A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma's first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced dead at 10:19 CT ...

Florida's first execution of 2026 was carried out on Ronald Palmer Heath, who was convicted of a 1989 murder. Heath was pronounced dead by lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ronald Heath, 64, was executed by lethal injection in Florida for the murder of a traveling salesman (-) (-/Florida Department of ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WFLA) — An execution date has been set for a man who abducted a North Port mother in 2008 and subjected her to a “tortuous ordeal” before shooting and killing her. Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman he and his brother had met at a bar has become the first person executed in Florida this year. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Kendrick Simpson, 45, on Aug. 11, 2025, who is scheduled to be ...

Feb. 11 (UPI) --Florida has executed a 64-year-old man for the 1989 murder of a traveling salesman, the state's first execution and the nation's second of the year. Ronald Heath was administered a ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for Michael King, who was convicted of the 2008 kidnap, rape, and murder of Denise Amber Lee. Lee's case, which included her own 911 call from her abductor's ...

Florida has executed a death row inmate who became a murderer at 16 and killed two others after he was released from prison nearly two decades early. Ronald Heath, 64, was executed by lethal injection ...

A Hurricane Katrina evacuee who killed two men in a hail of gunfire in Oklahoma City 20 years ago became the second person executed in the U.S. this week. Oklahoma executed Kendrick Antonio Simpson by ...

A former catholic school principal is facing a maximum prison sentence of up to 30 years. Federal judge blocks DeSantis’ foreign terrorist label of Muslim groups A federal judge temporarily blocked ...

Ronald Heath is scheduled to be the first person executed in Florida in 2026 for a 1989 murder. The U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court both denied attempts to stay his execution. Heath was ...