Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended ...

The execution of a former police officer convicted of murdering and raping a young girl nearly 40 years ago will remain on hold after the state Supreme Court on Monday denied the state’s request to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday issued a temporary stay of next week’s scheduled execution of James Aren ...

Last-minute DNA testing in James Duckett's case were found to be "inconclusive," according to the lab. State Prosecutors asked the Florida Supreme Court to lift a stay and to move forward with his ...

The killing of 19-year-old Iranian wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi at the hands of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard provides further “recognition” of a brutal regime, according to a long outspoken ...

Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...

Human rights groups have condemned Iran's hanging of three men in the first executions over January protests and warned they fear more executions to come. Authorities in Iran are trying "to frighten ...

Attorneys for Florida death row inmate James Aren Duckett filed an emergency motion with the Florida Supreme Court late Wednesday, seeking to halt his execution scheduled for March 31. The 11th-hour ...

Attorneys for a North Texas death row inmate say a newly obtained confession from his cousin could prove he is not the gunman in a 2008 double murder — and are now demanding a new trial. James ...