Christa Pike is “conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care” nearly a week after her botched execution, her attorneys said on Tuesday.

Little has been released about Pike's condition since Wednesday night's execution attempt. She has since remained hospitalized under guard as doctors try to get the massive dose of the barbiturate pen...

Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.