“After deliberate consideration of Christa Gail Pike’s request for clemency, and after a thorough review of the case, I am upholding the sentence of the State of Tennessee and do not plan to intervene,” Governor Lee said in a statement. Pike’s legal team had filed the clemency petition earlier this month, requesting that her death
Voters in Switzerland have overwhelmingly rejected a stricter interpretation of the country’s tradition of diplomatic neutrality. More than 70% of Swiss voters rejected proposals that would have prevented the European nation from imposing sanctions without UN approval, official results showed. The move would have also prevented Switzerland from pursuing closer ties with the Nato military
US negotiators have not officially responded to Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s foreign minister said, despite President Donald Trump publicly rejecting the offer on Saturday. Trump told reporters at the White House that Iran’s proposal was not “acceptable” and that Tehran wanted to make a deal to open the strait
The CEOs of two of America’s top AI companies told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that artificial intelligence has become a threat to global security, and asked world governments to write shared rules for it. Yet the White House won’t jump. On Thursday morning, ahead of his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas court on Thursday rejected a ruling that a woman on death row for 18 years is innocent of capital murder in the killing of her 2-year-old daughter in a case that attracted bipartisan calls from lawmakers and celebrities to release her from prison. The sharply divided decision by the Texas
CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire judge on Thursday dismissed the latest petition for a new trial from Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student more than three decades ago. Smart, 59, was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began an
