The incident, which occurred around 10 p.m. on Monday also resulted in the deaths of several pets and stray animals.

Ruth Carnovi, director of advocacy for the American Lung Association, cites data from California, where electric leaf blowers are banned, that operating a commercial leaf blower for one hour is ...

Recent executions using nitrogen gas and firing squads have sparked controversy over their potential cruelty. Florida allows executions by lethal injection or electrocution, with the inmate ...

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections secretary ... in the US and the first in Louisiana to be executed by nitrogen gas, had been arguing against his execution by the ...

“It went flawless,” Secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety Gary Westcott said. “There was nothing that happened incorrectly.” Nitrogen hypoxia was approved by the state ...

Nearly £34m is being invested to deliver safety work. The funding was confirmed by deputy first minister Huw Irranca-Davies and cabinet secretary for finance Mark Drakeford on a visit to Dyffryn ...

Pure nitrogen gas was then pumped into the mask ... chief of operations at the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, witnessed the execution and also acknowledged Hoffman's ...

Hoffman has been arguing that he shouldn't be executed by nitrogen gas because it violates ... secretary of the the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Hoffman, who was ...

Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, using nitrogen gas for the first time amid Catholic criticism of both the death penalty itself and the mode of execution.

Louisiana puts man to death in state's first nitrogen gas executionLouisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening.

secretary of the the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Hoffman, who was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 28-year-old Molly Elliott in 1996, had been arguing that he ...