Florida executes man who killed deputy after fighting for gun

In a heated city council meeting on Tuesday, leaders in Memphis, Tennessee, voted against a moratorium that would have paused data center development for a year in the city, which has become a hotspot for the facilities driven by Elon Musk's SpaceXAI . Instead, city council members passed a substitute ordinance — which some said they received on short notice and did not have time to review — that would halt construction of data centers for 135 days.

A couple from Texas were charged this week in the deadly freeway shooting of a 17-year-old high school girl who was driving to the zoo for a Halloween celebration. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office in Missouri charged Willie Herndon, 42, with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with last week’s attack, which killed Alyssa Wilson, authorities said Monday. Taiya Herndon, who investigators said is his wife, is charged with hindering prosecution, accused of driving her husband to an Illinois hotel 12 miles from St. Louis, prosecuting attorney Melissa Price Smith said at a news conference Monday.

The DOJ's list of alleged noncitizens registered to vote in California includes a “high percentage” of people who say they were born in the U.S., L.A. officials said.

There was not a dry eye in the ballroom Tuesday night after celebrities competing on “Dancing with the Stars” paid tribute to those who left an impact on them, who included actors Heath Ledger and James Avery. The dedication week is a tradition for the reality series, often leading to emotional moments on the normally lighthearted dance series. Among those competing this season are actors Julia Stiles and Tatyana Ali, who chose to honor their former co-stars.