Six Flags closes 9 rides after 1 person dies in an incident involving a roller coaster in Georgia
Oct 13, 2026
ATLANTA (AP) -- Six Flags temporarily closed nine roller coasters across six amusement parks on Monday after one person died and several others were injured in an incident involving a coaster in Georgia. Officials did…
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Business as usual at the Vatican as Pope Leo prepares to have surgery to remove a lung nodule
Oct 12, 2026
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV had a full day of meetings, audiences and appointments on Monday, and seemed in fine form a day after revealing he would have an operation this week to…
Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say
Oct 09, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christa Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday. Pike, 50, survived two…
FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year
Oct 08, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says its ongoing safety review of the nation's main abortion pill will continue into next year, a timeline that was quickly condemned by abortion opponents hoping to…
Christa Pike is awake after failed execution as her attorneys seek more information
Oct 07, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Death row inmate Christa Pike has regained consciousness after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection last week, and her attorneys are set to head to court Wednesday to…
Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn is sentenced to life in prison for wife’s murder
Oct 06, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on “ American Idol ” was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, after a jury convicted him…
Search suspended for 6 people on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston
Oct 05, 2026
BOSTON (AP) -- Authorities on Sunday suspended the search off the Massachusetts coast for six people on an air ambulance that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. The U.S. Coast Guard said authorities…
How Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike unfolded, minute-by-minute
Oct 02, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting. Pike, sentenced to die for…
Ex-fraternity leader at Arizona university gets jail time after pledge died of alcohol poisoning
Oct 01, 2026
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A former Northern Arizona University fraternity leader was sentenced to two months in jail Wednesday for his role in a hazing that led to the death of a pledge. Carter Eslick,…
Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife
Sep 30, 2026
TROY (AP) -- A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair. Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn,…