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Arkansas executes Ledell Lee in first lethal injection case for 12 years. (AP)
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 21, 2017 | World
The US state of Arkansas has carried out its first execution in more than a decade after the US Supreme Court rejected eleventh-hour requests to stay the move. Ledell Lee, 51, was executed through a legal injection cocktail of three drugs, including one that has...
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Residents view damage from a Sunday night tornado in Baxter Springs, Kansas, on Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 28, 2014 | World
Mayflower, Arkansas, AP—A tornado system ripped through several states in the central US and left at least 17 dead in a violent start to this year’s storm season, officials said. The tornado touched down Sunday about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Little Rock,...
