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(Headline USA) Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment ''inadmissible" as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. In a post on X, the American pope quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment...

(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) A group representing big tech companies, including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, wants the Trump administration to scrap a proposed rule that would limit repeated patent challenges. The High Tech Inventors Alliance asked the administration to withdraw the proposal and met with the federal officials reviewing...

(Headline USA) Christa Pike, who regained consciousness almost six days after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, is aware of what happened and “angry and confused,” one of her attorneys said Wednesday. Pike, 50, survived despite receiving two lethal doses of pentobarbital on Sept. 30. She was sentenced to death...

(Headline USA) The Russian oligarch who helped bankroll Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebration says the president's eldest son has paid back the money. “Yes, he did,” Umar Kremlev told an International Boxing Association press conference in Istanbul on Tuesday. “He did repay the money I spent on the present.” Still,...

(Headline USA) A school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning, killing two people — including a 10th grade girl — and injuring several others, authorities said. Some 39 people were on the school bus that was headed to Winter Haven...

(Headline USA) A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela’s behalf during the first Trump administration. Republican David Rivera has been jailed since jurors found...

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has received his federal security clearance for classified briefings, which comes nine months after he was sworn into office. Mamdani told reporters at a Wednesday press briefing that he has received official clearance from the Trump administration, following last...

(John Weeks, Antiwar.com) CBS News reported on Saturday that the US Military has been working to establish “the groundwork for potential action around Cuba.” According to the report, CBS reviewed an internal US Army Reserve message sent to subordinate commands. The message requested an assessment on the feasibility of providing...

(Headline USA)  Lindsay Clancy's lawyer argued Tuesday that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove she killed her three children, a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives. “This entire case is based on speculation,” attorney Kevin Reddington...

(Headline USA) Christa Pike was 18 when she killed a classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. Now 50, she is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Immigration and Customs Enforcement has denied a report from the Daily Wire that ICE officers were ordered to stop arresting all “non-criminals.” Citing anonymous ICE officers, the Daily Wire reported Friday that immigration agents may only arrest illegal immigrants with criminal convictions or charges. “Those who have...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) During an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping conveyed China’s position on Taiwan and told the US president to approach the issue “carefully,” The South China Morning Post reported, citing the Chinese broadcaster CCTV. The report said that...