Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to be put to death next month want the state Supreme Court to stop his execution, saying his defense’s plea for his life at his original trial was totally inadequate.

An Associated Press journalist has served as a media eyewitness to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday in South Carolina.

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of condemned man Brad Sigmon, clearing the way for Friday’s firing squad execution.

A South Carolina man scheduled to face a firing squad next week is asking that his execution be postponed.

South Carolina has has put a third inmate to death in four months as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn’t find lethal injection drugs.

A lawyer for a South Carolina death row inmate says he won't ask the governor for clemency.

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more information about the drug that will kill him.

The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service says Russia is conducting a “staggeringly reckless” sabotage campaign against Ukraine's allies that risks dangerously escalating the conflict.

South Carolina has put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection for the fatal shooting of a store clerk in Spartanburg.

A condemned South Carolina inmate has chosen to be executed by lethal injection for killing a store clerk in 1999.

The son of a South Carolina inmate is asking the governor to save his father from execution.

A federal judge appears unlikely to grant the request of a South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed on Nov. 1 to take away the power of granting him clemency from the governor.

A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed in just over three weeks is asking a federal judge to take away the power of granting clemency from the governor and place it with a parole board.

South Carolina has set a date of Nov. 1 date for its next execution as the state ramps up use of the death penalty after a 13-year pause.

The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies say Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding war.

Polish prosecutors say they have formally indicted a Russian-Spanish man of espionage.

The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the U.K. after it broadcast part of a speech he gave calling on Russians to join hands with British intelligence.

The head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency says British spies are already using artificial intelligence to hamper the supply of weapons to Russia.

Martin Amis, one of the most consequential British authors of his generation and who died last month, has been posthumously knighted by King Charles III in his first birthday honors list, which were unveiled late Friday.

The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency saiys China, Russia and Iran pose three of the biggest threats facing the U.K. in a fast-changing, unstable world.