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Oklahoma executed inmate Benjamin Cole, who was convicted of killing his 9-month-old daughter Brianna Cole 20 years ago, on Thursday despite claims from his attorneys that he had been severely mentally ill. Cole, 57, was pronounced dead at 10:22 a.m. local time at the state penitentiary in McAlester.  Cole murdered …

The New York University professor who was fired from his job after students complained that his class was too hard is now speaking out and saying that colleges need to “apply a little tough love” to students. Maitland Jones Jr., 84, a former chemistry professor at New York University, was …

A wanted fugitive known as “Two Face” was captured in Tennessee on Tuesday following a standoff with police, authorities said. Christopher Lewis Curtis, who was wanted on multiple felony warrants out of surrounding counties, was taken into custody at a residence on Beard Road in the Primm Springs area of …

Local officials were set to gather on Wednesday in San Francisco’s Noe Valley Town Square to celebrate their latest win: a single public toilet that will cost as much as $1.7 million to build and won’t be completed until 2025.  But the celebration was canceled after a San Francisco Chronicle …

A Texas man accused of beating his girlfriend to the point where their unborn child died, will serve no jail time after taking a plea deal with the Travis County District Attorney’s office Monday, according to reports.  Johnny Charles Ebbs V’s plea deal comes with eight years of deferred adjudication …

It’s no mystery how a giant skeleton went missing from the front yard of a home in Texas. The 14-foot skeleton was shamelessly hijacked in broad daylight from a front yard in a neighborhood in Austin, Texas. The theft was captured on a neighbor’s security camera at a condominium community …

A U.S. Air Force investigation found that a Black airman in Arizona faked racist texts from a supervisor to claim skin color played a role in the service member being denied a special duty assignment, and he will now face Uniform Code of Military Justice punishment. “The 56th Fighter Wing …

San Francisco residents are reportedly arming themselves with bats and other protective weapons after a drug sobering center opened in the city, which some say has caused a spike in drug use, as well as crime.  “They’re letting their clients come out here and get high, go inside and get …

The New York City Police Department arrested an accused Best Buy attempted robber who allegedly pepper-sprayed an employee trying to intervene in the shoplifting of a laptop.  Jordan Smith, 24, was arrested Tuesday and charged with robbery, N.Y. Daily News reported.  He is accused of trying to steal a laptop …

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – New York City subways have seen a recent string of deadly attacks with at least eight murders so far this year.  One of those tragic cases was the murder of Tommy Bailey. The 43-year-old husband and father was stabbed to death while riding on the subway in …