Multiple fire departments in western North Carolina responded to a brush fire on Saturday afternoon. At 4 p.m., the Yancey County Sheriff's Office said the brush fire was near Crabtree Road in Yancey ...

According to Williams, during an execution, the target is placed on the inmate’s chest, with witnesses surrounding the scene. The method is based on the expectation that bullets will hit the heart, ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a death row inmate’s request for information on the most recent execution, which was carried out last week.

South Carolina went 13 years between executions before restarting them last year in part because the state couldn’t obtain drugs for lethal injections. A shield law passed in 2023 keeps private the ...

Five states allow firing squads but Idaho could become the first to use it as the primary method of execution.

Brad Sigmon was convicted of beating the parents of his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball in Greenville County, South Carolina ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber.

Lethal injection is the primary execution method in Idaho law. In 2023, Idaho passed a law — approved by the Idaho ...

Nearly three years after Brad Sigmon got his third and last reprieve from execution, the death row inmate has been issued a new death warrant. He is set to be executed March 7, the fourth state ...