After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his requests for a stay of execution, and the governor of Missouri rejected his requests for clemency on Monday, White Supremacist and serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was led to the death chamber and administered a lethal injection and died ten minutes later.
Virginia State Police responded to the home of a Virginia State Senator at 7:25 am on Tuesday morning to find the son of Senator Creigh Deeds' Gus Deeds, dead from a gunshot would according to reports.
President Barack Obama is appealing directly to lawmakers to delay any new sanctions against Iran while international negotiations aimed at curbing the country's nuclear program continue.
South Korean human rights activists say Chinese authorities have arrested a group of North Korean defectors trying to reach a Southeast Asian nation on their way to South Korea.