Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman. Here's a look at who else is on death row in the state.

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Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.

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Anne Marie Hochhalter, a Columbine shooting survivor, died at 43 from sepsis, with her 1999 injuries contributing to her ...

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JUST INTO THE NEWSROOM, THE MAN ACCUSED OF A DEADLY KIDNAPING AND MURDER IS IN FEDERAL COURT IN NEW ORLEANS RIGHT NOW. A JUDGE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE’S COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL. WDSU ...