Tennessee halts executions after Christa Pike survives two doses
Pike was still audibly snoring when witnesses were escorted out at 8:53 p.m., and Tennessee's protocol sets out no step after the second dose.
Entertainment
Rick Ross pleads not guilty to felony battery by strangulation
Ross surrendered in Miami Beach and posted bond, with arraignment set for Oct. 22.
The Numbers
AllOfficial series, each dated to the observation it comes from.
Inflation3.4%
Unemployment4.1%
30-year mortgage7.28%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
New Mexico county lifts four of five McLeod Dam evacuations
Dam operators reported imminent failure of the 25-foot earthen structure, which a 2023 inspection rated in poor condition with no emergency action plan.
Jury convicts Caleb Flynn on all nine counts in wife's killing
Jurors deliberated a little over two hours after hearing that Flynn's own devices logged 196 steps in the hour before his 911 call.
Politics
4 stories · updated 29 SepMilwaukee prosecutors charge Robbiel Stokes, 15, in classmate's killing
The complaint says Stokes's mother identified him in bus surveillance stills, and police found a matching .40-caliber cartridge in her car.
Macon sheriff to seek charges against adults in park shooting
Sheriff David Davis said a 12th victim, a 19-year-old man, was identified hours later, and that investigators have people of interest but no motive.
Butler rally survivor Jim Copenhaver dies at 76, lawsuit pending
Copenhaver still had bullet fragments in his body; no cause of death has been released, and his wife remains a plaintiff against the U.S. government.
Three Republican senators fault Don Jr. over Russian oligarch's payments
Umar Kremlev, a Putin ally, paid for part of Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding weekend, and House Democrats have asked the FBI to respond by Sept. 30.
World
2 stories · updated 28 Sep
Rescuers dig for 12 missing after Himlung base camp avalanche
Eight guides dug through snow at the 7,126-metre peak on Monday; all of the dead and missing are Nepali expedition workers.
Athens explosion kills six, including four American tourists
The State Department said four Americans died in a gas explosion in the Plaka district of Athens, where residents had warned of gas risks a year earlier.
Business
6 stories · updated 6 SepArthur Lundeen charged after being duct-taped on American Airlines flight
The flight from Dallas to Newark diverted to Baltimore, where police arrested Lundeen, 67, and his Tucson brokerage later cut ties with him.
Entertainment
6 stories · updated 29 Sep
Health
3 stories · updated 25 SepInvestigators recover kratom at both Ole Miss death scenes
Aidan Hamilton, 18, died in a campus dorm and Robert Strang, 20, at an off-campus house; the cases are being investigated separately.
Coast Guard hoists hypothermic hiker Craig Berg off Isle Royale
Backpackers spotted Berg on an island where overnight lows hit 48 degrees, and troopers and K-9 teams reached him on foot.
East Greenbush police find Dominick Bianchi dead in wooded area
Bianchi left home on foot on Sept. 8 without his phone, which his glucose monitor paired to, and without his wallet or car.