A Texas death row inmate who argued his conviction was based on junk science was executed Wednesday for the abduction, rape and killing of a suburban Houston community college student more than 20 ...

Ed Swearingen is one of the most well-known aircraft engineers and designers in the United States. Swearingen was born on September 12, 1925, in San Antonio, Texas. When he was a young boy, he became ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (FOX 26) - HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A Texas death row inmate who argued that his conviction was based on junk science was executed Wednesday for the abduction, rape and killing of a ...

The man convicted of murdering a 19-year-old woman in the Sam Houston National Forest more than 20 years ago has been executed. Larry Swearingen died by lethal injection Wednesday night. Swearingen is ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A Texas death row inmate, who has always maintained his innocence and contends his conviction was based on junk science, has been executed for the abduction, rape and murder of a ...

A murdered college student's 92-year-old grandfather watched as the man convicted of killing her was executed by lethal injection. Melissa Trotter's parents and other family members also looked on ...

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When a dead body is discovered, investigators can work out the likely time of death in a number of ways. The first clue is the bugs. It can take no time at all for blowflies and house flies to home in ...

Atascadero singer-songwriter Inga Swearingen celebrates the release of her new album, “Let Me Call This Home,” with a concert Aug. 27 at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts. Barry Goyette As Inga ...

Tom Swearingen didn’t really consider himself a poet when the St. Paul Rodeo—long deemed one of the finest in the sport—came calling in 2013, looking not just for a poet but a cowboy poet to perform ...