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US: convicted murderer executed with nitrogen gas; first time capital punishment method used in world

Convicted murderer&nbsp; Smith reportedly thrashed violently on the gurney and the execution took around 25 minutes.

Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental.
Officials said Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. at an Alabama prison after breathing pure nitrogen gas through a face mask to cause oxygen deprivation. It marked the first time that a new execution method has been used in the United States since lethal injection, now the most commonly used method, was introduced in 1982.
The execution took about 22 minutes, and Smith appeared to remain conscious for several minutes. For at least two minutes, he appeared to shake and writhe on the gurney, sometimes pulling against the restraints. That was followed by several minutes of heavy breathing, until breathing was no longer perceptible.
In a final statement, Smith said: &ldquo;Tonight Alabama causes humanity to take a step backwards. ... I&rsquo;m leaving with love, peace and light.&rdquo;
He made the &ldquo;I love you sign&rdquo; with his hands toward family members who were witnesses. &ldquo;Thank you for supporting me. Love, love all of you,&rdquo; Smith said.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said afterward that the execution was justice for the murder-for-hire killing of 45-year-old Elizabeth Sennett in 1988.
&ldquo;After more than 30 years and attempt after attempt to game the system, Mr. Smith has answered for his horrendous crimes. ... I pray that Elizabeth Sennett&rsquo;s family can receive closure after all these years dealing with that great loss,&rdquo; Ivey said in a statement.
The state had previously attempted to execute Smith in 2022, but the lethal injection was called off at the last minute because authorities couldn&rsquo;t connect an IV line.
The execution came after a last-minute legal battle in which his attorneys contended the state was making him the test subject for an experimental execution method that could violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Federal courts rejected Smith&rsquo;s bid to block it, with the latest ruling coming Thursday night from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state had predicted the nitrogen gas would cause unconsciousness within seconds and death within minutes. State Attorney General Steve Marshall said late Thursday that nitrogen gas &ldquo;was intended to be &mdash; and has now proved to be &mdash; an effective and humane method of execution.&rdquo;
Asked about Smith's shaking and convulsing on the gurney, Alabama corrections Commissioner John Q. Hamm said they appeared to be involuntary movements.
&ldquo;That was all expected and was in the side effects that we&rsquo;ve seen or researched on nitrogen hypoxia,&rdquo; Hamm said. &ldquo;Nothing was out of the ordinary from what we were expecting.&rdquo;

 At least 35 possible tornado touchdowns were reported across several states, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

9 dead, widespread damage after storms rip across southern United States

&nbsp;At least 35 possible tornado touchdowns were reported across several states, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

At least nine people were reported dead in Alabama after tornadoes struck the state late on January 12, destroying homes and causing significant damage.
As many as 35 tornadoes hit Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky leading to severe power outage according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
12 people were injured severely enough to be taken to hospitals, Ernie Baggett, Autauga County's emergency management director, said as crews cut through downed trees looking for survivors.
He said about 40 homes were destroyed or seriously damaged, including several mobile homes that were launched into the air.
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&ldquo;They weren't just blown over," he said. "They were blown a distance.&rdquo;&nbsp;
(AP)

The National Weather Service called the Alabama storm a "large and extremely dangerous tornado".

Watch: tornadoes hit USA's Alabama and Kentucky, cause major destruction

The National Weather Service called the Alabama storm a "large and extremely dangerous tornado".

A major tornado ripped through the American state of Alabama on 12 January 2023.
The National Weather Service called it a "large and extremely dangerous tornado". The storm damaged houses, mangled power lines, and uprooted trees in Selma and other counties.
At least 6 deaths were reported from Alabama. Selma, a city of about 18,000 residents, is about 80 kilometers west of the Alabama capital city of Montgomery.
There were multiple tornado warnings issued Thursday in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee as the storm system moved through the region.
In Kentucky, the National Weather Service in Louisville confirmed that an EF-1 tornado struck Mercer County and said crews were surveying damage in a handful of other counties. There were reports of downed trees, power outages and other scattered damage from storms that moved through the state.
(With AP inputs)
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USA's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are probing the incident.

USA: airport worker sucked into plane engine, killed in freak incident in Alabama; probe on

USA's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are probing the incident.

In a freak incident in America, an airport worker died after being sucked into a plane's engine.
The accident occurred at the Montgomery regional airport in Alabama on 31 December 2022, according to the New York Post. The plane, an Embraer 170, had arrived from Dallas and was parked with one engine running when the incident occurred.
"We are saddened to hear about the tragic loss of a team member of the AA/Piedmont Airlines. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time," the airport's executive director, Wade Davis, said.
USA's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are probing the incident.
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