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stanley cup Criminal Justice via AP A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution on Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago. Tracy Beatty, 61, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was sentenced to death for strangling his mother, Carolyn Click, after they argued in November 2003 in her East Texas home. Authorities say Beatty buried his 62-year-old mother s body beside her mobile home in Whitehouse, about 115 miles southeast of Dallas, then spent her money on drugs and alcohol. Beatty s attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his scheduled execution, arguing he was being prevented from receiving a full examination to determine if he is intellectually disabled and possibly ineligible to be put to death. He s had three prior execution dates. His attorneys have reques
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Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson is resigning to take a job in academia after less than two years in her role, CBS News Pentagon correspondent David Martin reports.Wilson will resign May 31, as long as she receives a favorable vote from the University of Texas System, according to the Air Force. It has been a privilege to serve alongside our Airmen over the past two years and I am proud of the progress that we have made restoring
jordan our nation s defense, Wilson said. We have improved the readiness of the force; we have cut years out of acquisition schedules and gotten better prices through competition; we have repealed hundreds of superfluous regulations; and we have strengthened our ability to deter and dominate in space. Wilson would have overseen President Trump s new Space Force department, which will falls under the Air Force.Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson says Space Force is necessary for U.S. to prevail in space On Twitter, President Trump thanked Wilson for her service
af1 and congratulated her on the move. Congratulations to Heather Wilson, who is the sole finalist to become the next President of University of Texas at El Paso effective September 1, 2019. Heather has done an absolutely fantastic job...as Secretary of the Air Force, and I know she will be equally great in the very important world of higher education. A strong thank you to Heather
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