When most people think of the Spanish Inquisition, they typically think of torture (or Monty Python), and for good reason. Between 1478 and 1834, Catholic monarchs in Spain and Spanish territories ...

North Korea is executing schoolchildren for watching South Korean TV shows and listening to K-Pop, including Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game,” according to Amnesty International. Escapees told the ...

When you die, estate planners say, one of the finest gifts you can leave your heirs is a plan for avoiding probate. Probate is a legal process that distributes a dead person’s assets and settles their ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant Jan. 29 ordering the execution of the man convicted in the Jan. 18, 1991, murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish. Retired Fort Pierce Police Sgt.

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas inmate Charles Victor Thompson is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, Jan 28, the first Texas execution in 2026. Thompson, ...

The man responsible for the 1998 double murder of a Houston mother and her boyfriend is scheduled for execution in Huntsville on Wednesday. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was convicted of murdering ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has scheduled four executions in 2026. Citing authorities, News 2’s Memphis sister station WREG reported that Carruthers and an accomplice were ...

The family of detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani have said his execution was postponed, as US President Donald Trump said he had received assurances that the “killing has stopped.” “We were told ...

A Georgia judge on Monday ordered a temporary pause to a December execution that was already put on hold, saying questions about the state's clemency process must be addressed before Stacey Humphreys' ...

A rise in executions in the United States in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public opinion” against the death penalty, offering anti-death-penalty advocates a hopeful sign going into 2026 even amid ...