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- Texas executes Jamaal Howard despite concerns over lethal injection drug used in failed Tennessee execution
Jamaal Howard's attorneys cited Christa Pike's failed lethal injection in Tennessee to argue the pentobarbital drug posed risks, but the Supreme Court rejected it.
- FIRST ON FOX: US Coast Guard recruits largest class in nearly 40 years, beats goals for third straight year
The Coast Guard enlisted 5,445 active-duty members in fiscal year 2026, its largest class in nearly four decades as Force Design aims to add 15,000.
- Driver opens fire on strangers along major US interstate, tells cops he ‘had to kill people today’
Andrew Darrick Tanaka allegedly told police, "I had to kill people today," after allegedly opening fire on vehicles along Interstate 35 in Warren County.
- Mom dies shielding baby in horrific 15-story Bronx fall as police hunt suspect: report
Angel Carrasco is wanted after Nathaly Ramirez, 23, was allegedly pushed from a 15th-floor Bronx balcony with her baby in a suspected domestic violence attack.
- Christa Pike's first words revealed after she unexpectedly woke up while lawyers thought she was 'brain dead'
Christa Pike's lawyers believed she was brain dead before she unexpectedly woke up and began talking, days after Tennessee's botched execution.
- Parents of slain pregnant mom Christa Gilley demand Lee Gilley's return from Italy for murder case
Christa Bauer Gilley's parents urge Italian and U.S. authorities to work together on extradition, confronting violence against women in their plea.
