3 days agoRuling could block Alabama execution scheduled next weekA lethal injection next week in Alabama could be blocked after an appellate court ordered a judge to consider the inmate's mental disability claim.
Mental capacity at issue as Alabama man faces execution dateFederal judges have heard arguments over whether an Alabama inmate had the mental capacity to understand paperwork setting up his planned execution next week.
Oregon lawmaker faces expulsion in assault on state CapitolOregon House Speaker Tina Kotek wants to expel a Republican lawmaker who allowed violent protesters into the state Capitol in December.
