Mississippi executes death row inmate convicted of raping and killing a college student in 1993

Mississippi executes death row inmate convicted of raping and killing a college student in 1993

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Crawford had spent more than 30 years on death row. His execution comes several months after…

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Man accused of trying to assassinate Trump in Florida rests his case without testifying

Man accused of trying to assassinate Trump in Florida rests his case without testifying

Ryan Routh declined to testify Monday while on trial for allegedly attempting to assassinate President Trump at his Florida golf club last year. Routh — who is representing himself — rested his case after questioning three witnesses earlier Monday: a firearms expert and two character witnesses. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon asked if Routh wanted…

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Google ordered to pay $425.7 million in damages for improperly tracking smartphone activity

Google ordered to pay $425.7 million in damages for improperly tracking smartphone activity

A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions. The verdict reached Wednesday in San Francisco federal court followed a more than two-week trial in a class-action case covering about 98 million smartphones operating in the United States between July 1,…

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