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Florida executes oldest inmate in state’s history for double murder, hours after executing ex-officer for girl’s murder

Florida on Tuesday became the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, putting to death an 80-year-old man who was the second-oldest inmate known to receive a lethal injection in modern U.S. history.  Hours earlier, the state executed a former police officer convicted of the killing of a…

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In pictures: Indian youth supporting Cockroach Janta Party celebrate education minister’s resignation – World

Young CJP supporters in New Delhi — the heart of the protest movement — chant slogans and distribute sweets among the crowd. India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after mass youth-led protests demanded his ouster in anger over a string of irregularities in potentially life-changing exams. Protesters continuing their sit-in at Jantar Mantar,…

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Tree of Life rabbi Jeffrey Myers bids farewell 8 years after deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history

After surviving the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history and presiding over multiple funerals for his slain congregants, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers struggled to pray. “There was this emptiness to it,” recalls Myers, of Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. He turned to the biblical Book of Psalms — its hymns, poetry and prayers covering “the entire…

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Nolan Wells’ cause and manner of death undetermined, attorney says, citing family’s autopsy

The manner and cause of death for Nolan Wells, the Mississippi teen who was found dead at Horn Island after a Fourth of July outing with friends, are undetermined, pending investigation, according to attorney Ben Crump, citing a preliminary independent autopsy commissioned by the family. Crump said Wednesday there was “red discoloration” in the tissue in…

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