Day: October 18, 2024

Alabama executes man who killed 5 in drug-fueled rampage

5:30 am October 18, 2024

Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals to allow his lethal injection to go forward. Derrick Dearman, 36, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Thursday at Holman prison in southern Alabama. He pleaded guilty in a […]

Ex-Olympic snowboarder on the run as he faces drug trafficking, murder allegations, officials say

5:27 am October 18, 2024

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, was charged Thursday with running a cocaine trafficking ring across the Americas and killing several people, officials said. Wedding is a Canadian national and is considered a fugitive, the FBI said. The agency offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and extradition of the 43-year-old […]

Texas judge grants injunction ahead of man’s execution in ‘shaken baby syndrome’ case

5:25 am October 18, 2024

A Texas judge granted a temporary injunction delaying the execution of a death row inmate convicted in the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter. Robert Roberson, 57, was scheduled to be executed Thursday evening, but hours before he was to receive a lethal injection, Travis County Judge Jessica Mangrum ruled that he would be allowed […]

Mark Cuban blames social media algorithms for Trump’s ‘gangsta’ appeal to young men

5:24 am October 18, 2024

Harris campaign surrogate and “Shark Tank” investor Mark Cuban derided social media for popularizing former President Trump with young male voters. On Thursday, Cuban spoke to MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace about the state of the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump, shortly after giving a speech at a Harris rally in Wisconsin. “You spend […]

Indian intelligence official charged in murder-for-hire plot on Sikh separatist leader in New York City

4:35 am October 18, 2024

An Indian government official accused of directing a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist leader living in New York City has been charged, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Vikash Yadav, 39, also known as Vikas and Amanat, is a former officer in India’s Research and Analysis Wing spy service and remains at-large, according to an […]