Palm Beach County State Attorney seeks death penalty for men accused of child sexual assault Missing hiker found in ‘bad shape' used shorts to bandage feet, Idaho rescuers say ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) - House Bill 307, also known as “Iryna’s Law,” was signed into law on Friday by North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein more than one month after the deadly Charlotte light rail stabbing.

The NC NAACP condemned Gov. Josh Stein’s decision to sign the crime bill into law, saying the bill was “nothing more than cruelty disguised as public safety.” ...

Authorities say Christa Gail Pike was 18 when she tortured and killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville, Tennessee.

It’s time to play “spot the headline,” a game that I have — for decades — watched mainstream journalists play as they cover the papacy.

An American state is preparing to execute its first woman on death row in 200 years, more than 30 years after her crime. The Tennessee Supreme Court has scheduled the execution of Christa Gail Pike, ...

Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Republican running for governor, told Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson the attorney general’s office is ready to take over the responsibility of making a ...

Attorney General Alan Wilson wants Fifth Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson to seek the death penalty against the alleged killer of woman who was visiting Columbia in May. It’s at least the second time ...

A jury on Thursday found Joshua Rocha guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of North Kansas City police officer Daniel Vasquez.

A woman in Tennessee has been scheduled for execution next year. Have any women been out to death in Florida? Yes, and one is famous.

Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years if her execution proceeds next September.