Mikal Mahdi, 42, is to be executed at 6pm (10pm UK time) at a prison in state capital Columbia for the murder of 56-year-old police captain James Myers

Cop-killer who shot his victim nine times then set him on fire will be executed tonight – as his unusual choice of execution method is revealed

A cop-killer who shot his victim nine times before setting him on fire will be executed tonight. Mikal Mahdi, 42, is to be executed at 6pm (10pm UK time) at a prison in Columbia, South Carolina, for the murder of 56-year-old police captain James Myers. Myers was shot nine times after he found Mahdi hiding…

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Maps show wildfires burning in the Carolinas as evacuations and emergency declarations prompted

Maps show wildfires burning in the Carolinas as evacuations and emergency declarations prompted

Wildfires that broke out in one North Carolina county have exploded in size, prompting mandatory evacuations as emergency crews fought separate fires in an area still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Meanwhile, in South Carolina, the governor declared an emergency in response to a growing blaze in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The North Carolina Department of…

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Family of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett accuses company of hounding him before he committed suicide

Family of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett accuses company of hounding him before he committed suicide

The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say killed himself after lawyers questioned him for days about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects are suing the aviation giant. Boeing subjected John Barnett to a “campaign of harassment, abuse and intimidation intended to discourage, discredit and humiliate him until he would either give…

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