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A Poughkeepsie native became the 13th and final person to be executed under President Donald Trump early Saturday morning. Dustin Higgs, convicted in the 1996 murders of three women in Maryland, was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m., just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay issued Wednesday by a federal appeals court. The Supreme Court voted, 6-3, to vacate the stay issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The 48-year-old became the third person to receive a leth...

Man convicted in three killings to be last executed under Trump The last federal inmate facing execution before President Donald Trump leaves office was sentenced to death for the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge, a crime that led to a life sentence for the man who fired the fatal shots. Dustin Higgs, 48, who is scheduled to be executed on Friday at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, says nobody alleges he pulled the trigger. His lawyers have argued it is “arb...

The last federal inmate facing execution before President Donald Trump leaves office was sentenced to death for the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge, a crime that led to a life sentence for the man who fired the fatal shots.

A federal jury in Maryland convicted Higgs of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the killings of Tamika Black, 19; Mishann Chinn. 23; and Tanji Jackson, 21.

Campaigners are calling for Dustin Higgs to be spared his life ahead of the US prisoner’s scheduled execution on Friday for killing three women. Nearly 1.8 million people have signed a petition pleading that Higgs, 48, should not be put to death. The last death row inmate facing federal execution before President Donald Trump leaves office was scheduled to be executive at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. His lawyers have argued it is...

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administrations most sweeping set of asylum restrictions less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum restrictions less than two weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office

Snyder denies media leaks as Washington ownership fight spills into open court Liz Clarke, The Washington Post Jan. 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Washington Football Team majority owner Daniel Snyder, left, talks with minority owners Dwight Schar and Robert Rothman before a game.Washington Post photo by John McDonnell A federal judge on Thursday admonished Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder and his three limited partners for the "scorched earth" tactics that have marked their months l...

US judge blocks Trump administration’s sweeping asylum rules By SUMAN NAISHADHAMJanuary 9, 2021 GMT President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum restrictions less than two weeks before President-elec...

Attorneys for Snyder and the three minority owners did not immediately reply to requests for comment from USA TODAY Sports on the ongoing litigation. Joe Reeder, an attorney representing Moag, declined comment. NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy also declined comment. While it has since become a forum for eye-catching accusations, the lawsuit filed by Rothman, Smith and Schar started with a relatively straightforward goal: To push forward a sale of their stake in the Washington Football Team. Th...