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Montgomery, Ala. — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that execution by nitrogen gas doesn’t violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate’s claim that it causes excessive suffering. The ruling came after the first bench trial in the country to examine the constitutionality of the execution method that has …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Across the country, many for-profit residential facilities in the so-called troubled teen industry that claim to treat severe mental and behavioral health issues in children and teens are deftly tapping into taxpayer money meant for students with disabilities. Even in the face of increasing scrutiny over the safety of such private …
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — An Associated Press investigation finds that private, for-profit residential treatment centers that care for adopted kids at exceptionally high rates are often funded by taxpayer dollars, but are subject to little oversight and few consequences after allegations of abuse and neglect. The investigation looks deeply at a facility in rural …
By Victoria Waldersee, Javi West Larrañaga and Charlie Devereux MADRID, May 29 (Reuters) – Eight years after ousting a corruption-mired, centre-right government on the promise of cleaning up politics, Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is running out of road as graft accusations stack up against his party and family. Lauded abroad by liberals for …
The death toll from the Trump administration’s monthslong series of strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean has risen to at least 199 people after survivors of recent attacks were not found. The total includes at least 22 people who had survived an initial strike only to be …
As the summer travel season starts to take off, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration tells CBS News he has confidence in the system, despite hundreds of FAA facilities being run on decades-old technology. “Go back to last summer. We saw, you know, we saw equipment failures in Washington, Newark, Philadelphia, places where the …
Nairobi — A Kenyan court on Friday temporarily halted the opening of an Ebola quarantine center for U.S. nationals following a petition filed by a rights group. The facility had been due to open Friday in Kenya, according to U.S. officialsto quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is battling a major …
Footage of Katie Thomas’ traffic stop went viral after she was accused of holding a phone in her right hand while driving. The only problem: she doesn’t have a right hand. Court records show the citation has been dismissed at the officer’s request. CBS News’ Cristian Benavides spoke exclusively with Thomas about the stop and …
3m ago Israel-Lebanon talks set to take place at the Pentagon today, Lebanese media say Security talks between Israel and Lebanon are due to take place Friday at the Pentagon, according to Lebanese media, after a week of escalating Israeli military operations along the two countries’ shared border that saw Israeli forces push deeper into …
LONDON (AP) — Sue Tilley was working in an unemployment office when she met the artist Lucian Freud. The paintings he made of her in the 1990s are now among the most famous in modern art — and the most valuable. “Sleeping by the Lion Carpet,” regarded as one of Freud’s masterpieces, is going up …