The stepfather and stepbrother of an Ohio girl were arrested on kidnapping charges for keeping the 13-year-old captive and chained in their basement for as long as a year until she managed to escape, officials said.

A firing squad executed a convicted killer today, US prison officials said.

The US state of Utah is set to execute a convicted killer by firing squad after a judge agreed to the inmate’s request, renewing a debate over what critics see as an antiquated, Old West-style of justice.