INDIANAPOLIS — Convicted killer-rapist Orlando Hall’s last-minute appeal to avoid the death penalty failed on Friday. Hall, 49, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas was sentenced to
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NASA Flight Crew On SpaceX Rocket Includes 1st Black Astronaut To Live Aboard International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL — Four astronauts lifted off Sunday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space
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St. Thomas Native, Accused Of Being An Atlanta Cop And Street Gang Member, To Be Sentenced In Federal Court
ATLANTA — A St. Thomas native will be sentenced by a federal judge today after his conviction on a racketeering charge in a case where
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U.S. Attorney General Barr: ‘Orlando Hall Has 5 Days Left To Live Before Lethal Injection In Indiana’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to go forward with the execution of death row inmate
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Feds Wanted To Arrest Disgraced Financier Jeffrey Epstein As He Was Judging A Beauty Contest In St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The FBI wanted to arrest Jeffrey Epstein while he was judging a beauty pageant in St. Thomas seven months before he signed a non-prosecution
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Donations Under $8K For Trump ‘Election Defense’ Instead Go To The President To Pay Down Campaign Debt
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump seeks to discredit last week’s election with baseless claims of voter fraud, his team has bombarded his supporters with
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8 Days Left To Live, Orlando Hall’s Attorneys Look For A Legal Loophole To Spare Him From Lethal Injection
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — Orlando Cordia Hall, who has been sentenced to die — within eight days — for kidnapping and raping high school student
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Female Mongooses Pick Fights With The Neighbors In Order To Mate With Rival Males, Avoid Inbreeding
WASHINGTON — When families of banded mongooses prepare to fight, they form battle lines. Each clan of about 20 animals stands nose to nose, their
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Puerto Rico Has A Newly Elected Governor Named Pedro Pierluisi
SAN JUAN — Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party won a majority of votes to become the U.S. commonwealth’s next governor, according
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Romaine Lettuce Recall Hits Puerto Rico And 19 Other States
SALINAS — Tanimura and Antle Farms in California is voluntarily recalling thousands of heads of romaine lettuce over possible e. Coli contamination The recall appeared
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