By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Nov 5 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday he will commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates currently condemned to execution in his state, the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere. The announcement, in a [...]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’ll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. There are 548 people on death row in California. Newsom’s decision announced Thursday comes as he prepares to leave office after eight years. In 2019 he placed a moratorium on executions in the state but hundreds of people remained on death row. According to the state constitution, the California Supreme Court’s approval is required to grant clemency to anyon

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ACCRA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The mother of a Ghanaian teenager who was fatally shot in New York departed for the United States on Wednesday after President Donald Trump intervened to grant her a visa to travel to attend her son's funeral. • Javits Frimpong, [...]

The Woods County Commissioners approved some REAP grant reimbursements and Christmas uses for the courthouse property during their regular meeting Monday morning. Commissioners Damien Starks, Shane Vore and John Smiley attended. Also at the meeting were Emergency Manager Evan Yauk, County Sheriff Randy McCullough and Commissioners’ Assistant Christy Gregory. The commissioners approved a road cross...

Monday, October 26, 2026 During this day there were four traffic stops, one controlled burn and one report of cattle out. 9:47 a.m. – Report of a black and white dog at Jiffy Trip parking lot. Owner was contacted and coming to pick the dog up. 3:54 p.m. – Report of a fire near Grant between county roads 630 and 640. 9 p.m. – Medic needed in the 900 block of Oklahoma for a female having trouble bre...

By Julien Pretot PARIS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Soccer's world governing body will grant its council members access to key documents concerning the defunct FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. FIFA scrapped the $20 [...]

The Blackwell Industrial Authority (BIA) is pleased to share that Land Rush Rail has been awarded a $5.34 million federal grant through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program to support a $7.3 million rail improvement project connecting Blackwell, Oklahoma, to Wellington, Kansas, […] The post Multi-Million-Dollar Investment for Railroad Announced appeared first on Ponca City Now.

Grant Wilson threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Becker on the first play of overtime, and No. 4 Indiana escaped with a 23-16 win over Minnesota...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the mother of a 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana who was shot to death earlier this week. New York City police said the teen was shot in the abdomen Thursday morning. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. No arrests have been made. Mamdani wrote Saturday on X that Javits Frimpong’s mother deserves to say goodbye to her son in person and that he had spoken with Trump, who agreed to grant her a visa. U.S