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Texas executes man who killed woman in 2000 carjacking
Jedidiah Murphy's execution took place hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an order that had delayed the death sentence from being carried out.
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Jedidiah Murphy's execution took place hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an order that had delayed the death sentence from being carried out.
She's one of six women on death row in Texas, and the only one who is Hispanic. As things stand, Melissa Lucio will head to the execution chamber on April 27th.
Bobby James Moore was sentenced to death for the 1980 shotgun slaying of 72-year-old Houston supermarket clerk James McCarble.
For the first time since 2003, the U.S. federal government will resume executing death-row inmates.
The Supreme Court is ending a long legal fight by ruling that a Texas death row inmate is intellectually disabled and thus may not be executed.
A 61-year-old Texas inmate was set to be executed Wednesday for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago.
Oklahoma has had one of the busiest death chambers in the U.S., but hasn't carried out an execution since 2015 after a series of mishaps
An aggressive effort by the state of Arkansas to carry out its first executions since 2005 stalled for the second time this week as courts blocked two lethal injections planned for Thursday, prompting Gov. Asa Hutchinson to express frustration at legal delaying tactics.
The Lone Star State is losing the reputation as a leader in death penalty sentences and executions. This year the state of Texas has carried out the fewest executions in two decades.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine whether the nation's busiest state for capital punishment -- Texas -- is trying to put to death a convicted killer who's intellectually disabled.
Texas sent far fewer prisoners to death row in 2015, marking the lowest number of new condemned inmates since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld capital punishment nearly four decades ago.
Two days before Texas is set to execute its first inmate with a new batch of drugs, the state prison agency remained determined Tuesday to keep its supplier a secret, citing threats of violence to pharmacies that sell drugs used in lethal injections.
A former Texas street gang member has been put to death for his involvement in the fatal shootings of four women during an ambush 11 years ago. Robert Gene Garza, 30, is the 12th inmate executed this year in Texas.
A Texas inmate was executed Thursday evening for fatally shooting one of three people he and a partner abducted during a convenience store robbery nearly 11 years ago. Richard Cobb, 29, didn't deny using a 20-gauge shotgun to kill Kenneth Vandever in an East Texas field where two women also were shot and one was raped. He was convicted of capital murder.
Condemned prisoner Yokamon Hearn is headed to the Texas death chamber after having his appeals rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins will seek the death penalty against a man indicted for killing a 76-year-old convenience store clerk by setting her on fire during a robbery last month.
A military judge has set a hearing for this week to consider a defense motion and other matters for an Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage.
Roderick Harris, the 27-year-old man who was convicted earlier this month of killing two brothers during a robbery, has been sentenced to death.
A man on death row for a 2003 drug-related killing in Waco is asking to end his appeals and proceed to his execution.
Amnesty International says the United States is the only Western democracy that executed prisoners last year, even as more U.S. states are moving to abolish the death penalty.
A military judge has set a hearing for this week to consider defense motions for an Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage.
A Texas inmate has been executed for killing a Dallas-area convenience store clerk as part of a shooting spree that he said was in retaliation for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
More than two dozen soldiers have testified about the day they were shot in a crowded Fort Hood building in November 2009. Some told of looking the gunman in the eye as he fired. A Senate investigation has announced its findings about the suspect: before the rampage, the Army psychiatrist had become an Islamic extremist and a "ticking time bomb."
A 34-year-old Ohio man accused of causing the death of his 8-year-old stepsister almost 20 years ago will not be prosecuted after a judge declined to move his case to adult court.
Jurors are deliberating in the trial of a man accused of murdering a Dallas police officer who was trying to serve a warrant.
The call came in just before 2:15 p.m. at Texas Industrial Scrap Iron, located in the 3800 block of Commerce Street at NE 28th Street.
In North Carolina, Harris took note of falling inflation but added, "Still, we know that many Americans don't yet feel that progress in their daily lives."
The first-ever women's soccer team, Dallas Trinity FC, makes its big debut this weekend.
Glenn Hejny was found on the second floor of the Wise County Courthouse Friday morning.
Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, faces federal charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The call came in just before 2:15 p.m. at Texas Industrial Scrap Iron, located in the 3800 block of Commerce Street at NE 28th Street.
In North Carolina, Harris took note of falling inflation but added, "Still, we know that many Americans don't yet feel that progress in their daily lives."
The first-ever women's soccer team, Dallas Trinity FC, makes its big debut this weekend.
Glenn Hejny was found on the second floor of the Wise County Courthouse Friday morning.
Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, faces federal charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Keeping students focused in class is a losing battle for Texas schools when there are cellphones around to distract them, says State Representative Ellen Troxclair.
The I-Team surveyed 50 school districts and found a growing number joining the phone-free movement.
Her neighborhood sits in the shadow of Arlington's stadiums, but one woman feels her backyard is no longer safe.
Sammy Mukherjee denied all the accusations, but declined to get into details about the investment deals.
Months after the I-Team revealed a massive illegal dump in a quiet Fort Worth neighborhood, the cleanup has begun.
In North Carolina, Harris took note of falling inflation but added, "Still, we know that many Americans don't yet feel that progress in their daily lives."
Trump has not appeared at an outdoor rally since mid-July, when a gunman took several shots, grazing his ear.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together to announce lower costs on 10 prescription drugs for Medicare recipients.
Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 in New York City.
Erica Lee Carter, the daughter of former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month, announced she wants to fill the remainder of her mother's term.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
Richardson residents continue to recover from storms that hit North Texas with winds that created debris and damages to homes.
A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
Over the past several months, the CBS News Texas I-Team has reported on solar panel horror stories. This time, we set out to find a success story.
Self-driving 18-wheelers have longtime truckers worried about their livelihood and others concerned that the technology needs more testing to make sure the public is safe.
Trader Joe's reports 14 incidents of high flames, a handful resulting in minor burns and limited property damage.
Staring at an iPad screen too much may keep little kids from learning to control their emotions, a new study finds.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics had asked the FDA to approve its MDMA capsules as part of a therapy regimen for treating PTSD. It says another study will take "several years."
Perchlorate is found in a wide variety of foods, especially products popular with babies and kids, advocacy group says.
Chevron Corporation announced Friday it would relocate its headquarters from San Ramon to Houston, Texas before the end of the year.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging Prime, Logan Paul's energy drink company, of infringing on the committee's trademarks.
Tech mogul Elon Musk said Tuesday afternoon that he would be moving the headquarters of both his social media company X and SpaceX to Texas in response to a new California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Consumer confidence in the deal remains as unguaranteed as a nod from the feds.
Dallas-based American Rounds says more than 200 stores in Texas are requesting a machine.
The first-ever women's soccer team, Dallas Trinity FC, makes its big debut this weekend.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott remains hopeful he will be able to work out a contract extension.
The playoff-contending Minnesota Twins won 3-2 at Texas on Thursday night in the series opener against the reigning World Series champion Rangers.
Team USA's Jordan Chiles took to Instagram to open up about the loss of her bronze medal.
Texas, the defending World Series champions, stopped a three-game losing streak and won for just the fifth time in its last 18 games.
"The Hollywood Squares" became an American cultural institution and made Peter Marshall a household name.
Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft, died at 94 on Wednesday, her representatives confirmed.
"F-1 Trillion," the new album from one of the biggest pop stars in the world, features Post Malone's duets with some of the biggest names in country, including Luke Combs, Blake Shelton, Morgan Wallen and Dolly Parton.
Authorities say two suspected extremists believed to be tied to ISIS appeared to be planning an attack on an event in the Vienna area.
Snoop Dogg has been winning fans with his droll commentary and enthusiasm at the 2024 Olympic Games.
The Dallas Cowboys have added new players and confirmed Dak Prescott’s health, while CJ Goodwin shared his NFL journey and community involvement.
A heat advisory is in effect for most of North Texas while the Metroplex and eastern counties are under an excessive heat warning.
Vice President Kamala Harris will lay out her proposals to tackle inflation if she's elected president in November.
The difference between heat illnesses can be life-changing. Here are the differences between heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
The heat dome expands through the weekend and into next week, which keeps high temperatures in the triple digits for an extended stretch.
Stars, stripes and plenty of fun in the sun is how Fort Worth celebrates the Fourth of July.
Severe storms made way across North Texas on May 28, leaving behind a path of destruction.
Damage from across North Texas that was left behind by two tornadoes on May 25.
A storm chaser not only captured a massive tornado touching down in Hawley, Texas on Thursday but ended up rescuing a family of four whose home was destroyed by it.
Dallas artist Roberto Marquez traveled to the Rafah Crossing in Egypt, the U.S. capital and will attend this weekend's statewide protest in Austin.