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A Utah woman who wrote a book on grief after husband’s death found guilty of murdering him

Wednesday, March 18 by AP

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman was convicted Monday of aggravated murder after poisoning her husband with fentanyl and self-publishing a children’s book about coping with grief. Prosecutors said Kouri Richins slipped five times the lethal dose of the synthetic opioid into a cocktail that her husband Eric Richins drank... Read More.

Serial killer William Reece now in Oklahoma to face his death sentence

Tuesday, January 13 by Ponca City Now

William Lewis Reece OKLAHOMA CITY – William Lewis Reece, a convicted serial rapist and murderer, has returned to Oklahoma, where he now awaits execution at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Reece, 63, was in Texas serving life sentences for three murders. In 2021, Reece was convicted and sentenced to death by an Oklahoma County jury for the murder of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston in... Read More.

Former Death Row inmate Richard Glossip returns to court with new judge presiding

Monday, December 29 by News 6

OKLAHOMA CITY - Former Death Row inmate Richard Glossip will appear in court Monday morning for the first time after all Oklahoma County criminal judges recused themselves from the case. Leading Chief District Judge Richard Ogden... Read More.

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Erika Kirk says she supports Second Amendment, her husband’s death was not a gun problem

Friday, December 5 by TNND

President Donald Trump, with Erika Kirk, walks out to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom for Charlie Kirk to his widow Erika Kirk, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) WASHINGTON (TNND) — Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said during a New York Times conference... Read More.

Oklahoma pardon and parole board recommends clemency to death row inmate Tremane Wood

Wednesday, November 5 by KOKH

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (KOKH) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended clemency be granted to death row inmate Tremane Wood. Wood was convicted in the 2001 deadly stabbing of migrant farmworker Rene Ramirez during a robbery in Oklahoma City. Wednesday's clemency hearing began at 9 a.m. Three board members voted yes to granting clemency... Read More.

Oklahoma death row inmate Tremane Wood: Inside the Legal Battle to Stop an Execution

Friday, October 31 by News 9

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma death row inmate Tremane Wood is set for execution next month, despite his brother confessing to the murder in court. Wood's legal team is racing against time, staging several last-minute efforts to right where they say Oklahoma's legal system went wrong. In 2002, Wood and his older brother Zjaiton... Read More.

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ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death

Friday, September 19 by AP

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show and provoked some ominous comments from a top federal regulator. The veteran late-night... Read More.

Man arrested in 2024 in Ponca City, sentenced to two years in prison for 1969 death in Nebraska

Friday, August 29 by Ponca City Now

WAHOO, Neb. —A 77-year-old Ponca City man, was sentenced to two years behind bars on Wednesday for the death of a 17 year old woman in 1969. In November 2024, Joseph Ambroz was arrested in Ponca City for the murder of 17-year-old Mary Key Heese's murder in rural Nebraska in 1969. After pleading... Read More.

Report Warns: Plastic causing ‘disease and death from infancy to old age’

Tuesday, August 5 by CBS News

Credit: Associated Press Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, a report published Monday in the Lancet medical journal said. The new review of existing evidence, which was carried out by leading health researchers and doctors,... Read More.

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Lawsuit: Doctors play music bingo during surgery, allegedly leads to patient’s death

Thursday, July 24 by KUSA/CNN Newsource/WKRC

LONE TREE, Colo. (KUSA/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A lawsuit has been settled after a shocking revelation that a surgeon and anesthesiologist played a music bingo game during a routine eye surgery, allegedly leading to the death of a man from cardiac arrest. Chris Reiter, Bart Reiter's widow, recounted the day of the surgery, saying she was... Read More.

Death sentence upheld for William Reece, convicted of 1997 Bethany killing, upheld

Friday, July 11 by News 9

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled to uphold the death sentence for self-proclaimed serial killer and Death Row inmate William Reece. Reece was sentenced to death in 2021 for the 1997 murder of Tiffany Johnston in Bethany. RELATED: Jury Hands Down Death Penalty For Convicted Murderer William Reece Earlier this year, the Oklahoma Supreme Court announced... Read More.

Kremlin calls transportation minister’s death ‘tragic’ but gives no clues about his apparent suicide

Wednesday, July 9 by AP

MOSCOW (AP) — The apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister brought expressions of shock and sorrow Tuesday from the Kremlin but no new clues as to why Roman Starovoit might have taken his own life amid media speculation that he potentially was facing corruption charges. Starovoit, who served in his post for little... Read More.

Stories tagged with: Death

A Utah woman who wrote a book on grief after husband’s death found guilty of murdering him

Serial killer William Reece now in Oklahoma to face his death sentence

Former Death Row inmate Richard Glossip returns to court with new judge presiding

Erika Kirk says she supports Second Amendment, her husband’s death was not a gun problem

Oklahoma pardon and parole board recommends clemency to death row inmate Tremane Wood

Oklahoma death row inmate Tremane Wood: Inside the Legal Battle to Stop an Execution

ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death

Man arrested in 2024 in Ponca City, sentenced to two years in prison for 1969 death in Nebraska

Report Warns: Plastic causing ‘disease and death from infancy to old age’

Lawsuit: Doctors play music bingo during surgery, allegedly leads to patient’s death

Death sentence upheld for William Reece, convicted of 1997 Bethany killing, upheld

Kremlin calls transportation minister’s death ‘tragic’ but gives no clues about his apparent suicide

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