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After a five-year moratorium, the state of Oklahoma botched its third consecutive execution on Thursday when convict John Marion Grant died after convulsing and vomiting all over himself following a lethal injection, according to witnesses. Grant, 60, was convicted of murdering prison guard Gay Carter on Friday the 13th in November of 1998 after he stabbed her 16 times with a shank knife while he was serving sentences for robbery and illegal firearm charges. Almost immediately after he was injected, Grant experienced two dozen full body convulsions and began vomiting all over himself, according to Associated Press reporter Sean Murphy,...

Coronavirus is expected to crush New York’s economy for years to come, according to a new report from the state’s budget office predicting a whopping $243 billion loss from the pandemic. The sum is equal to 14 percent of the state’s gross domestic product — and its loss is likely to usher in a wave of deep spending cuts, officials said.