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Alabama death row inmate James Barber was executed early Friday after the US Supreme Court denied his request for a stay on fears he could suffer "substantial harm" following a series of failed lethal injection attempts in the state.The execution was carried out by lethal injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Center in Atmore, the Alabama Department of Corrections said in a statement. Barber, a convicted murderer, was pronounced dead by a doctor at 1:56 a.m. local time (2:56 a.m. ET), the department said.Barber, 64, had been on death row for nearly 20 years for the 2001 robbery and…

seattle mariners Outfielder Jarred Kelenic suffered a broken left foot after kicking a water cooler during a 6-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night. Kelenic was placed in the 10 day disabled list on Thursday, the team announced. Jarred Kelenic of the Seattle Mariners reacts after a groundout against the Minnesota Twins during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)An emotional Kelenic addressed the media on Thursday, telling reporters that he let his teammates down. MARLINS THIRD BASE COACH BROKES FOOT AFTER BEING HIT BY FOUL BALL"I let the…

Florida public schools will now teach students that some black people benefited from slavery because it taught them useful skills, part of new African-American history standards passed Wednesday that were criticized by a state teachers union as a "step backwards."The new standards from the Florida State Board of Education include controversial language about how "slaves developed skills that, in some cases, could be applied to their personal benefit," according to a 216 page document on the 2023 Social Studies State Standards, published by the Florida Department of Education.Other language that has drawn the ire of some educators and education advocates…

A school bus monitor in New Jersey has been charged in the death of a 6-year-old girl with special needs who died after a harness restraining the girl to her wheelchair fatally suffocated her without the monitor's knowledge, authorities said Thursday.Amanda Davila, 26, of New Brunswick, was arrested and charged days after the deadly incident Monday, Somerset County District Attorney John McDonald's office said. Authorities were called to a local school that day on a report of an unresponsive minor. When they arrived, officers performed CPR on the girl before taking her to the intensive care unit at a local…