Federal judge blocks Arkansas execution plan

Judge grants injunction requested by inmates to halt unprecedented executions scheduled to take place over the next few weeks

• Apr 15, 2017

Judge orders courtroom closed against gymnastics doctor

Dr. Larry Nassar, the longtime doctor for USA Gymnastics, is accused of sexually assaulted young women during medical appointments

• Apr 14, 2017

Judge blocks use of lethal injection drug use

The order comes as one of the prisoners scheduled to die Monday night was issued an emergency stay of execution

• Apr 14, 2017

Johnny Depp joins anti-execution rally in Arkansas

The state wants to execute seven inmates in 10 days before the end of April

• Apr 14, 2017

Law passed to protect drug informants after student's death

Andrew Sadek was arrested for selling $80 worth of marijuana; he became a confidential informant and was later found dead in a river with a bullet in his head

• Apr 14, 2017

Family members ID teens found dead in park

Police have said the deaths look like the work of the MS-13 gang, whose members are suspected in last year's murder of a teen girl in a nearby town

• Apr 14, 2017

Aaron Hernandez found not guilty in 2012 double homicide

The former NFL star is already serving life in prison for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd; he was found guilty of a firearms charge

• Apr 14, 2017

5 Miss. high school students arrested, accused of gang rape

The incident allegedly happened at on off-campus party in March

• Apr 14, 2017

Police: Oregon father kills two young daughters, self

Officials say they found the girls' bodies in an SUV that Jaime Cortinas set ablaze after exchanging gunfire with police

• Apr 14, 2017

Report reveals dramatic new details from Orlando massacre

Police presentation details the 2016 shooting at the Pulse nightclub which left 49 dead

• Apr 14, 2017

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