Tennessee
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Texas execution first in US since Pike's botched lethal injection
Texas has executed seven people so far this year, up from five in both 2025 and 2024. A further two executions are scheduled to take place in the state in November.
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Christa Pike is walking for first time after botched execution, lawyer says
‘She’s back, she’s alive, we’re happy about that, but she’s not mentally fully recovered,’ says attorney Stephen Farrell
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America carries out first execution since Christa Pike's failed lethal injection
The final words of Jamaal Howard have been revealed
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Thursday briefing: Why young people are taking to the streets across France
In today’s newsletter: A youth-led movement is protesting crumbling school buildings and teacher shortages while turning adult focus onto wider educational inequalities
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Christa Pike now walking after US execution went wrong, lawyer says
A lawyer says the murderer of Colleen Slemmer is moving around her hospital room after surviving two lethal injections.
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Trying to execute Christa Pike again would push into uncharted legal territory, experts say
After Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived an execution attempt it's unclear whether the state will try again
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Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike
Jamaal Howard’s lawyers urged halt, citing risk of another failed execution, but court denied request
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Weaker wind shear during El Nino plays a role in the formation of Isaias in the US Gulf
The super El Nino has been a nonstop machine, cranking out tropical storms throughout the Pacific region
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Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after failed execution, lawyers say
Lawyers say the convicted killer was surprised to have survived and remained "shackled" to her hospital bed.
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What happens next to Christa Pike?
Christa Pike is conscious after surviving a botched lethal injection, leading many to wonder if the state of Tennessee will try again to execute her.
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Trump’s ‘Judgment day’? Why death penalty crusade is bringing back firing squads
Trump is letting the Pentagon revive a killing method that hasn’t been used in decades while the president tries to speed up executions of federal death row inmates, Alex Woodward writes
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Christa Pike severely unwell, ‘angry and confused’, says lawyer, after judge orders all execution evidence preserved – latest
Lawyer says Pike cannot move her arms or swallow, has a blot clot and pneumonia, adding that a request to unshackle her was refused; judge tells Tennessee officials to preserve all evidence from botched execution
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Christa Pike’s advisor reveals what happened when she woke up from botched execution
Dr Joel Zivot, who is advising Pike’s legal team, has spoken about the death row killer’s prognosis and the challenges she now faces
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Tennessee ordered to preserve evidence from botched Christa Pike execution
The Tennessee Attorney General's Office argued a court order was unnecessary as evidence from the death chamber already had been collected and logged
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Lawyers seek to block Texas man’s execution, citing ‘similar risk’ to Christa Pike
Jamaal Howard would be the first person executed by the US since Christa Pike’s failed injection last week
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194-year-old tortoise has exceptional DNA repair systems that fight off ageing
The genome of Jonathan the giant tortoise, a 194-year-old resident of St Helena island, has been probed to understand how he has been alive for more than double his species’ average life expectancy
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Christa Pike survived 2 doses of an execution drug. How is that possible?
Christa Pike has regained consciousness and is speaking a week after receiving two doses of execution drugs in Tennessee
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Christa Pike’s lawyer reveals her first words on waking up from botched execution
The death row inmate’s lawyers also said that they are unsure whether she will regain use of her arms
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Judge orders officials to preserve all evidence tied to Christa Pike’s botched execution
Judge tells Tennessee officials all items in execution room must be saved as Pike remains restrained in hospital bed
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Trump’s approval is underwater in vast majority of states, new survey finds
Latest indication that Trump’s support is eroding due to voter frustrations over cost of living and Iran war
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Tropical storm threat churns planning for Georgia-Alabama game with Trump set to attend
Tropical Storm Isaias could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane this weekend, just before a major college football game between Georgia and Alabama
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
Lawyers seek preservation of evidence after prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital on 30 September
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Christa Pike awake and speaking days after botched Tennessee execution
Pike’s attorneys expressed gratitude to hospital first responders and the medical team who ‘treated Christa like a human and have provided exceptional care to her’
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What could happen to Christa Pike now after killer survives two lethal injections
Convicted murderer survives botched execution in Tennessee, sparking questions about how the state and her legal team plan to proceed with her case
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Inside ‘Satanic panic’ teen murder that put Christa Pike on death row for 30 years
Pike was 18 when she was sent to death row following a murder committed in a jealous rage. Decades later she has survived an attempted execution
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Israel marks third anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacks
Site of the Nova music festival near Re’im one of the locations where grieving relatives have gathered
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Mystery as Kilmar Ábrego Garcia deportation hearing abruptly canceled
The government is moving to vacate a preliminary injunction put in place by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis
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Christa Pike awake after lethal injection as lawyers seek answers
Christa Pike remains shackled to her hospital bed with burned and blistered arms, while Tennessee has suspended executions and its prison chief has resigned.
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The Republican candidates walking a Trump tightrope
Some running in November's elections are deciding whether to distance themselves from an unpopular president who still dominates his party.
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Texas killer set for pentobarbital execution after failed Christa Pike attempt
A Texas man is set to be executed for fatally shooting a convenience store clerk in 2000 during a robbery
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Christa Pike is awake after failed execution as her attorneys seek more information
Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, is awake and speaking after surviving a failed execution attempt
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What we know about Christa Pike’s recovery after failed execution
The BBC's Sarah Smith details the injuries sustained by the US death row inmate after two failed lethal injections, and what comes next.
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Christa Pike awake and speaking days after botched Tennessee execution
Her attorneys said they are grateful for the first responders and the medical team at the hospital ‘who treated Christa like a human and have provided exceptional care to her’
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
The prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital as authorities tried to put her to death on 30 September
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US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say
Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care while handcuffed in hospital, according to a statement from her lawyers on Tuesday.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to federal court to fight deportation to Liberia
He was arrested in Baltimore in March 2025 after picking up his then-5-year-old son, who has autism and other disabilities, from his grandmother’s house
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Nidal Hasan: Trump orders military base mass shooter to be executed by firing squad
Former army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan faces death penalty for shooting dead 12 active-duty soldiers and a retired serviceman in 2009
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Warning over fatal overdoses involving illegal ‘cat’s claw’ and kratom in Utah
U.S. poison control centers have reported a 1,200 percent increase in calls about kratom from 2015 to 2025
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America's first approved BWRX-300 could open a new nuclear race
The BWRX-300 just cleared a major US hurdle as Britain considers deploying 14 reactors of its own
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Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says
Nidal Hasan sentenced to death by military jury in 2013 for carrying out deadly shooting attack at army base in Texas
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We're saving £100 a month into pensions for our toddler and baby - here's why
A growing number of parents are opening retirement funds for their children.
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The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026
The world lost a prominent and celebrated voice for the women’s movement in September with the death of author and activist Gloria Steinem
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White House bans Politico from Air Force One in latest Trump attack on media
Trump administration continues to block reporters from covering the president during legal battle over press access
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Trump lashes out at Fox News as his midterm fears spiral out of control
Trump’s sagging approval has many Republicans in red states trailing in the polls
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Trump lashes out at Fox News as his mid-term fears spiral out of control
Trump’s sagging approval has many Republicans in red states trailing in the polls
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Christa Pike remains ‘critically ill’ on ventilator as lawyers unsure she’ll recover
Christa Pike, 50, has remained in hospital on a ventilator since her execution failed
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Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution
Christa Pike remains unconscious and on a ventilator in a Tennessee hospital after a failed execution attempt
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Christa Pike's prognosis still unclear after failed execution, lawyer says
Pike's lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.
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A Black community in Louisiana faces a future without a champion in Congress after redistricting
Scotlandville is a predominantly Black community in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that's facing challenges in its political representation
