Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after his escape from a prison work center. Jemaine Cannon, 51, received a lethal injection at 10 a.m. and was pronounced dead 13 minutes later at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. …

Hollywood actors joined writers on strike earlier this month after negotiations between their union, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and major studios hit a wall.  The union, commonly called SAG-AFTRA, has more than 160,000 members, but the strike only affects the 65,000 actors in the …

Comedian and actor Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta, alleging that the technology companies developed artificial intelligence tools that freely copied her memoir, “The Bedwetter,” without permission.  Silverman, an Emmy-winning performer and former cast member on “Saturday Night Live,” is the latest content creator to file a lawsuit over …

Philadelphia authorities investigating a Fourth of July holiday shooting spree that left five people dead now say the gunman killed one of the victims almost two full days before the mass shooting. Kimbrady Carriker, 40, was arraigned Wednesday morning on five counts of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons …

On this “Face the Nation” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, Democrat of DelawareUkrainian ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican NASA chief scientist and climate adviser Kate Calvin    Click here to browse full transcripts of “Face the Nation.”     …

As more Americans shy away from sugar, artificial sweeteners have stepped in to fill the gap in people’s favorite recipes, with more than 6,000 products manufactured with aspartame. However, on July 13, the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization released a report categorizing the artificial sweetener as “possibly carcinogenic …

A former police chief in Maryland was sentenced Tuesday to eight life sentences plus 75 years for setting a series of 12 fires targeting people who he felt had wronged him, CBS Baltimore reported.   Former Laurel Police Chief David Crawford’s sentences are concurrent, so his actual prison sentence is …

Solar and wind power hit a new record this year, generating more U.S. power than coal for the first five months of the year, according to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration. It’s the first time on record that wind and solar have out-produced coal for five months, according …

Three children and three adults were found dead after Tennessee authorities responded to a reported shooting at a home that was set on fire Thursday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said the person believed to be responsible for the rampage in Sequatchie, west of Chattanooga, was among the dead. The …

Taking stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin without having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, the condition for which they are commonly prescribed, can result in decreased productivity, according to a new study. The medications have been widely used by people who don’t actually have an ADHD diagnosis but believe they might …