A Plattsmouth man is accused of robbing a Hy-Vee gas station in Omaha while wearing a surgical mask, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...

When Louisiana carries out the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18, he will be strapped to a gurney, fitted with a gas mask and forced to breathe in nitrogen gas until his heart stops.

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.