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Tennessee moves to prevent Christa Pike’s attorneys from examining drug used in failed execution

Tennessee is seeking to block Christa Pike’s attorneys from accessing the lethal injection drug used in her failed execution on the grounds that it would reveal the supplier in violation of state law, court filings show. The request follows a judge’s order to preserve evidence in a lawsuit filed by Pike’s attorneys and reflects the…

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Christa Pike, in first statement since botched execution, says she’s been in pain every moment since waking up

Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution attempt in Tennessee last month, said Friday that she’s been in pain every moment since she woke up confused in the hospital. Pike said she’d entered the execution chamber having said her goodbyes, adding, “I had not contemplated life beyond that night.”  “Several days later I woke up…

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Coroner releases details on 2 infant deaths in Pennsylvania measles outbreak

The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday. Lancaster County’s coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of his conclusions. CDC officials, however, have not said whether they will count either…

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A teenage football player had months of symptoms after a concussion. Doctors found a rare brain malformation.

Logan Coleridge was used to taking hits in football. He’d been playing since he was 6 years old and had sustained several concussions. But after a helmet-to-helmet impact during his freshman year of high school in August 2023, he started having debilitating symptoms.  The New Jersey teen said he was very dizzy and had trouble…

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