Tenn. carries out execution by electric chair
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee inmate’s final words were “let’s rock” moments before he became the first man executed in the electric chair in that state since 2007, put to death for the killings of two men during a drug deal-turned-robbery decades ago. Edmund Zagorski, 63, was pronounced dead at 7:26 p.m. Thursday at a Nashville maximum-security prison, officials said.
Migrants resume trip through Mexico
JUCHITAN, Mexico — About 4,000 Central American migrants resumed their slow trek through southern Mexico on Thursday, as immigration agents and police nibbled at the edges of the two caravans currently in the country. In Washington, President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to sign an order next week that could lead to the largescale detention of migrants crossing the southern border and bar anyone caught crossing illegally from claiming asylum — two legally dubious proposals. “This is an invasion,” Trump declared.
Bulger caused problems at previous prison, official says
BOSTON — Disciplinary issues prompted the transfer of gangster James “Whitey” Bulger from Florida to the federal prison USP Hazelton in West Virginia, where he was beaten to death within hours of his arrival, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday.
Neil Young refers to Daryl Hannah as ‘wife’
LOS ANGELES — Hey hey, my my, Neil Young is calling Daryl Hannah his wife. The 72-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and the 57-year-old “Splash” actress had been mum on the subject of their marriage since reports that they wed in California in August. But Young said in a pro-gun-control post on his website Wednesday featuring a new performance of his 1970 song “Ohio” that “My wife Daryl and I put this video together.” The couple’s representatives didn’t reply to requests for comment.