For centuries, the guillotine was considered one of the most humane methods of execution. But disturbing reports claimed that severed heads could still move, blink, or even react. Early witnesses ...

PERTH, Scotland — While eating dinner on Feb. 7, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was told her two decades in prison for alleged treason were finally over — but not in a good way. Her head would be chopped ...

Nakano Takeko lived during the violent final years of Japan’s samurai age, a period where the old warrior world collided with the modernizing forces of the Meiji Restoration. Trained in martial arts ...

Welcome back to Saturday Night Social. I like my art like I like my 2012 EDM concerts: I want to walk away from a painting or a sculpture feeling disoriented and a little buzzy—like my senses have all ...

It took only hours into military strikes on Iran for the United States to find itself in a familiar but unsettling position: the swift removal of a global foe, only to confront an aftermath that ...

Melvin Trotter is scheduled for execution for the 1986 murder of a 70-year-old shop owner in Palmetto. Trotter's attorneys have filed multiple appeals, including one currently before the U.S. Supreme ...

The images of political prisoners, taken just before they were killed by Nazis in 1944, were put up for auction on eBay. The sale was pulled shortly thereafter. By Koba Ryckewaert and Niki Kitsantonis ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. — An execution date has been set for the man convicted of kidnapping and murdering Denise Amber Lee nearly 18 years ago. Michael King is scheduled to be put to death on March 17 for ...

Following this weekend’s strong opening for Goat, Sony Pictures Animation will open its next original feature toon, Buds, on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2027. The only other movie dated for Dec. 22 is a ...

Jalen Wade was taken into custody after he posted a photo of a dog he allegedly beheaded, inciting a SWAT standoff, police say Precious Cody Precious Cody said she recognized her missing dog after a ...

In my experience as an executive coach working with leadership teams, it is as crucial as it is unusual for assessment of operational alignment to be done. Unless leaders are willing to tell the truth ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WFLA) — An execution date has been set for a man who abducted a North Port mother in 2008 and subjected her to a “tortuous ordeal” before shooting and killing her. Gov. Ron DeSantis ...