Court puts hold on Rodney Reeds scheduled execution

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Friday afternoon stopped the scheduled execution of death row inmate and convicted murderer Rodney Reed. The nonprofit Innocence Project, which has been representing Reed in his effort to stay…

Trumps honesty was on trial in the Roger…

WASHINGTON — In his final statement to the jury in the trial of political operative Roger Stone, federal prosecutor Michael Marando sought to boil the case down to a simple and stark premise. "I know…

Chinas Xi calls Hong Kong unrest urgent in…

HONG KONG — In a rare public intervention on the subject, Chinese President Xi Jinping said spiraling protests in Hong Kong were challenging the "one country, two systems" principle ruling the mainland's relations to the…