Author:   The Associated Press

HOUSTON — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to…

HOUSTON — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to…

HOUSTON — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to…

HOUSTON — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to…

ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida ordered the man charged in California’s deadly Palisades fire to remain jailed Thursday after a prosecutor said he had traits of an arsonist and his family had worried about his declining mental state. In ordering Jonathan Rinderknecht to be kept in detention, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathan Hill said he…

ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida ordered the man charged in California’s deadly Palisades fire to remain jailed Thursday after a prosecutor said he had traits of an arsonist and his family had worried about his declining mental state. In ordering Jonathan Rinderknecht to be kept in detention, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathan Hill said he…

ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida ordered the man charged in California’s deadly Palisades fire to remain jailed Thursday after a prosecutor said he had traits of an arsonist and his family had worried about his declining mental state. In ordering Jonathan Rinderknecht to be kept in detention, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathan Hill said he…

A judge on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois during Trump’s immigration crackdown. It’s a victory for Democratic officials who lead the state and city and have traded insults with President Donald Trump…