South Carolina’s longest-serving death row inmate Fred Singleton passes away at 81
Death of Longest Serving Inmate on South Carolina’s Death Row This week, authorities reported that Fred Singleton, an 81-year-old inmate, passed away from natural causes. He was recognized as the longest-serving prisoner on South Carolina’s death row. The South Carolina Department of Corrections revealed on Friday that Singleton died on Monday at the Kirkland Correctional […]
Cliff Drysdale, ESPN’s longest-serving analyst, receives a heartfelt farewell at the US Open.
Tribute to Cliff Drisdale at the US Open It was quite emotional Wednesday afternoon at Flushing Meadows as ESPN celebrated Cliff Drisdale, who is preparing to retire after this Grand Slam. During the match, host Chris McKendry highlighted that 84-year-old Drisdale is the longest-serving analyst at ESPN, having joined the network on September 14, 1979. […]
Longest-serving inmate on death row Richard Gerald Jordan expresses gratitude for ‘humane’ execution
Execution of Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate in Mississippi On Wednesday, Mississippi executed Richard Gerald Jordan, who had been on death row for nearly 50 years. His crime—a violent kidnapping and murder—was rooted in a ransom scheme against the wife of a bank loan officer. Jordan, a 79-year-old veteran who struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder, had […]
Longest-serving legislative leader in US history sentenced to 7.5 years for federal corruption
Michael Madigan Sentenced for Corruption Michael Madigan, former Illinois House Speaker and the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, has been sentenced to a total of 7.5 years in prison and fined $2.5 million following his conviction for corrupt practices that benefited his friends and allies. The sentencing took place in Chicago, where Judge John […]
How Bangladesh’s longest-serving leader was toppled by student protests – podcast | News
This summer Prapti Taposhi She took to the streets along with thousands of her classmates in Bangladesh, outraged by the injustice of a quota system that reserves 30 percent of jobs for the children of freedom fighters who fought in the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. The government jobs were good-paying and stable, and […]
Oklahoma executes state’s longest-serving death row inmate – a fiend who raped, killed 7-year-old girl
Oklahoma on Thursday executed the state’s longest serving death row inmate, a convicted felon who kidnapped, raped and murdered his 7-year-old stepdaughter in 1984. Richard Rojem, 66, was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary by three lethal injection doses. Rojem had maintained he was innocent of the murder of his former […]
REPORT: Longest-Serving Explosives Technician Dies In Shooting After Retirement, Fellow Police Officers Mourn
A retired Chicago Police Bomb Squad explosives technician, minister and Vietnam War veteran was shot and killed Thursday. Larry Neuman, the longest-serving explosives technician for the Chicago Police Department (CPD), “was killed in shooting in the 4300 Block of W. Monroe at approximately 11:32 a.m. on June 20, 2024,” the CPD posted Friday on Twitter. […]
Bette Nash, who was named the world’s longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88
Bette Nash, once known as the world’s longest serving flight attendant, has passed away at the age of 88. Nash’s employer, American Airlines, announced her death on social media on Saturday, saying she had been a warm and welcoming guest on board its flights for nearly 70 years. Australian police arrest man for running naked […]
US appeals court panel declines to delay execution of one of longest-serving death-row inmates
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Friday declined to postpone next week’s execution scheduled for next week in Idaho for one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was sentenced to death in 1983 for killing fellow prisoner David Jensen with a sock containing a battery. Creech, 73, […]