Erik Ortiz

Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis were among 37 of the 40 federal prisoners whose death sentences were changed to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Robert Brooks, 43, died a day after being attacked by several correctional officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9. His death has prompted a state investigation.

The Moxley matriarch was a steadfast presence in the courtroom as the suspect in her daughter's killing, a Kennedy cousin, saw his conviction later overturned.

The president-elect joined the backlash against the president’s decision to commute the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life in prison without parole. 

Anti-death penalty groups are urging Biden to commute the sentences of all 40 federal death row inmates. It comes as a handful of states restarted their own executions in 2024.

Joseph Corcoran, 49, died by lethal injection for a 1997 quadruple homicide. Corcoran's sister and the original prosecutor have asked for him to be spared.

A lack of clarity about an apparent rash of nighttime drone activity in New Jersey and other states in recent weeks is driving speculation. Federal officials are being cautious.

Timmerman, 29, hadn't contacted his family in about seven months, and his sister said they were stunned to learn he was in Syria.

The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has given rise to threats against health care industry workers and executives, as well as police officers involved in the case.

"It really gives me a great deal of personal pain to think my brother's actions have in any way contributed to influencing a man like this to kill an innocent human being," he said.