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Black incarcerated people have been subjected to prolonged and painful botched executions in the US at more than twice the rate of white death row inmates, a new study has found. While glaring racial disparities have long been visible in US capital punishment, the report from the international human rights group Reprieve finds that the […]
Spooked by the high price of Halloween candy? There’s not much relief in sight. For the second year in a row, U.S. shoppers are seeing double-digit inflation in the candy aisle. Candy and gum prices are up an average of 13% this month compared to last October, more than double the 6% increase in all […]
By Anna Meisel & Melanie Stewart-Smith BBC News in Oklahoma 1 hour ago Image caption, Executions at the Oklahoma Department of Corrections became more difficult after the supply of a drug used in lethal injections was cut off When the supply of drugs used for lethal injections began to run out, a couple of prison […]
It’s a new month, with a new lineup of PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for September. The Monthly Games lineup of Saints Row, Black Desert – Traveler Edition and Generation Zero will be available to PlayStation Plus members on Tuesday, September 5 until Monday, October 2. Let’s take a closer look at each of the games in turn. […]
The US Black unemployment rate jumped for a second consecutive month, hitting a 10-month high in what in the past has signaled a broader weakening in the job market and approaching recession. The overall unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in June from 3.7% in May, and payrolls increased by 209,000 jobs, fewer than the 306,000 […]
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The rand slumped to its weakest level on record against the dollar as a diplomatic row between South Africa and the US simmered, putting trade of as much as 400 billion rand ($21 billion) at risk. South Africa’s preferential access to US markets under a two-decade-old trade agreement is in focus after the US ambassador […]
By Michael Tarm, AP Legal Affairs Writer When the U.S. prisons director visited the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, this past week, she stopped by the federal death row where Bruce Webster is in a solitary, 12-by-7 foot cell, 23 hours a day. Webster’s not supposed to be there. A federal judge in Indiana ruled […]
As Americans marked Easter, they received a dramatic reminder of the authoritarianism that another Republican government might bring to the country. In developments that stretched throughout the weekend, Republicans in Tennessee found themselves accused of racially-fueled efforts to silence two black lawmakers who backed protests demanding gun control in the state. Less than
Kevin PeltonESPN Senior Writer1:17 PM PHT3 Minute Read Bronny more than a basketball player as he fixes TV equipmentBronny James helps out the ESPN crew as he fixes all the TV equipment after the ball hits it. PORTLAND, Ore. — With his parents and sister in attendance at the Moda Center, Bronny James scored 11 […]