Large rooms of 300 square feet or more are particularly tricky to keep warm in the winter—and high ceilings, hard-to-reach corners and drafts greatly add to that challenge. To choose the best space ...

Call it executive dysfunction. Since 2021 American states have executed 148 convicted criminals. Of that number, according to data gathered from news reports by the Death Penalty Information Centre, ...

The failed execution attempt of a woman in Tennessee on Wednesday wasn't the first time this has happened. The state's execution protocols have been under scrutiny for years. This woman, Christa Pike, ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept ...

A WOMAN was “fundamentally failed” by Travelodge hotels when a man was given a key card to her room, where she was sexually assaulted. The victim, named “Lily” in the report, was asleep in her ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. A woman was “fundamentally failed” by Travelodge after she was sexually ...

Last week, I was one of the seven media witnesses who observed Tennessee fail to execute convicted murderer Christa Pike, the first woman to face the death penalty in the state in almost 200 years.

A woman who was assaulted at a Travelodge when a man was given a key card to her room was treated in a "disgraceful" way by the hotel chain, an independent review found. The hotel guest was attacked ...

The laundry room might be one of the hardest-working spots in the house, but it's also surprisingly good at collecting clutter. Between loads of towels, piles of clothes waiting to be folded, and all ...

Prison officials were warned that setting an IV line for Christa Pike’s execution by lethal injection was going to be difficult. Her lawyers had argued this point in the months leading up to her ...