TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — U.S. government puts first Black inmate to death since resumption of federal executions this year.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed a death row inmate who killed a supervisor at a state prison shoe factory nearly 17 years ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court keeps hold on federal executions; 2 were scheduled for next week and 2 more in January.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed a death row inmate for fatally stabbing his 2 stepsons during a 2007 attack that also killed his wife.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A legislative committee has advanced a measure to close a 143-year-old loophole in the Nebraska Constitution that allows people to be enslaved as punishment for a crime.

Members of the Judiciary Committee voted 7-0 on Wednesday to send the proposed constitutional amendment to the full Legislature.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker wants to close a 143-year-old loophole in the state constitution that allows people to be enslaved as punishment for a crime.

Sen. Justin Wayne, of Omaha, says he will introduce a ballot proposal to amend the Nebraska Constitution during the legislative session that begins Wednesday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona does not have to reveal who provides its execution drugs, a judge ruled Thursday in a lawsuit arguing that the information would help the public determine whether the death penalty is carried out humanely and promote confidence in the criminal justice system.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has signed legislation stripping Nashville and Memphis of ordinances to ease criminal punishment for marijuana possession.

Haslam on Wednesday signed the bill passed by the Republican-led legislature, bucking the trend by states and cities nationwide to ease criminal punishment for marijuana possession.

Haslam's office has said he's deferring to the legislature.