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Opioid crisis continues to impact capital punishment in Alabama | STEPHEN COOPER
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoAs I advanced at the time, “Off the top of my head I can think of a panoply of people facing...
Judge denies Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's request for new trial
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 5 days agoA federal judge on Friday denied a request for a new trial filed by the man convicted of killing 11 ...
Louisiana lawmakers snub Jewish community’s plea to block nitrogen gas executions
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoA legislative attempt to pull nitrogen hypoxia from Louisiana’s death penalty options failed...
America’s Hottest City Is Having a Surge of Deaths
Scientific American· 20 hours agoThe soaring number of heat mortalities — a 1,000 percent increase over 10 years — comes as temperatures reach new highs amid exploding eviction rates in...
CDC: Overdose deaths in N.Y. decline, but state still lags behind
Albany Times Union· 7 hours agoNew York is lagging on reversing overdose death rates compared to its neighboring states, according...
LA House panel votes to keep nitrogen gas as execution method despite Jewish community's opposition
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 22 hours ago“My people were hung for a number of years throughout the state, and if the death penalty included...
Fatal opioid overdoses dropped 10% in Massachusetts last year, according to CDC
GBH News· 6 days agoThe CDC's figures show 2,099 reported deaths in 2023 from opioid overdoses in Massachusetts, compared to 2,334 in 2022. According to the latest figures from the Massachusetts Department of Public ...
U.S. Overdose Deaths Decline for First Time Since 2018
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days agoThe U.S. saw a slight decline in the number of new overdose deaths last year, marking a rare...
Overdose deaths see modest decline but maintain crisis-level
Crain's New York Business· 7 days agoThe number of overdose deaths in the city had a more meager decline. “These are still record...
A day with no COVID deaths? It finally happened in California
San Jose Mercury News· 17 hours agoOver the next several weeks, as death certificates were filed and processed, it would become the first day without an official COVID death since March 18 ...