Around 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution, the largest crowd for a hanging in early American history. The crime? Sedition. Thomas Hickey, a member of George Washington’s personal guard, was ...

Florida has executed a death row inmate for the "brutal and prolonged" rape and murder of a beloved convenience store manager who interrupted him during a robbery nearly 40 years ago. Richard Barry ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned Thursday that President Donald Trump’s threats against Democratic lawmakers on social media could have deadly consequences. Watch the clip in the ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused several Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior,” calling for them to “be arrested and put on trial” for behavior that, he said, could be “punishable by ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday assailed Democratic lawmakers who told members of the U.S. military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors who ...

A swimmer’s favorite words to hear from a coach are “Good job.” But nothing compares to hearing, “We are starting our taper.” That moment feels like the first breath after the final turn in a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings is scheduled to be put to death in December under a ...

COLUMBIA — After foregoing any 11th hour federal appeals, a man who killed two strangers and an acquaintance in Sumter County two decades ago was executed by firing squad on Nov. 14. Stephen Corey ...

A South Carolina man convicted of killing three people over five days more than 20 years ago was executed by a firing squad on Friday evening. Bryant chose to die by firing squad instead of lethal ...

A man in South Carolina who killed three people more than 20 years ago is scheduled to become the third person in the state to be executed by firing squad this year. Stephen Bryant, 44, is expected to ...