Evacuation order lifted for 70-plus homes near fracking chemical warehouse...
LEETSDALE, Pa. - Workers at a Pennsylvania warehouse were pouring hydraulic fracturing chemicals into a production tank Tuesday when a fire started, forcing residents from more than 70 nearby homes for...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: Raphael Deon Holiday scheduled for execution (Texas Attorney...
(Source: Texas Attorney General) Media Advisory: Raphael Deon Holiday scheduled for execution Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - Austin, Texas Pursuant to an order entered by the 278th District Court in...
View ArticleTexas to execute man who says his lawyers have 'abandoned' him
A Texas man is slated to be executed Wednesday for burning three children to death - including his 18-month-old daughter - despite his claims that his court-appointed attorneys have "abandoned" him....
View ArticleCourt halts execution — for now
Raphael Holiday, 36, would be the 13th inmate executed this year in Texas. ......
View ArticleTexas court voids reprieve; execution moving forward
The latest on the scheduled Wednesday execution of Texas inmate Raphael Holiday (all times local): ......
View ArticleWhy Texas county known for death sentences has given none in 2015
As the state prepares to execute its 13th person this year on Wednesday, the case of Harris County, where 124 offenders have been executed, reflects shift among juries and prosecutors in opting for...
View ArticleTexas set to execute man for starting a fire that killed his daughter, her 2...
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View ArticleAs his execution nears, Texas inmate says attorneys have abandoned him
A Texas death row inmate scheduled for execution Wednesday claims his court-appointed attorneys gave up on the case, refusing to mount last-ditch efforts to save his life. Raphael Holiday, 36, a cook...
View ArticleTexas to execute man convicted of killing three children in house fire
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas plans on Wednesday to execute Raphael Holiday, 36, who was convicted of killing his daughter and two stepdaughters in a mobile home blaze in 2000....
View ArticleKiller facing execution in Texas after court voids reprieve
A Texas inmate appeared headed toward execution Wednesday night for the fire deaths of three young girls after a state appeals court voided a lower court judge's order that gave him a reprieve earlier...
View ArticleTexas judge halts execution of man convicted of killing three children
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Wednesday halted the execution of a 36-year-old man, hours before he was due to be put to death by lethal injection for killing his daughter...
View ArticleNews of the day from across the nation, Nov. 19
The National Institutes of Health quietly ended the federal government’s long and controversial history of using chimpanzees for biomedical research. Director Francis Collins said Wednesday that 50...
View ArticleTexas court voids reprieve; inmate’s execution set for tonight
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A Texas inmate appeared headed toward execution Wednesday night for the fire deaths of three young girls after a state appeals court voided a lower court judge’s order that...
View ArticleTexas judge halts execution; state appealing
The scheduled execution of a Texas inmate condemned for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home is on hold at least temporarily....
View ArticleUS Supreme Court won't stop Texas execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to stop the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate condemned for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas...
View ArticleTexas man set to die for fire that killed 3 children
Click photo to enlarge Condemned Texas inmate Raphael Holiday is photographed Oct. 28, 2015, during an interview outside death row at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit near...
View ArticleThe Latest: Texas judge halts execution; state appealing
The latest on the scheduled Wednesday execution of Texas inmate Raphael Holiday (all times local): 4 p.m. The scheduled execution of a Texas...
View ArticleTexas man spared from execution temporarily; state appeals
Click photo to enlarge Condemned Texas inmate Raphael Holiday is photographed Oct. 28, 2015, during an interview outside death row at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit near...
View ArticleTexas court halts man's execution for starting fire that killed 3; state...
A Texas inmate won at least a temporary reprieve blocking his scheduled Wednesday evening execution for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East...
View ArticleKiller of Three Is Executed
A man was executed on Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. ......
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