Death row inmate suffered 'excruciating' execution after making last meal 'mistake'
Wesley Ira Purkey, who had been on death row since 2004, was found guilty of raping and murdering 16-year-old Jennifer Long back in 1998.
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Death toll rises on both sides as India fires missiles into Pakistan in 'act of war'
The crisis sparked by the killing of 26 tourists in Kashmir is escalating into a full-blown conflict between the two nuclear-armed states.
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Elderly patients 'murdered by serial killer nurse' who was dubbed the 'Angel of Death' may have died of natural causes, Court of Appeal told
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Colin Campbell was jailed for 30 years in 2008 for the murder of four pensioners and the attempted murder of another at hospitals in Leeds, Yorkshire, by injecting them with insulin.
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Death, divorce and the magic of kitchen objects: how to find hope in loss
As they pass through different hands, cooking utensils can magically connect us to loved ones who are no longer with us
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‘You have to be taken inside Poirot’s brain’: Ken Ludwig on the secret to adapting Agatha Christie
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The US playwright and anglophile behind much-revived comedies has a flair for crime and is following a crowd-pleasing Murder on the Orient Express with Death on the Nile
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Suspect in Death of Russian General Charged With Terrorism
The 42-year-old Russian man could face life in prison if found guilty of the charges.
Death toll in suspected chemical blast at key Iran port rises to 25
The huge explosion and subsequent blaze at Bandar Abbas port has also left more than 750 people wounded.
Death toll in suspected chemical blast at key Iran port rises to 18
The huge explosion and subsequent blaze at Bandar Abbas port has also left more than 750 people wounded.
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‘Grazie Francesco’: silence gives way to cheers and applause for ‘pope of the people’
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As Pope Francis’s coffin emerged into St Peter’s Square, the crowd paid tribute to a leader who urged the world to build bridges
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Death, debris and anger about Trump after Russia’s strike on Kyiv
Shaken and war-weary, residents of the city call on allies to uphold security guarantees.