Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal ...

The Romanian guide recalled what life had been like under dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, known for his brutal regime’s human rights abuses, cult of personality and economic mismanagement. It was the time ...

Seif al-Islam Khadafy, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Khadafy, was killed in the northern African country, Libyan officials said Tuesday. The 53-year-old was ...

MOMENCE, Ill. (WLS) -- A suspect in the murder of a bar owner in Momence has waived extradition after being arrested in Indiana. Julius E. Burkes Jr., 47, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, ...

CAIRO -- Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and onetime heir apparent of Libya's late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, was killed in the northern African country, Libyan officials said Tuesday. The 53-year-old ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --Texas on Wednesday evening conducted the United States' first execution of the year, putting a 55-year-old man to death for the 1998 double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charles Thompson was the first Texas execution of the year on Wednesday. Thompson was sentenced to death for the 1998 killings of ...

Charles Thompson was the first Texas execution of the year on Wednesday. Thompson was sentenced to death for the 1998 killings of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in Houston. Thompson escaped ...

In the evolving political landscape of Nigeria, concerns are mounting that the country may be inching toward a de facto one-party state under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Since his ...

Texas inmate Charles Victor Thompson is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, Jan 28, the first Texas execution in 2026. Thompson, 55, was convicted of the double murders of his former girlfriend, ...

TALLAHASSEE — A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during a robbery is set to become Florida’s second execution of 2026 under a death warrant signed Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who signed ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during a robbery is set to become Florida's second execution of 2026 under a death warrant signed Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, ...