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Pentagon plans to livestream Fort Hood killer’s execution

Nidal Hasan is scheduled to face a firing squad in Texas on 3 December, but legal specialists say further court proceedings could delay the execution.

9 October 2026

An ambulance parked beside a covered hospital entrance in Nashville, Tennessee.

World

Tennessee prisons chief to quit after failed Christa Pike execution

Frank Strada will leave his post in October as an independent review examines the execution attempt that left Christa Pike critically ill.

3 October 2026

Security fencing and illuminated prison buildings at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville at night

World

Christa Pike taken to hospital after Tennessee execution fails

Lawyers sought emergency treatment for Christa Pike after two doses of an execution drug failed to kill her at a Nashville prison on Wednesday.

1 October 2026