Execution by nitrogen gas & lethal injection: Texas and Alabama carry out two deaths; nine more scheduled this year

Two US inmates were executed Thursday in separate states, with one put to death by nitrogen gas in Alabama and another by lethal injection in Texas. The executions, carried out within 18 minutes of each other, bring the total number of US executions this year to 33, the highest since 2014.In Alabama, Geoffrey West, 50, […]

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Love turns lethal: Female cop Rebecca Sayegh accused of attacking ex-boyfriend, threatening to burn house down | World News

There’s a saying in cop circles: “Control the scene, or the scene will control you.” But for Rebecca Sayegh — a nine-year veteran of the Toms River Police Department — the night of April 26 was anything but controlled. According to prosecutors, it was pure chaos.It was nearly midnight in the sleepy Bayville section of […]

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