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In this Dec. 12, 2015, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a town hall meeting in the Convocation Center on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus in Aiken, S.C.

Trump vows to seek death penalty for ‘rapists, murderers’
Dawn WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct his Justice Department to “vigorously pursue” the death penalty to protect Americans from “violent rapists, murderers, and... (photo: AP / Richard Shiro)

Luigi Mangione is escorted into Manhattan Criminal court for his arraignment on state murder and terror charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York.

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder and weapons charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO's death

Independent Online The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to state murder and terror charges while his attorney complained that comments coming from New York's mayor... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig)

Trump's Cabinet pick confirmation hearings set to begin and more top headlines
Fox News 1. Trump&aposs first nominee heads to Capitol Hill. 2. DOJ releases Jack Smith’s report on Trump. 3. David Weiss&apos final report on Hunter Biden. CONFIRMATION SHOWDOWN – Senate GOP tees up... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris speaking with attendees at the 2019 National Forum on Wages and Working People hosted by the Center for the American Progress Action Fund and the SEIU at the Enclave in Las Vegas, Nevada, 27 April 2019.

Democrats need to heal their fractures or find a new candidate from Hope
Fox News "A shellacking." That is how President Barack Obama referred to the results of the midterm elections on November 2, 2010. Two years after winning the White House, Obama and the Democratic Party were... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)

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DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 24AN15 - Han Duck-Soo captured during the session Davos Insights on Growth and Stability in the congress centre at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 24, 2015.WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/Benedikt von Loebell

S. Korea's opposition moves to impeach acting president
The Pioneer News South Korea's opposition said Thursday it filed an impeachment motion against acting president Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the... (photo: Creative Commons / World Economic Forum)

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, on Dec. 9, 2024.

Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump ...

Manila Bulletin President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh, File)

MAC 3011 SLDT Black Chrome gun on display at a gun show. Taken on July 2017.

Luigi Mangione's Ghost Gun Was Only Partially 3D-Printed
Slashdot "More than a decade after the advent of the 3D-printed gun as an icon of libertarianism and a gun control nightmare, police say one of those homemade plastic weapons has... (photo: WN / RTayco)

Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is escorted by police

Luigi Mangione to ‘join’ Diddy in Brooklyn Jail, both now share the same lawyer as possible death penalty looms

Hindustan Times Luigi Mangione, accused of masterminding the chilling murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been reportedly remanded to Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention... (photo: AP / Photo/Pamela Smith)

File - This July 7, 2010 file photo shows Nebraska's lethal injection chamber at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb.

Oklahoma man dies by lethal injection in the nation’s final execution of 2024

Pittsburgh Tribune Review OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma man who killed a 10-year-old girl in a cannibalistic fantasy died by lethal injection Thursday in the nation’s 25th and final... (photo: AP / Nate Jenkins)

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house belonging to a member of Hamas´ military wing which was destroyed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalia,, October 27, 2006. WN ( NOUR AHMED ) NA1

Palestinian victims sue US under Leahy Law over funding to Israeli military
Madhyamam The first of its kind, Palestinian victims of Israeli forces' atrocities in the US have filed a lawsuit against the US State Department for its continued violation of the... (photo: WN NOUR AHMED )

Lethal injection execution in San Quentin State Prison, United States

Indiana shrouds executions in secrecy, defying long tradition of public oversight
San Francisco Chronicle Executions have historically been carried out with at least some public scrutiny, from public hangings in... (photo: Creative Commons / CACorrections)

Man convicted of killing Kenyan activist, sentenced to 50 years in prison
Washington Blade Kenyan queer rights organizations have welcomed the sentencing of a freelance photographer to 50 years in prison for murdering prominent LGBTQ activist and fashion... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis, File)

Joe Biden met with Pope Francis again at the Vatican - 2021

Pope Francis and advocates add to pleas for Biden to clear federal death row
The Observer Pope Francis has called for commutations for people on death row in the US, as religious leaders, civil rights groups and current and former prosecutors urge Joe Biden to... (photo: Public Domain)