Belarus activist imprisoned after making an attempt to run for president launched after serving 5 years

Belarus activist imprisoned after making an attempt to run for president launched after serving 5 years

Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a leading Belarus opposition figure, was freed on Saturday after more than five years in prison, in the most significant move so far by President Alexander Lukashenko to try to ease his isolation from the West. The 46-year-old was driven across the border into Lithuania for an emotional reunion with his wife, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, … Read more

South Carolina executes man who was serving loss of life sentences in two murders

South Carolina executes man who was serving loss of life sentences in two murders

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months. Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. He was executed for shooting a friend and then cleaning out his bank account in … Read more