The Supreme Court on Thursday declined a request from Alabama to move forward with a scheduled execution using nitrogen hypoxia. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the decision. The Alabama Attorney General’s Office had petitioned the high court to reverse a federal judge’s decision to permanently ban the state from putting…
The close quarters on planes and variable public views on appropriate flight etiquette are a recipe for tension. But travelers seem to agree on who is to blame for bad behavior in the air: other travelers, according to a new survey. The top source of friction in the air: passengers using cellphones, laptops and other…
Alpine, Texas — Months after Congress approved billions for infrastructure across one of the least-trafficked stretches of the southern border, bulldozers arrived at Big Bend National Park, West Texas’s wild crown jewel. What followed was an unlikely revolt against President Trump’s decade-old promise to build a wall. Cattle ranchers, environmentalists, sheriffs, Republican senators and country singers…
This story originally aired on Oct. 18, 2025. The investigation of Joe Shymanski‘s murder began as a missing persons case. It was Sept. 4, 2023, at 7:47 p.m. when sheriff’s deputies in Calvert County, Maryland, were called to the home of the well-known photographer. His ex-wife, Heather Snyder, met them in the driveway. She would…
