the head with her non-dominant hand?
We look back at the life and career of the longtime host of "Sunday Morning," and "one of the most enduring and most endearing" people in broadcasting.
Cayley Mandadi's mother and stepfather go to extreme lengths to prove her death was no accident.
From his wheelchair, 87-year-old Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 women, who are inmates at a prison in Rome, during a Holy Thursday ceremony that recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles before he was crucified. Francis was the first pope to include women in the ceremony.
Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Emmy Award for "Roots," and became the first African American to win a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman," died Thursday, March 28, 2024, at the age of 87. In this conversation with CBS News' Michelle Miller (originally broadcast on "Sunday Morning" July 19, 2020), Gossett talked about his long career, and said the greatest advice he could give wasn't about acting – it was about understanding.
Ophthalmologists are warning about the dangers of looking directly at the sun during the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. CBS News' Michael George has more on how to protect your eyes — and what can happen if you don't.
President Biden participated in a star-studded fundraiser in New York City with former Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in a show of support. Former President Donald Trump attended slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller's wake on Long Island. Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez and Democratic strategist Joel Payne join CBS News to discuss their New York visits.
Eight construction workers were filling potholes on Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed early Tuesday morning. Only two workers survived. The tragedy is bringing awareness to the dangers highway construction crews face on the job. Stacy Tetschner, the president and CEO of the American Traffic Safety Services Association, joined CBS News to discuss.