Lethal
Jacquelyn Powers: Missouri Girl Dies after Mother Gave Her Lethal Fentanyl Pill to Treat Toothache
A Missouri mother has been charged after giving her 14-year-old daughter with a fentanyl pill to ease a toothache. Jacquelyn Powers, 35, was arrested on Thursday in connection with...
Freddie Owens: South Carolina Executes First Inmate in 13 Years as Killer Is Put to Death by Lethal Injection
Convicted murderer Freddie Owens was executed in South Carolina on Friday -- the state's first execution in 13 years -- after prison authorities faced difficulties find the drugs required...
Who is Heather Pressdee? US Nurse Guilty of Murdering 17 Patients with Lethal Insulin Doses, Sentenced to 760 Years in Jail
Heather Pressdee, a Pennsylvania nurse, admitted to administering fatal doses of insulin to multiple patients, resulting in three murder charges and additional counts. The incidents occurred at various healthcare...
US Funds Risky Bird Flu Research, Creating Lethal Strains of Virus with China: Concerns Rise Over Pandemic Origins
The US government has earmarked $1 million from American taxpayers to fund research on potentially dangerous bird flu viruses, collaborating with scientists from China. The research involves infecting ducks...