Albert Hicks became one of the most feared criminals of his time after a brutal series of murders at sea. His capture shocked the public, but what followed was even more disturbing. The turning point ...

This Arctic journey takes travellers further east than St Petersburg, through a landscape of empty beaches, seabirds and forgotten villages where Europe finally runs out.

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Aaron Copland’s gleaming, monumental Fanfare for the Common Man was written to mark the USA’s entry into World War II. Those ...

The state of Florida is set to execute two death row inmates on the same day for the first time in more than 60 years, now ...

Niki Nikbakht comes from a close-knit family. Her two elder brothers, Hadi and Fazlollah, are just two out of dozens of ...

Alabama's relatively new nitrogen gas execution method could inflict a cruel amount of pain and suffering on a death row inmate who says he'd rather be killed by a firing squad, a federal appeals ...

An Oklahoma death row inmate set to be executed this week says he knows he committed a "horrible crime" when he killed his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter, but that he doesn't deserve to die.