A Tennessee appeals court has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of John Bassett for the 2021 killing of his girlfriend, DeSheena Kyle, while simultaneously striking down his sentence of life ...

Some of rap music’s biggest names have come out in support of a Black man, whose rap lyrics were cited during his sentencing in Texas. He is on death row. In 2009, a nearly all-white jury convicted ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Killer whales are widely considered the ocean’s ultimate predators, occupying the very top of the marine food web. Yet new evidence suggests that the greatest threat to some killer whales may come ...

Gwinnett County prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for 35-year-old Kevin Andrews, the man accused of killing Gwinnett County Police Officer Pradeep Tamang during a February confrontation ...

It’s long been thought that the Southern Resident orcas that live in our region have no predators, but a new article in Live Science suggests that non-resident orcas, or Bigg’s orcas, might be eating ...

Olympia marked 50 years since the 1976 Budd Inlet Six orca capture. Washington sued SeaWorld after affidavits showed chasing and nets violated permits. SeaWorld agreed to stop captures in Washington; ...

Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a recently published study in the journal Ecosphere. The types of ...

Michael L. King, the man convicted of abducting and killing North Port mother Denise Amber Lee in 2008, is now scheduled to die for the crime. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant that sets ...

Billy Leon Kearse was executed on March 3 for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish. Billy Leon Kearse has been on death row for 29 years. Kearse was executed at 6:24 p.m. after ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant for former police officer James Duckett, convicted of the 1987 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. Duckett's execution is the fifth scheduled in ...