The Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case after eleventh-hour appeal by lawmakers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case after eleventh-hour appeal by lawmakers.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case after eleventh-hour appeal by lawmakers.
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. Here’s what the agency does and how eliminating it could play out.
Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego will win a closely watched US Senate seat in Arizona, CNN projects, defeating Republican Kari Lake to become the state’s first Latino senator.
The 72-hour-sale includes flights from Melbourne to the Gold Coast for just $129, with flights including some Christmas and school holiday periods.
An attorney helping President-elect Trump plan for the transition at the Justice Department (DOJ) said Monday that career employees opposed to the Republican’s vision for the agency should leave. Mark Paoletta wrote on the social platform X that Justice Department employees would play a role in carrying out a variety of measures, from immigration enforcement to addressing…
Counting is still going on, nearly a week after election day, with Republicans a handful of seats short.
Justice DY Chandrachud retired as India’s chief justice on Sunday. Many are debating his legacy.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a winning streak. His victories have been achieved at least partially by a long-standing tactic: delay.
He doesn’t even need to abolish the Department of Education to do it.
The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to let Mark Meadows move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court, effectively barring the former chief of staff during Donald Trump’s first term from claiming immunity from those charges.
The UK has pledged an 81% cut to emissions by 2035, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed. The goal, unveiled by the Prime Minister at Cop29 in Azerbaijan, is in line with the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee.
The Queensland government has been urged to scrap a 100-day Olympic infrastructure review and "get on with it" amid complaints over 2032 project cost blowouts.
A "game-changer" pill is to be offered to tens of thousands of smokers in England who are trying to quit. Varenicline can be more effective than nicotine-replacement gum or patches, and as effective as vapes, in helping people to stop smoking, according to NHS England. The daily pill is said to reduce cravings and the pleasurable effects of nicotine that keep people addicted.
President-elect Trump’s White House victory has created tussles among conservatives and liberals alike over whether the Supreme Court’s oldest justices should retire. Trump’s election has raised public anticipation that two of the court’s leading conservatives, Justice Clarence Thomas, 76, and Justice Samuel Alito, 74, may step down. Although the incoming Republican-controlled Senate could glide their…
A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.
It comes as the Labour MP behind the legislation said she expects assisted dying to be used by just hundreds of people each year
The former UN official was brought in to lead Haiti through an ongoing, gang-led security crisis.
Builders wouldn’t be able to install gas boilers in most new homes within just a few years under new legislation
The former Republican congressman from New York is an opponent of stricter limits on fuel emissions and tougher clean air and water standards.
Polish special services have detained a Belarusian citizen suspected of committing acts of sabotage by attempting to set fire to a building in Gdansk, the Internal Security Agency (ABW) reported on Wednesday. Poland says its role as a hub for supplies to Ukraine has made it a key target for spies who are trying to gather information on support for Kyiv's war effort and engage in acts of sabotage. In January and May of this year, the ABW arrested citizens of Poland, Ukraine and Belarus, it said were responsible for arson attacks on buildings in Gdansk, Gdynia and Marki and were preparing similar attacks on buildings in Wrocław.
Campaigners want to stop the Rosebank oil and Jackdaw gas fields, but oil companies say they are vital.