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The botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike – who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday – has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S.

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Activists across Asia are being hunted down by authoritarian governments even across international borders. Human rights groups have been warning of a "swap market" of repression in Southeast Asia.

U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy.

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The future of Earth will be determined by human decision making; either by default or by design, either by accident or by intention.

Renee Good’s family filed two lawsuits Thursday alleging federal agents violated Good’s constitutional rights and DHS policies, and conspired to deny equal protection to Somali and Hispanic people.

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Kristi Noem's estranged husband, Bryon Noem, is speaking out after the former Secretary of Homeland Security filed for divorce in the wake of his public "bimbo" scandal.

Media witnesses say Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces people generally consider private.

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Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. A court stayed her lethal injection that was scheduled for Sept. 30.

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