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USA Gymnastics chiefs quit as more sexual abuse victims address doctor’s sentencing

Three key leaders at USA Gymnastics have resigned as more women and girls told a judge they were sexually assaulted by a sports doctor who spent years with Olympic gymnasts and other female athletes.

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Anthropologists taking ebola ‘preppers’ with a grain of salt

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'Railroad killer' executed

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Convicted torture killer executed in Texas

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Florida residents prepare for Rita

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Linklater classmates sue over Dazed And Confused

Killer shouts obscenities as he is executed

Shouting obscenities at his ex-wife standing a few feet away, a man was executed for the deaths of his three young daughters in a fire two days before Christmas 1991.

Wed, 18 Feb, 2004

Inmate confesses to killings before execution

A DEATH row inmate confessed to more than a dozen killings just before he was executed for killing a grocery store owner in 1993.

Fri, 30 Jan, 2004

Death row prisoner complains at execution delay

The US Supreme Court halted the execution of a condemned man after a lawsuit challenged one of the drugs used to carry out the death sentence.

Thu, 11 Dec, 2003

Britsh man executed for teen murder

A British man who had spent 16 years on death row has been executed after the US Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal to spare his life.

Wed, 05 Feb, 2003