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Kimberly McCarthy, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the robbery and murder of Dorothy Booth in 1997, will be executed by the state of Texas Tuesday night. She will be the first woman since 2010 to be put to death in the United States.

Know when to say, ‘I’ll have another.”

President Barack Obama went public today with his plan to 'protect our children and our communities by reducing gun violence'.  That plan includes closing background check loopholes and banning military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines.

Generally, it's impossible to get cats to do anything on command, let alone smuggle contraband. But a kitty in Brazil was recently detained for attempting to sneak nearly a dozen items into a prison in the northeastern town of Arapiraca.

With the beginning of a new year, comes many new and strange state laws that took effect yesterday across the country.

The National Rifle Association went quiet after last week's shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and many have been wondering what the gun-advocacy group would have to say. On Tuesday, the NRA released an official statement:

Although there has never been any data definitively linking genetically modified food to health problems, many scientists and nutritionists worry that messing with the genetic makeup of food could have adverse effects on the environment and the people who eat it. In light of this, Californians will be voting on a Proposition 37 this November, which would require special labels on all genetically m

Of all the places to unintentionally drop an illegal drug, inside of a courtroom right in front of a police officer has to be among the worst. Which is exactly what happened to New Orleans assistant city attorney Jason Cantrell.