Criminal Punishment
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Target Corp.'s CEO on Tuesday defended the discount retailer's political donations to a Minnesota group helping the state's Republican candidate for governor, telling employees at its Minneapolis headquarters that the company's support of the gay community is "unwavering."
Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel said gay employees have been raising concerns about the money helping state Rep.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Here's something Target Corp.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A former ranch hand is headed to the Texas death chamber for fatally shooting a ranch foreman and another man who interrupted a burglary nearly 24 years ago.
CINCINNATI - An inmate whose execution was put on hold as he argued that Ohio's method of lethal injection was unconstitutional can die as scheduled next month, now that the state has instituted a different method, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor - a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules - federal court papers show.
