- Florida Executes Inmate As Report Cites ‘Continuing Erosion’ Of Death Penalty
Both executions and death sentences have declined dramatically since their peak in the late 1990s, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.(Image credit: Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)
read more ...5 hours ago - 7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.(Image credit: Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
read more ...6 hours ago - Man Who Sexually Assaulted Woman On Plane Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison
Prabhu Ramamoorthy cried after the sentencing in Detroit on Thursday. His lawyers had called for leniency from the judge arguing, "He will suffer long after this sentence is done." (Image credit: Seth Wenig/Associated Press)
read more ...8 hours ago - A Trans Man Steps Into The Ring – And Wins His Debut As A Professional Boxer
After an injury forced Patricio Manuel to withdraw from the women's Olympic boxing trials, the fighter faced a reckoning. He decided to start living publicly as a man — and rebuild his boxing career.(Image credit: Texas Isaiah)
read more ...11 hours ago - Yum and Yuck: The Psychology Of What We Eat…And What We Spit Out
This week on the Hidden Brain radio show, we dig into the culture and psychology that determines the foods that make us salivate and the scents that make us squirm. (Image credit: Parth Shah)
read more ...12 hours ago - ‘An Indescribable Feeling’: Virgin Galactic Makes Historic Trip To Edge Of Space
Four years after another test flight ended tragically, the company is celebrating a milestone: Its manned spacecraft reached an altitude of more than 51 miles.(Image credit: Gene Blevins/AFP/Getty Images)
read more ...12 hours ago - Suspected Strasbourg Shooter Killed By Police, French Authorities Say
The suspect had been the target of a massive manhunt since Tuesday's deadly assault on a Christmas shopping market.(Image credit: Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images)
read more ...13 hours ago - Trump Defends Hush-Money Payments In Fox News Interview
The president says he never directed his onetime personal attorney Michael Cohen to do anything wrong. Cohen pleaded guilty Wednesday to making illegal payments before the 2016 election.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
read more ...14 hours ago - Kotex Recalls Some Tampons After Reports Of Unraveling Inside Body
Some boxes of U by Kotex Sleek Tampons, regular absorbency, have a "quality-related defect" that left pieces of the tampon inside the bodies of some consumers — in some cases causing infection. (Image credit: Courtesy of Kimberly-Clark)
read more ...14 hours ago - Scientists Say Gene-Edited Babies Claim Is ‘Wake-Up Call’ For World
U.S. National Academy of Medicine, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and Chinese Academy of Sciences call for international gene-editing standards. Critics blast statement as inadequate.(Image credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images)
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