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Idaho inmate nearing execution wants a new clemency hearing. The last one was a tie

Feb. 07, 2024 20:25 PM EST

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man scheduled to be executed at the end of the month is asking a federal court to put his lethal injection on hold and order a new clemency hearing after the previous one resulted in a tie vote. Thomas Eugene Creech is Idaho's longest-serving death row...

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

Dec. 31, 2023 18:30 PM EST

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia. Prigozhin's Aug. 23 death...