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Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An Alabama man is set to be the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged role in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. Her husband, Charles Sennett, allegedly hired someone -- who, in turn, hired two men, including Smith -- to kill his wife and make it look like a burglary gone wrong. Smith was to be executed in November 2022 via lethal injection, but, despite m...

Warner Bros. PicturesSnubs and surprises are always the big story on Oscar nomination day, and ABC News Peter Travers gave his picks for both. While Margot Robbie was snubbed in the Best Actress category for her role in Barbie, shes still nominated as a producer on the blockbuster, which was nominated for Best Picture, and in seven other categories. Instead, in the running for Best Actress is the surprising choice of Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall. And you cant mention Barbie without anothe...

Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Parts of a winter storm that brought historic rainfall to Southern California this week is now moving eastward, bringing even more precipitation to the southern and eastern United States. Areas of eastern Texas, where flash flood warnings have been issued, already got up to a half of a foot of rainfall on Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday. Some schools there had delayed openings on Wednesday morning and some roads wer...

Fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A North Dakota state court denied a request to temporarily block the states strict abortion ban on Tuesday. Plaintiffs challenging the ban had asked the court to allow doctors to resume performing abortions to preserve the life or health of a pregnant person, based on their "good-faith medical judgment." While Burleigh County District Court said it would not block the states strict ban for now, the court has not yet issued a final decision on whether ...

Kali9/Getty Images(JOLIET, Ill.) -- Authorities in Joliet, Illinois, are searching for a man police said should be considered "armed and dangerous" after multiple people were found dead from gunshot wounds in two homes. In a Facebook post on Monday, authorities said they are looking for Romeo Nance. He is believed to be driving a Red Toyota Camry. In their news release, police did not say if Nance is a suspect. "At this moment, Detectives and Officers are conducting an active homi...

Netflix © 2023The official teaser for the new limited series Ripley is here. Actors Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning appear in the black and white teaser for the limited series, which will be released in early April. In the heart-pounding teaser, audiences are introduced to the mysterious Tom Ripley, played by Scott. In one clip, a voice is heard saying, "Youre a very hard man to find. No address, phone, office." Another voice says, "Tom. Who is Tom?" A synopsis for the highl...

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As a surge of respiratory viruses, including COVID-19 and influenza, continue to spread across the United States, experts are warning it could lead to a rise in cardiovascular complications. Weekly COVID hospitalizations are currently sitting at 32,861 for the week ending Jan. 13, lower than the week before but similar to levels seen in January 2023, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Similarly, there were 14,874 week...

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Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images(KATY, Texas) -- Three people were killed and at least two people were injured during an overnight shooting at a home that may have been used as a short-term rental in Katy, Texas, law enforcement said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said that reports for the shooting came in at about 2 a.m. Sunday morning, during a gathering that included up to about 20 people. Those who attended appear to have been in their 20s, officials said. One man and one woman were pronounced...

ABC NewsSarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, is speaking out after revealing she has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, her second cancer diagnosis within the past year. "Naturally another cancer diagnosis has been a shock but Im in good spirits and grateful for the many messages of love and support," Ferguson wrote in an Instagram post Monday, adding, "I am resting with family at home now, feeling blessed to have their love and support." Ferguson -- who was previously marri...