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Alabama carries out first known execution with nitrogen gas in the US. Now the state’s AG expects more states to follow

WBRC, CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Dakin Andone, Holly Yan and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution using that method. Now Alabama’s attorney general wants to help other states interested in using the new form of capital punishment.

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Pakistan accuses India of extrajudicial killings on its territory

By Sophia Saifi, Sania Farooqui, Michael Rios and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A top Pakistan official on Thursday accused India of killing two Pakistani nationals on its soil, citing what he called “a pattern” of alleged Indian assassination plots overseas and raising tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals. In a news conference, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus

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