WASHINGTON — His delegate lead growing, Mitt Romney gently nudged his Republican opponents toward the sidelines on Wednesday and said he was on track to wrap up the presidential nomination before the party convention next summer. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich paid him no mind, vowing to fight on in a campaign marked by persistent ideological divisions.
COLUMBUS — The deviations from official death penalty procedures made during an execution last year were minor changes that wouldn’t cause pain to an inmate or violate his rights, the state said in a filing Friday seeking to overturn a judge’s ruling that postponed next week’s execution of a man who stabbed an elderly couple to death 25 years ago.
COLUMBUS — The pepper spraying of juvenile inmates in September broke numerous state rules and was without exception unwarranted, a court-appointed monitor concluded in a report. The state has argued a violent gang outbreak justified the spraying.
When Delaware resident Tom Kingery, 35, was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, he thought his athletic career was over.