People participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the main offices of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta on March 28, days before thousands of CDC employees were laid off. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elijah […]
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This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state’s death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. South Carolina Department of Corrections/via AP hide caption toggle caption South
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Los Angeles County firefighters pull a hose in front of a burning home as the Eaton Fire moved through the area in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 8. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Days after the
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President Biden announced he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. That means the men won’t face execution under the incoming Trump administration. Source link Chiara Eisner
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Anti-death penalty advocates hope President Biden will grant clemency to 40 people on federal death row. He has already commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others. Source link Chiara Eisner
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President-elect Trump campaigned on promised to take on the border crisis. NPR traveled to the most rural section of the border with Mexico — a section in Arizona — to see if anything has changed. Source link Chiara Eisner
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A USDA program kills wild animals at the request of private livestock owners. NPR obtained exclusive documents to show how its employees manage wildlife. Source link Chiara Eisner
A USDA program may be killing wild animals that they're not supposed to, records show Read More »
Wildlife Services kills hundreds of thousands of noninvasive animals a year. This photo, obtained from the USDA via the Freedom of Information Act, shows a gray wolf in a trap laid by a Wildlife Services employee. Obtained from the USDA
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Littlejohn was sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of a convenience store owner during a robbery. AP/Oklahoma Department of Corrections hide caption toggle caption AP/Oklahoma Department of Corrections Emmanuel Littlejohn is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection this
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Despite a federal moratorium, there have already been thirteen state executions this year. And in the next week, five people are scheduled to die. Source link Chiara Eisner
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