Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the ...

If nitrogen hypoxia is used, an inmate breathes 100 percent nitrogen, which causes suffocation. Louisiana is one of four states that have approved it for executions.

Louisiana is poised to resume executions – including via nitrogen gas – after a 15-year pause, the state's Republican ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using nitrogen gas as the execution method, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday.

Hazmat crews responded after a tanker truck carrying 4,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen overturned in South San Jose Tuesday night.

The San Jose Fire Department is at the scene of a hazardous materials incident at Bernal and Harry roads. Officials say a ...