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Britain’s biggest firms would be worth £460 billion more if they listed in New York, research finds

The London stock market, once the world’s premier index, is in danger of becoming a backwater for equities

Evening Standard

Alabama: We want crueler executions

State court gives Gov. Kay Ivey full control over death warrants, which may be both illegal and unconstitutional

Salon

‘Truly abysmal’ performance of ‘green’ and ‘ethical’ City funds

Shares in Shell often appear in funds marketed as “green”

Evening Standard

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Alabama halts executions; can't fix them

After a gruesome series of executions gone wrong, Gov. Kay Ivey hits pause. But there's no fixing the death penalty

Salon

Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is seeking a pause in executions and ordering a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection

The Independent UK

Alabama failed to complete an execution by lethal injection for a third time

The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state's second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate in the past two months and its third since 2018.

WEKU

Alabama Execution Called Off Because Officials Couldn't Insert Needle

For the second time in three months, the state struggles and fails to execute a death row inmate.

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Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time

Alabama started and then stopped another lethal injection because prison workers were unable to establish the intravenous lines needed to administer a deadly dose

The Independent UK

Hitman Kenneth Eugene Smith who killed preacher's wife dodges execution at 11th hour

Kenneth Eugene Smith, who killed preacher's wife Elizabeth Sennett for a $1,000 bounty saw the deadline for his execution pass after a failure to find a vein to inject the lethal dose

Daily Mirror

Alabama execution set in murder-for-hire of preacher's wife

Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife

The Independent UK

'Media literacy' advocates push to create savvier consumers of news and information

The Instagram headline was pithy and alarming: “Head of Pfizer Research: Covid Vaccine is Female Sterilization.” And the report, from a murky source, could have had real-world consequences, coming in 2020, just as the U.S. rolled out the first vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

Revealed: how top pension funds crashed even before gilts crisis

Around 85,000 people have seen the value of their pension funds halve this year

Evening Standard

Judge grills Alabama officials over lethal injection process

A federal judge on Wednesday questioned Alabama officials about the state’s lethal injection procedures — including how many needle “pokes” are too many — after problems with vein access at the state’s last two scheduled executions

The Independent UK

‘Botched execution’ lasted 90 minutes as Alabama inmate survived ‘torture,’ lawsuit says

An Alabama inmate on death row survived a “botched execution” lasting 90 minutes as prison workers unsuccessfully searched for his veins, according to a federal lawsuit.

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The Guardian - US

Alabama abandons execution after failing to find vein for lethal injection

Alan Miller’s judicial killing called off two months after execution of Joe Nathan James took three hours

The Independent UK

Alabama asks US Supreme Court to let it carry out execution

A federal appeals court has rejected Alabama’s attempt to proceed with the scheduled evening execution of an inmate who claims the state lost his paperwork selecting an alternative to lethal injection

The Independent UK

Alabama asks court to let it carry out lethal injection

Alabama has asked a federal appeals court to let it proceed with the lethal injection Thursday of an inmate who claims the state lost his paperwork selecting an alternative execution method

Salon

Alabama plans to kill a man: But how?

Alabama offered death-row inmates an untested method of execution — and then went back to the even worse option

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The Independent UK

Judge blocks upcoming lethal injection in Alabama

A U.S. judge on Monday blocked Alabama from executing an inmate who says the state lost his paperwork requesting an alternative to lethal injection

The Independent UK

Alabama can’t perform execution using untested method after last-minute decision

Man convicted of three killings in 1999 has tried to stop use of lethal injection

The Independent UK

Alabama says its not ready to execute by nitrogen hypoxia

Alabama's prison commissioner said the state is not ready to carry out an execution by nitrogen hypoxia

The Independent UK

Alabama must disclose status of nitrogen hypoxia executions

A federal judge told Alabama to stop being vague and give a firm answer by Thursday evening on if the prison system might use the untested execution method of nitrogen hypoxia at an execution next week

The Independent UK

Alabama wants executions by nitrogen hypoxia: What is it?

Alabama told a federal judge that it could be ready as soon as next week to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence

The National (Scotland)

Bloody Difficult Women shows Theresa May and Gina Miller had plenty in common

The National reviews Tim Walker's Bloody Difficult Women at the Assembly Rooms

Tribune News Service

As redistricting trial nears finish, Kansas cautions judge against tossing Legislature's map

What is gerrymandering? And how much is too much?

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