A death warrant signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis directs that 60-year-old Edward Zakrzewski be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison near Starke.

Florida has executed more inmates this year than any other state and is well on track to outpace Texas for the first time since 1984.

A South Carolina man was killed early Tuesday morning, according to Aiken County officials. Dequon Hill, a 27-year-old Jackson resident, was the shooting victim, Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables said ...

Enough fentanyl to kill 36 million people was found in South Carolina in what authorities say is believed to be the largest seizure of fentanyl in state history.