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Madison was scheduled to be executed Thursday afternoon at the state prison in Atmore, but a court hearing has been scheduled for June in an appeal.

The U.S. military conducted an airstrike against al Shabab militants in southern Somalia early Thursday, Pentagon officials said.

The embattled TSA was criticized Thursday for giving one official a $90,000 bonus doled out in chunks, a practice called "smurfing."

The iPhone 6 — which could have spent eight months submerged in water when the boys went missing in July — was not salvageable.

The iPhone 6 — which could have spent eight months submerged in water when the boys went missing in July — was not salvageable.

Sears could quickly expand a new format that is less than a tenth the size of its average department store if a pilot project delivers strong results.

Madison is scheduled to be executed Thursday at the state prison in Atmore; he would be the second inmate executed in Alabama this year.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch made one of the boldest and clearest statements in support of transgender people by a government official at any level this week:"Let me also speak directly to the transgender community itself. Some of you have lived freely for decades. Others of you are still wondering how you can possibly live the lives you were born to lead. But no matter how isolated or scared you may feel today, the Department of Justice and the entire Obama administration wants you to know that we see you; we stand with you; and we will do everything we can to protect you going forward."

Congress has sent the president a bill to allow female World War II pilots to continue placing their ashes at Arlington National Cemetery.

"It's crazy — I didn't realize how many people knew her," said James Godoy, her husband, ahead of the award ceremony.