ROANOKE, Va. – As winter temperatures drop, Roanoke’s network of existing homeless services has helped reduce the region’s homeless population by 3.2%, while a new task force develops plans for future ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during a home‑invasion robbery, and later confessing to three other killings, was executed Thursday evening. It was Florida's 19th execution so far ...

Marine recruits’ first experiences at boot camp typically involve getting yelled at. A lot. Although they may not appreciate it at the time, there is a proper technique to yelling and screaming at ...

aquaArts studio / Getty Images Suppose your mom, who is widowed, has three children (including you). She executes a will that leaves her estate to you and your two siblings, and names you as executor ...

Georgia parole board pauses scheduled execution without explanation Lawyers challenge conflicts involving two parole board members Death warrant expires Dec. 24 unless a new one is issued JACKSON ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. The execution of a Georgia man scheduled for Wednesday has ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. When something goes wrong, prison staff absorb the consequences. Inmates awaiting impending execution are housed at Florida State Prison in Bradford County.

Karen Pulley, 20, was brutally beaten and raped in the home she shared with two other women on Sept. 30, 1988. During a three month period spanning the end of 1988 and beginning of 1989, Nichols raped ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols was executed by lethal injection on Dec. 11. Nichols, 64, sentenced to death for the brutal beating and rape of 20-year-old Karen Pulley in 1988, spoke ...

Convicted murderer Frank Walls was executed at 6:11 p.m. ET on Dec. 18, 38 years after the brutal murders of Ann Peterson and Edward Alger in Okaloosa County. Walls was originally sent to Florida's ...

Florida is set to execute Frank Athen Walls, which will be the 19th execution in the state this year. This number shatters Florida's previous record of eight executions in a single year. Under Gov.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Frank Walls on Nov. 18, and his execution by lethal injection is set to take place Thursday, Dec. 18. He will be the 19th Florida inmate to be put to death ...