Georgia's only woman on death row is executed
Despite numerous clemency pleas, Kelly Gissendaner is put to death by lethal injection.Read More ...
Jeb Bush’s 2016 run wavers amid breakout stars
Top donors have reportedly told Bush that he will start hemorrhaging fundraisers if he does not rev up momentum.Read More ...
Fact-checking Planned Parenthood chief’s heated House hearing
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Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years: TV
Georgia
executed the only woman on the state's death row early on Wednesday,
marking the first time in 70 years the state has carried out a death
sentence on a woman, a television station reported. Kelly Gissendaner,
47, died by injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at a prison in Jackson, Georgia,
the Atlanta television station WSB-TV reported on its website.
Gissendaner was sentenced to death for her role in plotting her
husband's murder in 1997.Read More ...
Republicans, Planned Parenthood square off in Congress
By
Megan Cassella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Republicans on
Tuesday challenged Planned Parenthood's eligibility for federal funds,
while the health organization's president said defunding it would
restrict women's access to care and disproportionately hurt low-income
patients. A series of videos that purport to show that Planned
Parenthood improperly sells fetal tissue to researchers for profit has
reignited anti-abortion voters' fervor during a turbulent Republican
presidential primary campaign. At a five-hour House committee hearing,
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards appeared alone to respond
to hostile questioning from Republicans, some of whom have vowed to shut
down the U.S. government if federal support for the organization is not
cut off.Read More ...
Baltimore judge schedules police trials in black man's death
A
Baltimore judge on Tuesday set trial dates, the first beginning in
November, for six police officers charged in the death of a black man
from an injury suffered in police custody, an event that triggered
protests, arson and rioting. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry
Williams scheduled individual trials with start dates ranging from Nov.
30 to March 9 for the officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray in
April. Gray, 25, died from a spinal injury suffered in the back of a
police van following an arrest, leading to protests and a day of rioting
in the largely black city.Read More ...
Trump gives Putin an 'A' on leadership
NEWARK,
N.J. (AP) — One day after President Barack Obama and Russian President
Vladimir Putin made little headway in their standoff over Syria at their
first formal meeting in more than two years, Republican presidential
hopeful Donald Trump is agreeing with Putin on his backing of Syrian
President Bashar Assad.Read More ...
Ann Romney opens up about MS struggle
In
her new memoir, "In This Together," Romney details her struggles with
multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with in 1998.Read More ...
Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA
The
former National Security Agency contractor, who has been living in
asylum in Russia after blowing the lid on the U.S. spy agency’s
controversial domestic surveillance program, has joined Twitter.Read More ...
Obama and Putin: Awkward moments, few breakthroughs
NEW
YORK (AP) — U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir
Putin's first formal meeting in more than two years started with an
awkward handshake and ended without a breakthrough on Syria, a crisis
that has strained their already tense relationship.Read More ...
VW details brands affected by scandal; fix due in Oct
BERLIN
(AP) — Volkswagen's commercial vehicles and cars from its Spanish unit
SEAT are among the 11 million fitted with a diesel engine that can cheat
on emissions tests, the company said Tuesday.Read More ...
Afghan forces struggle to retake Kunduz city from Taliban
Taliban
insurgents who seized the Afghan city of Kunduz have defied a
counter-offensive and advanced on the airport where government forces
retreated after the fall of the strategic northern gateway. Heavy
fighting erupted near the airport on the city's outskirts as the
insurgents closed in late Tuesday, highlighting the potent challenge the
militants represent after their lightning capture of Kunduz the
previous day. "The Taliban have laid landmines and booby traps around
Kunduz, slowing the movement of convoys of Afghan army reinforcements
driving to the city," a security official told AFP.Read More ...
Trevor Noah ‘Daily Show’ review: Putting a happy face on the news
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