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Alabama man facing execution for deadly robbery asks for clemency as he didn’t kill victim
11+ hour, 52+ min ago (609+ words) I didn't know anything about nobody getting hurt until we were on the way back. No, nobody supposed to get hurt," Burton said in a telephone interview last month from Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility. Burton, 75, is scheduled to be put…...
Judge dismisses wrongful death lawsuit from Harmony Montgomery’s mother, citing paperwork issue - The Boston Globe
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (452+ words) MANCHESTER, N.H. " An attorney representing the mother of Harmony Montgomery in a wrongful death lawsuit against the girl's father, who was convicted last year of fatally beating the 5-year-old in 2019, said on Tuesday he was surprised a judge dismissed the case....
Alabama to execute man for 1997 shooting death of store clerk - The Boston Globe
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (704+ words) Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1997 gas station robbery in what will be the nation's latest execution carried out with nitrogen gas. Geoffrey Todd West, 50, is scheduled to be executed Thursday night…...
Federal judge refuses to block Alabama law banning DEI initiatives in public schools - The Boston Globe
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (507+ words) A federal judge on Wednesday declined a request to block an Alabama law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in public schools and the teaching of what Republican lawmakers dubbed "divisive concepts" related to race and gender. U.S. District Judge…...
Better late than never, ‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’ gets a poignant production at R.I.’s Trinity Rep - The Boston Globe
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1083+ words) But in the early-1990s, once her work was commissioned, staged, and championed by the prestigious Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, her plays " including "Blues for an Alabama Sky" " became popular ... Better late than never, "Blues for an Alabama Sky" gets…...
Celtics-Knicks Game 3 preview: Will Boston shoot better as series shifts to Madison Square Garden? - The Boston Globe
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (528+ words) Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said there are "a lot of things that we're doing well, but then there's things that we need to be extremely better at." ... After the Knicks stormed back from 20-point deficits in back-to-back games to take…...
A Florence setting helps a mother and daughter be their truest selves in ‘The Light in the Piazza’ - The Boston Globe
10+ mon, 11+ hour ago (1299+ words) The cast and creative team for the Tony Award-winning musical "The Light in the Piazza," which The Huntington is presenting from May 8-June 15, is working through a scene in which a radiant southern ... A Florence setting helps a mother and…...
Mikey Madison hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Morgan Wallen performs - The Boston Globe
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (83+ words) On March 29, "Saturday Night Live" was hosted by Anora star and Oscar winner Mikey Madison. Grammy-nominated country singer Morgan Wallen served as the evening's musical guest. Mikey Madison hosts "Saturday Night Live,' Morgan Wallen performs On March 29, "Saturday Night Live…...
Before she was ‘Anora,’ Mikey Madison excelled as Max on ‘Better Things’ - The Boston Globe
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (639+ words) When Mikey Madison hosts "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, most viewers will probably know her as "that lovely "Anora" actress who just won an Oscar" or maybe even (spoiler alert) "that psycho girl ... Before she was "Anora," Mikey Madison excelled…...