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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 multiple attempts, officials were not able to insert an intravenous line to administer the drugs befo...

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, she's 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 can't mention Barbie without another major snub: Its director and co-writer, Greta Gerwig, was shut out in the Best Director categor...

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 were closed north of Houston. As of early Wednesday, 17 states were under flood watches for heavy rain ...

Fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A North Dakota state court denied a request to temporarily block the state's 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 state's strict ban for now, the court has not yet issued a final decision on whether the ban violates the state constitution. "The Center for Reproductive Rights filed the challe...

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 homicide investigation after Officers located multiple deceased individuals who had sustained gunshot wo...