A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years.

A federal judge hinted Wednesday that she may extend a temporary restraining order which has kept Hampton ... s request to approve the firing. Conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito ...

"I find that there are reasonable grounds to believe that each of the six agencies engaged in a prohibited personnel practice," stated the order from board member Raymond A. Limon. The decision ...