The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

Researchers are urging the CDC to get ahead of the H5N1 virus 'before it’s too late.'

Ten states will vote on abortion in November, with most seeking to protect abortion up until fetal viability

Marcellus Williams' execution raises doubts about his guilt, fueling the debate on the death penalty in the U.S.

Questions are still swirling around the execution of a Missouri man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman in 1998

’How can you execute a man when there is reasonable doubt?’ Obie Alexander, who spent nearly two decades in prison on a wrongful murder conviction, toldThe Independent

The NAACP said Tuesday night's execution was "murder," not justice

Lebanese minister says only Washington can help end the fighting. Plus, Missouri executes Marcellus ‘Khaliifah’ Williams

Marcellus Williams was convicted of murdering a former journalist, but concerns had been raised that key evidence had been contaminated

The US state of Missouri on Tuesday executed death row inmate Marcellus Williams for the 1998 murder of a woman, even though the prosecutor's office that secured his murder conviction 21 years ago expressed doubts about the integrity of the case. The victim's family had pleaded with authorities to spare…

Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection in Missouri, despite new DNA evidence and pleas from the victim's family for clemency, raising serious concerns about potential wrongful convictions in capital punishment cases.

Death row inmate’s final words were ‘All praise be to Allah in every situation!!!’