This bill is not about whether the death penalty is good or bad,” Idaho Republican Representative Bruce Skaug stated. “Our job is to carry it out in the most efficient manner under the bounds of our constitutional requirements.

Law enforcement officials confirm an Alabama inmate was captured at a Buc-ee's in Texas after traveling more than 600 miles away from the jail he escaped from.

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

A Starbucks employee was attacked by a customer’s pet monkey, Alabama police say. The incident happened on Friday, Jan. 10, the Mobile Police Department said in a Jan. 19 email. The animal and its owner were gone by the time officers arrived, but investigators pieced together what happened.

The gunman died in the parking lot when officers returned fire, Florence’s Chief of Police Mike Holt said at a press conference. It happened around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, outside the Florence Police Department, about a 115-mile drive northwest from Birmingham.

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday by becoming the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant.

At least nine people are believed to have died as a result of the dangerous cold gripping much of the country, as a once-in-a-generation winter storm wreaks havoc on the Gulf Coast — a region wholly unaccustomed to winter weather.

Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 9 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6 p.m. Southern Miss. at Troy, 6 p.m. Houston Christian at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.

Several states tax grocery store purchases and some let their local governments tack on an additional grocery tax as well. Do you live in one of them?

A wild week of upsets and court stormings led to a massive shakeup in the AP Top 25. One constant: Auburn. The Tigers were the unanimous pick at No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released on Monday,

The NCAA championships for beach volleyball are changing locations due to the impact of the Southern California wildfires.

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