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Oklahoma is executing its 4th inmate of the year at 10 am Thursday morning. It will be the first of two executions in one day in the U.S. with Florida breaking its own record executing its 20th inmate at 6 pm ET. 70-year-old Jim Pavatt was convicted for the 2001 shooting death of his girlfriend’s soon to be ex-husband, Rob Andrew. Prosecutors claimed Andrew told many people leading up to his death that his estranged wife, Brenda Andrew, finally found someone who would kill him. Brenda was also convicted for her role in the murder and is currently the only woman on death row in the state of Oklahoma.

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18-year-old college freshman Alaina Kunes has released an apology statement after she was recorded along with another young woman making monkey/ape gestures and noises in front of the door of three black students who lived below their apartment. Kunes says she has personally apologized to the women and recognizes her actions were deeply harmful, but claims she was unaware of their race and had “never met the women.” However, one of the black students who lives inside the targeted apartment offers a much different account. Bethany Joy posted to social media there have been several interactions with their upstairs neighbors, including one where there was a noise complaint.

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We are learning more disturbing details about the murder on a MSC Seascape cruise this week.  Federal authorities have released statements made by 48 year old Jason Leon Watford explaining the timeline of events that led to the strangling death of his 31 year old wife, Susan Watford.  Watford has a long and violent criminal history, including a domestic violence conviction against Susan from just two years ago.  Meanwhile, police say there was a child inside the cabin at the time of the murder; without detailing age, gender or relation to the couple, officials have only said the child is currently in foster care. 

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South Carolina first responders rescued an 11-month-old little boy after police say his father buried him alive, wrapped in a towel, inside a dog crate. Search teams found a new patch of dirt, 50 yards into the woods and heard little Koah Sharpe crying, a deputy calling it “the most joyful sound you ever heard.” Koah’s father, 25-year-old Michael Comer, is under arrest as police try to piece together a motive for this horrific crime.  Comer’s own mother is speaking out saying there were no warning signs and what her son is accused of is “pure evil.”

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Cruise ship passenger, 48-year-old Jason Watford, made his first court appearance on murder charges after he admitted to federal agents he killed the woman he was traveling with to the Caribbean. Just six hours after leaving their Galveston, Texas port, a housekeeper reported she saw blood on Watford’s hands and clothing and witnessed the woman’s body on the floor. According to court records, Watford said he snapped following an argument, strangling the woman for several minutes before killing her.

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It was a warmer than usual day for Santa Barbara’s half marathon over the weekend, but that doesn’t explain why 30 runners received medical treatment, 27 of them rushed to the emergency room with two ending up in the ICU. There are serious questions surrounding the mass mystery illness, where several runners fainted, lost consciousness or described feeling foggy with no memory of running portions of the race. Santa Barbara police are asking for the public’s help, even setting up a tip line for answers after unverified rumors on social media suggested a water station along the course may have been spiked. While there is no proof of any type of contamination, there is a search underway to figure out what went so wrong for more than two dozen runners.

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Wow. Embattled Defense/War Secretary Pete Hegseth tried to turn the tables on journalists gathered for a Pentagon press conference where he responded to that expected impeachment vote against him in Congress. Outgoing Republican Congressman Thomas Massie from Kentucky has introduced eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth, three of them focused on his conduct of the war with Iran. Hegseth saying this is all a stunt, that the media is gobbling it up because they hate Trump more than they love the country, and that Massie is just one disgruntled congressman.

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An investigation is underway after a disturbing video has gone viral on social media. It’s from a ring camera showing three white women approaching an off campus apartment door where three black students live. Two of the girls walk up to the camera and make monkey noises and gestures. The University of Mississippi says it is looking into possible disciplinary action, stating “The behavior depicted in this video is deeply troubling, hurtful, and unacceptable.” However, it’s the exact same language they used after a similar incident two yeas ago, and the university has made it clear, based on privacy laws, we may never know what disciplinary action, if any, will be taken. 

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