Texas carried out the nation’s first execution of the year, putting to death a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in a 1998 double murder.

About an hour before the scheduled 6 p.m. execution, the U.S. Supreme Court — without explanation — issued a brief order ...

Texas on Wednesday evening conducted the United States' first execution of the year, putting a 55-year-old man to death for ...

Charles Thompson, who was convicted of murdering of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1999, is scheduled to become ...

Texas executed Charles Victor Thompson for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend, Dennise Hayslip, and her new boyfriend, ...

Charles Victor Thompson was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in 1998.

At 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, Charles Victor Thompson became the first Texas death row inmate to be executed in 2026. Thompson, 55, ...

Texas is set to carry out its first execution of the year Wednesday.

Charles Thompson, who once briefly escaped custody after being sentenced to death, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday ...