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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that will allow the state to execute death row inmates by electric shock if lethal-injection drugs are unavailable, according to the Associated Press. The decision comes after...

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Tennessee approves a bill that would allow the electric chair to be used in executions if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

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Liu Han, a Chinese tycoon believed to have links to China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang, has been sentenced to death, state media say.

Snowden at SXSW 2014 YouTube Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden may have a new job.

The deputy leader of NI21 calls for his party leader to step aside while allegations of sexual impropriety against a young woman are investigated.

Mortar fire has hit a pro-Assad rally in the southern Syrian city of Deraa, killing at least 20 people, state media and activists say.

Survivors tell of terror after deadly China market attack in violence-plagued western region

The Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Herat is attacked by gunmen, as the area is surrounded by security forces.

Fraudsters face tougher sentencing guidelines under new rules put forward by the Sentencing Council.

San Francisco gay rights activist Harvey Milk, who was shot dead in 1978, has been honoured on a new US postage stamp.

Six couples filed a federal lawsuit against South Dakota's gay marriage ban today, leaving North Dakota as the only state in the country with an unchallenged same-sex marriage ban.

Global body rejects appeal by Canada and Norway in landmark ruling that said animal welfare can trump trade.

(UNITED NATIONS) -- The U.N. Security Council officially declared Boko Haram a terrorist group linked to al-Qaida on Thursday and imposed sanctions against the Islamist extremists who have carried out a wave of deadly at...

A Western Kentucky University professor is "broken" but alive after surviving a 70-foot fall into a crevasse while climbing in Nepal.

Ecuador issues permit to drill for oil in Yasuni jungle reserve

Last week, five days before it opened to the public, the National September 11 Memorial Museum was briefly evacuated, sending dozens of startled visitors scrambling up seven stories to daylight.

In April, as the scandal involving the Clippers owner Donald Sterling made headlines, many of Sterling’s fellow-owners issued stern condemnations. Mark Cuban, the tech millionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, sai...

Former militia leader Germain Katanga will be sentenced on Friday at the ICC after being found guilty of committing war crimes in DR Congo in 2003.

Ukrainian soldiers have been killed just three days before crucial elections. CNN's Jim Sciutto reports from Ukraine.