Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida’s first execution of 2026 is set to take place in February, following a record year for executions in the state. Gov. Ron ...

STARKE, Fla. — Florida carried out its first execution of the year on Tuesday. Ronald Heath was executed for the murder of Michael Sheridan, committed in 1989. The execution follows a record-breaking ...

A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma's first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced dead at 10:19 CT ...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma’s first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced ...

Florida’s first execution of 2026 is set to take place in February, following a record year for executions in the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant Jan. 9. It paves the way for Ronald ...