The Russian Continental Hockey League announced that a commission would investigate the death of Alexei Cherepanov, the 19-year-old Rangers draft choice.

The Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for a Georgia man to be put to death for killing a police officer, despite calls from his supporters to reconsider the case because seven of nine key witnesses against him have recanted their testimony.

A convicted rapist and murderer was put to death in Ohio Tuesday after failing to convince courts he would suffer unduly during lethal injection because he was overweight.

In people who have suffered a heart attack, depression and a high heart rate at night, while often coexistent, are independent predictors of death, according to research published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from a Georgia death row inmate who has gained international support for his claims of innocence in the murder of a Savannah police officer in 1989.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a Georgia death row inmate who says he is innocent of murder and who sought a new trial or a hearing to examine recently discovered evidence.

In a rare gesture, Turkey's justice minister apologized Tuesday to the family of an inmate who was allegedly beaten to death in Istanbul and said 19 prison workers have been suspended in connection with the killing.

TUESDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The death rate at top-ranked U.S. hospitals is 70 percent lower than at the lowest-ranked hospitals, according to a study that examined 41 million patient records at the nation's approximately 5,000 hospitals over three years.

Turkey's justice minister issues a rare apology over the death of a human rights activist allegedly beaten by prison officers.

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The mother of Caylee Anthony was arrested Tuesday afternoon after being indicted in the missing Florida toddler's presumed death, authorities said.