Alabama Inmate Asks to Be Executed (Newser Morning 8)

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April 5, 2024     "Wisdom begins at the end. " —Daniel Webster   1 Levi's Is Getting a Beyonce Boost Levi Strauss & Co. reported a year-on-year drop in first-quarter sales this week but its share price still surged more than 12% Thursday—and analysts say it was partly due to the power of Beyonce. Keep reading   2 Alabama Inmate Asks to Be Executed A death row inmate in Alabama says he wants to be executed so the families of the people he massacred in 2016 can have closure. Keep reading   From our sponsors Sneaky Way American Homeowners Are Getting Their Old Roof Replaced This 2024 Roofing Service is Helping Regular Americans Get A New Roof Installed Learn More >   At a Glance Israeli Border Police scuffle with Muslim worshippers after the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan that took place at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)   3 That This Building Didn't Fall Is a Testament to Taiwan In the wake of Thursday's magnitude-7.4 earthquake in Taiwan, "the precariously leaning 10-story Uranus Building quickly became a symbol of the tragedy," reports Nikkei Asia. Keep reading   4 Brooklyn DA Targets Crypto 'Pig Butchering' Scams Authorities in New York City said Thursday they disrupted an online fraud operation that stole millions of dollars by duping victims into making phony cryptocurrency investments. Keep reading   5 1 Killed, 3 Hurt After Part of Crane Falls Onto Florida Bridge One person was killed and two others were hospitalized Thursday afternoon when a section of crane fell from a building in downtown Fort Lauderdale, officials said. Keep reading   6 Wife of Yankees Exec Killed When Tree Falls on Car The woman killed in New York Wednesday night amid an intense East Coast storm has been identified as Catherine Tusiani, the 50-year-old wife of a New York Yankees executive. Keep reading     7 Israel Will Reopen Key Border Crossing Into Gaza Israel says it's taking steps to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, including reopening a key border crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza, the AP reports. Keep reading   8 Two-Time Tour de France Champ Injured in 'Nasty Crash' Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, winner of the last two Tour de France cycling races, was involved in a "nasty crash" that left several riders seriously injured during the Tour of the Basque Country. Keep reading   This Day in History On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2020: Zoom CEO: 'I Really Messed Up'   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved