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Christa Pike reportedly asked "Where am I?" after regaining consciousness in a hospital nearly a week after a botched execution left her critically injured and temporarily on a ventilator, according to one of her attorneys.Pike, 50, continues to receive medical care after she survived being administered two lethal doses of pentobarbital and was hospitalized following the failed Sept. 30 execution in Nashville, her attorneys said.She was believed to have been […]

A Tennessee judge granted a motion to preserve relevant evidence in the botched execution of Christa Pike.The lone woman on Tennessee's death row survived being administered two lethal doses of pentobarbital and remains hospitalized following the failed Sept. 30 execution in Nashville, her attorneys said.Pike was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Her attempted execution by lethal injection came after a series […]

Haverford College Campus. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) A Haverford College professor was arrested and charged with online harassment and intimidation, the school's president said in a statement Tuesday.The professor, Guangtian Ha, has been placed on administrative leave and is "barred from campus while the criminal process moves forward," according to the message from Haverford College President Wendy Raymond.The president said representatives from the school, which is located in Haverford, […]

A Utah health care company announced Monday that it has received state authorization for a pilot program allowing artificial intelligence to issue initial prescriptions, including acne treatment.Nolla Health introduced the program in a blog post announcing the "AI-powered prescriptions," its acne treatment prescription process, which will roll out in three stages.The company said the pilot is the first in the U.S. authorized by a state regulator to allow AI to […]

Mary Beth Granbery, 72, was found alive on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, in Shasta County, Calif., after she went missing for days while on a camping trip. (Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office) A 72-year-old hiker who had sustained significant injuries was found alive in a northern California forest Sunday after she had been missing for multiple days, officials said.Mary Beth Granbery was reported missing on Friday, Oct. 2 after she departed […]

A hearing is set for Wednesday on a motion to preserve evidence in the botched execution of Christa Pike.The lone woman on Tennessee's death row survived being administered two lethal doses of pentobarbital and remains hospitalized following the failed Sept. 30 execution in Nashville, her attorneys said.Pike was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Her attempted execution by lethal injection came after […]

Two investigations are underway into a former Cornell University student's allegations that she was raped at a fraternity house in 2024 -- one to determine whether criminal charges should be brought and another to examine how the university handled her case.Newly obtained videos reviewed by ABC News show members of Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity being questioned by university police in the weeks after the alleged assault.One of the video shows […]

A California couple faces multiple felony charges in what prosecutors called an unprecedented case of child abuse involving over a dozen children born via surrogacy in their Los Angeles County mansion.Husband-and-wife Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, were arrested at their Arcadia residence on Tuesday following a 17-month investigation, according to the Los Angeles County sheriff.Prosecutors allege that the couple ran a "house of horrors" where multiple live-in nannies […]

Getty Images / Stock Image Families of Sept. 11 victims are expected to ask a federal appeals court on Wednesday to order the government to release documents that they say tie the Saudi Arabian government to the plot to hijack airplanes and crash them into New York and D.C.With past presidents in attendance at this year’s 9/11 commemoration in New York, several family members openly faulted the U.S. government for […]