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Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States.

The children were identified as girls ages 9, 5 and 3 and a boy, 7. An official said the father had been reported for “aggressive behavior” in the past.

The family of a New York City fashion designer found dead on a boat in the Hamptons last year is preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the man she was with when she died.

An Arkansas high school football player discovered a venomous snake in the helmet he was wearing during practicing for almost an hour last week.

SAN FRANCISCO — Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history who won five championships as a player with the Boston Celtics, died Sunday.

An Indian national was arrested for murder after fleeing the country as police investigated the death of his 19-year-old girlfriend in Tucson, Ariz.

A woman and a 5-month-old baby died after a boat capsized near Liberty Island in the New York Harbor Saturday night.

Passengers aboard an Orlando-bound Delta flight had to evacuate via slide after the aircraft made an emergency landing on a taxiway at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after takeoff Saturday morning.

The parents of an Oklahoma teenager who accused her former boyfriend of sexual assault and strangulation say they were misled about how his case would be resolved — and that the final outcome allowing him to bypass jail without admitting any guilt was far too lenient.

The second week of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial saw a number of witnesses that painted her as a loving mother who never showed signs she would hurt her children, raising questions about the prosecution’s methods in proving Clancy intentionally killed her three children on a January evening in 2023.