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Lawsuit challenges Alabama's plan to execute a death row inmate with nitrogen gas » Alabama is preparing to employ a new method of execution using nitrogen gas following botched attempts at lethal injections last year. Cbsnews.com

Teen volleyball player loses both legs after getting hit by car » Police say the suspect in the crash was speeding and did not have a valid driver’s license when the incident happened. Kktv.com

VB Atlantic Park, despite construction challenges, still on track to open in 2025 » Keeping water out of the yet-to-be-filled-wave pool has been one of the challenges of the project. Wavy.com

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First U.S. execution by nitrogen gas would cause "painful and humiliating death," U.N. experts warn » Experts have denounced Alabama's planned execution of a death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested suffocation method that they say could cause "grave suffering." Cbsnews.com

Alabama readies never-before-used execution method that some veterinarians won't even use for pets » Politicians pushed for the nitrogen gas execution method with limited scientific research behind it. Critics say it could amount to torture. Cbsnews.com