Americans are under weather alerts as a tropical depression moves toward the Gulf Coast. President Trump says he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin over concerns about a deadly plague, while a Tennessee death row inmate remains conscious and talking after a failed execution attempt.

NNBC News2026-10-07 01:09

Christa Pike’s lawyers say she is conscious and speaking. The NTSB has issued a preliminary report on the deadly Los Angeles news helicopter crash, while protests in Paris intensify as more demonstrators join a national movement sparked by disgruntled students.

NNBC News2026-10-07 00:43

Death-row inmate Christa Pike is “conscious and speaking” after surviving a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week, her lawyers say. The 50-year-old remains in critical care at a Nashville hospital while handcuffed. She was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering Colleen Slemmer in 1995.

BBBC News2026-10-07 00:23

Christa Pike would have been the first woman executed by Tennessee in more than 200 years, but she survived a botched execution. Her attorneys later released an update on her condition.

NNBC News2026-10-06 23:30

Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after a failed lethal-injection attempt in Tennessee, her lawyers say. The 50-year-old remains handcuffed in hospital receiving critical care. She was sentenced to death for murdering Colleen Slemmer in 1995 and has survived two lethal injections.

BBBC News2026-10-06 22:28

Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who was unconscious and on a ventilator after a failed execution, is now awake and speaking, her lawyers say. They also said she remains handcuffed and shackled.

NNBC News2026-10-06 22:06

International human rights lawyer and former New York assistant attorney general Reed Brody says the botched execution of Christa Pike points to a much broader failure. The lethal-injection malfunction, he argues, exposes weaknesses across the legal system surrounding capital punishment, including institutional failure, due process, defense representation and human dignity.

FFrance 24 English2026-10-06 17:49

Tennessee recently attempted to execute convicted murderer Christa Pike, who had spent three decades on death row. After two lethal doses of pentobarbital were injected, Pike was still alive and was taken to hospital. The incident was not the first failed execution in the US, as lethal-injection drugs have become increasingly difficult for prison officials to obtain.

BBBC News2026-10-05 20:00

Tennessee has postponed executions after a botched attempt to execute Christa Pike left an inmate in critical condition. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney John Yoo discussed the legal fallout and previewed the upcoming Supreme Court term.

FFox News2026-10-05 00:30

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections. Gov. Bill Lee ordered an independent review, and the state prison chief resigned afterward.

FFox News2026-10-04 15:30

Tennessee officials announced that the state's prison chief resigned following the failed execution of Christa Pike.

FFox News2026-10-03 20:37

Criminal defense attorney Josh Ritter discusses on “Saturday in America” the resignation of Tennessee’s prison chief following the failed execution of Christa Pike.

FFox News2026-10-03 19:30

Christa Pike remains critically ill after two failed execution attempts. The episode has renewed scrutiny of Tennessee’s lethal-injection process and sparked debate over the death penalty.

RReuters2026-10-03 13:35

Less than 48 hours after Tennessee authorities attempted to execute Christa Pike, her lawyer said she was unconscious in a hospital and being kept alive on a ventilator. Pike is the only woman on the state’s death row.

AABC News2026-10-03 01:00

Christa Pike’s attorneys say she is unconscious and on a ventilator after her failed execution. The pilot attacked on a Flydubai flight to Israel recounts the chaos after he was stabbed, while Ukrainian families face bittersweet moments as babies are born amid a devastating war.

NNBC News2026-10-03 00:50

Lawyers for Christa Pike say she is critically ill, intubated and on a ventilator in a Tennessee hospital after surviving two lethal doses during an attempted execution for a murder she committed at 18.

NNBC News2026-10-02 20:56

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of a lethal-injection drug during her attempted execution, according to her attorneys. Officials are investigating what went wrong.

CCBS News2026-10-02 14:55

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is in critical condition after surviving two doses of the drugs intended to kill her. The governor has paused all further executions while an independent review is conducted.

AABC News2026-10-02 14:07

Christa Pike is in critical condition after a botched execution in Tennessee, her lawyer says. Pike was 18 when she and her boyfriend beat and killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer at a job training camp for young people.

Eeuronews2026-10-02 12:20

Christa Pike is in critical condition in hospital after Tennessee’s attempt to execute her failed. The governor has ordered an independent review and paused executions.

AABC News2026-10-02 06:46

Christa Pike is critically ill in a Nashville hospital after surviving Tennessee’s two attempts to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyers say. They say a blood disorder made it difficult to establish an intravenous line. Her lawyer, Randy Spivey, accused Tennessee of being unable to carry out an execution with “basic human dignity.”

GGuardian News2026-10-02 04:20

Christa Pike, a 50-year-old murderer in Tennessee, survived two lethal injections during a botched execution. She would have been the state’s first woman executed in about 200 years and is now receiving life-saving hospital care.

DDW News2026-10-02 02:30

Tennessee administered two doses of a lethal drug to death row inmate Christa Pike, but she somehow survived. NBC News reports on the failed execution.

NNBC News2026-10-02 01:55

Randy Spivey addresses Christa Pike’s request for clemency following the failed attempt to execute her in Tennessee.

AABC News2026-10-02 01:50