In a rare and somber moment in Florida’s history, two convicted murderers faced execution Tuesday following the rejection of their final appeals by the U.S. Supreme Court. This marked Florida’s first instance of a double execution since 1964.

The nation’s highest court turned down two separate pleas for stays, thereby clearing the path for the scheduled executions.

Among the executed was James Duckett, a 68-year-old former police officer, whose execution had been initially planned for noon. The process was temporarily postponed as the Supreme Court considered the last-minute stay requests.

Ultimately, Duckett met his fate through lethal injection, with the Florida Department of Corrections confirming his time of death at 1:19 p.m.

Duckett was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1987.

The Supreme Court also denied a separate stay for Dominick Occhicone, an 80-year-old who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 1986.

The Florida Department of Corrections said Occhicone’s execution, also by lethal injection, was carried out at 6:13 p.m. local time.

Occhicone became the oldest inmate executed in Florida.

Occhicone’s execution marked the first time Florida executed two inmates in one day since 1964. It was just the second double execution in the U.S. this century and the first since Arkansas executed two inmates in 2017.

Florida executed 19 inmates in 2025, according to a News Media review of Florida Department of Corrections data. The 12 people the state has executed so far this year are more than double the next closest state, with Texas having executed four inmates this year, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Speaking Tuesday at the Florida Sheriffs Association Summer Conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis said his administration is on pace to carry out more executions than any other in Florida history.

“I think we’ll probably end up having done more than any administration in the history of the state of Florida,” DeSantis said.

The governor stressed he does not view the number as a point of pride.

“I’m not, like, taking pride in that because it’s a weighty thing, but to me, as we move through those and bring justice, that makes a big difference for a lot of people out there who suffered really, really serious tragedies,” he said.

The San Francisco Giants’ season, already teetering on the edge of disaster, took an unexpected turn for the worse with an unusual incident involving Harrison Bader.

Bader had plans to meet with a foot and ankle specialist in Indianapolis on Monday, focusing on the plantar fasciitis that has sidelined him since May 30. Yet, before he could embark on this crucial trip, the seasoned outfielder aggravated his left foot further in an unexpected late-night scooter mishap in San Francisco.

Although the Giants confirmed Bader attended his medical appointment, the circumstances of his recent incident shifted the focus of the evaluation. Post-consultation, he made his way back to San Francisco to consult with team orthopedist, Dr. Ken Akizuki, and was slated for an MRI to assess the full impact of his injuries.

“As you can imagine, he’s in a worse place now than before,” admitted manager Tony Vitello. “This new injury will undoubtedly extend his recovery timeline. But truthfully, we were already facing a pretty daunting and frustrating recovery road ahead.”

This scooter accident is just the latest in a string of peculiar setbacks for a season that seems determined to unravel at every opportunity.

Bader signed a two-year, $20.5 million contract in January but has been limited to 30 games by hamstring and foot problems. He is batting .170 with a .198 on-base percentage and .358 slugging percentage, falling well short of the two-way impact San Francisco expected in center field.

This is also not Bader’s first scooter-related mishap. He was suspended from team activities at the University of Florida following a late-night scooter crash in 2014.

Bader’s setback was only part of a brutal injury update.

Casey Schmitt suffered a torn meniscus while rounding first base Monday and could miss the remainder of what had become his breakout season. Pitcher Trevor McDonald will undergo Tommy John surgery and is likely to miss all of 2027.

Those losses arrive as the Giants sit 16 games below .500 and prepare to sell at the trade deadline. Robbie Ray, Tyler Mahle and Luis Arráez could all be moved, while the team faces the possibility of its first 90-loss season since 2017.

San Francisco has experienced disappointing performances, significant injuries and mounting trade uncertainty. Bader further damaging an already injured foot in a scooter crash feels like the perfect cherry on top.

With a solemn expression, Kim Kardashian joined her grieving family in paying tribute to her late grandmother, Mary Jo Campbell, during a heartfelt celebration of life over the weekend.

Mary Jo Campbell, the beloved mother of family matriarch Kris Jenner, passed away on July 16 at the age of 91, leaving behind a cherished legacy.

According to a death certificate obtained by Us Weekly, Campbell succumbed to acute cardiopulmonary arrest following a prolonged fight against metastatic lung cancer.

Just days after her cremation, the Kardashian-Jenner family traveled from Los Angeles to the picturesque La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla, California. There, on Sunday, July 26, they gathered to celebrate Campbell’s remarkable life and enduring legacy.

The gathering was especially poignant, as it coincided with what would have been Campbell’s 92nd birthday, adding a layer of heartfelt remembrance to the day.

Kim was seen making her way around the hotel with her and her ex-husband Kanye West’s youngest son Psalm by her side.

The 45-year-old SKIMS founder dressed in a low-cut white gown for the gathering while keeping her eyes hidden behind a pair of Balenciaga sunglasses.

She walked with one hand pressed against Psalm’s back as they greeted fellow mourners at the hotel’s valet.

The seven-year-old matched his famous mom in a nearly all-white outfit that included a short sleeve button-up shirt, baggy pants and tan Timberland boots.

Kris was photographed on a hotel deck seemingly giving instructions to employees during the celebration of life.

The 70-year-old was dressed in a jeweled white jacket and pants.

Like her daughter Kim, Kris opted to wear sunglasses for much of the afternoon event on Sunday.

Also present were Kris’s other daughters Kourtney, 47, and Khloe, 42.

Kourtney, who wore a black bell-sleeve dress and heels, was joined by her husband Travis Barker, 50, and her two eldest children: son Mason Disick, 16, and daughter Penelope Disick, 14.

She shares Mason, Penelope and son Reign, 11, with ex-boyfriend Scott Disick, 43, who was also on hand to celebrate Campbell’s life in La Jolla. 

Not pictured was Kourtney and Barker’s two-year-old son Rocky, who will turn three in November. 

Khloe was supported by her longtime BFF Malika Haqq, 43, and her ex-boyfriend and baby daddy Tristan Thompson, 35, with whom she shares daughter True, eight, and son Tatum, three.

The Good American founder was seen strolling around the hotel with niece Penelope while wearing a sleeveless polka dot dress and nude sandal heels. 

Kris’s daughters Kendall, 30, and Kylie, 28, were also in attendance with their actor boyfriends Jacob Elordi, 29, and Timothee Chalamet, 30, respectively, but avoided being photographed at Sunday’s event.

Other notable attendees included Kris’s 28-year-old niece Natalie Zettel, who is the daughter of her late sister Karen Houghton, and reality TV star Kyle Richards, 57.

According to TMZ, Campbell’s celebration of life was held in the bar area of La Valencia Hotel and lasted a total of three hours.

The outlet revealed that a live band performed some of Kris’s late mother’s favorite jazz songs and that floral arrangements decorated the bar in an homage to Campbell’s love of flowers.

It was also said that guests were given ‘Celebration of Life memory books’ as they left the intimate gathering.

Kim and the rest of her family did not stay in the La Jolla area for long as they were all seen heading back home to Los Angeles on private jets just hours later.

The All’s Fair star changed out of her gown and into a pair of pink sweats as she boarded the aircraft with son Psalm and her daughter Chicago, eight. 

Kendall and Elordi, who have been romantically linked since early 2026, put on a cozy display as they arrived on the tarmac in an SUV.

Kendall was dressed in a tank top and shorts while Elordi towered over her in a white T-shirt and khaki pants.

Kylie’s private jet was also photographed touching down at a Los Angeles airport.

The Kylie Cosmetics founder emerged from the plane wearing black capri pants, a white tank top and a grey sweatshirt. 

Following closely behind Kylie as she climbed down off the plane was her daughter Stormi, eight, and son Aire, four, whom she shares with ex-boyfriend Travis Scott, 35.

Campbell’s cause of death was revealed on Tuesday just two days after her celebration of life.

The beloved Kardashian family member died from acute cardiopulmonary arrest, per a death certificate obtained by Us Weekly. 

Other conditions leading to her death included acute respiratory failure and metastatic lung cancer, which she had lived with ‘for months,’ according to the document.

Campbell died at a Los Angeles hospital on July 16 and was cremated last Thursday. No autopsy was performed after her death.

Campbell became a celebrity in her own right as a frequent guest on her family’s reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

The show starred her daughter and her grandchildren, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Rob Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner.

Kris announced the loss earlier this month with a touching tribute on Instagram.

‘Today, we said goodbye to my beautiful Mommy MJ,’ she posted. ‘There are no words that could ever capture what she has meant to me or the heartbreak of having to say goodbye.

‘My mom was the heart of our family. She taught me everything that truly matters… to love your family fiercely, to be kind, to show up for the people you love, and to never take a single moment together for granted.

‘She taught us that family is everything. She showed us how to love unconditionally and how to find joy in the little moments. She showed me how to face life’s challenges with resilience and faith.

‘Mom, thank you for every sacrifice you made, every piece of wisdom you shared, and every moment you loved us so completely. I will miss our daily talks, your smile, your laughter…

‘Our hearts are broken, but we find comfort knowing that love like yours never truly leaves us. Your love will live on in our family, in our traditions, in every moment we are together, and in every life you touched. When I look at my kids and my grandkids, I will forever see pieces of you in all of us.

‘There is not a part of me that isn’t shaped by you. And if I have done anything right in this world, it’s because I spent my life trying to live in a way that would make you proud.

‘Every memory, every moment, every blessing, it was all because of you, and I will forever thank God every single day for making you my mommy. My heart is broken into a million pieces… thank you for giving me the greatest childhood and oh what a beautiful blessed life… I love you forever Mommy. Thank you for giving us everything.’

Campbell’s family shot to worldwide fame with Keeping Up With The Kardashians, which also propelled her into the spotlight.

She was a guest at exclusive parties, was photographed by the paparazzi, competed on Celebrity Family Feud, appeared in a KKW Beauty shoot, and, of course, made multiple cameos on her relatives’ Instagram accounts.

She was one of two witnesses at Kourtney’s wedding to Travis Barker at the Santa Barbara courthouse in 2022, which was documented in the couple’s special, Til Death Do Us Part Kourtney & Travis.

The spotlight was not something Campbell completely shied away from earlier in her life.

Years before the Kardashians became household names, Campbell pursued a career as a model in her early years, according to People.

As an adult, however, she embraced a quieter life hundreds of miles away from glamorous Hollywood.

In 1980, she opened Shannon & Company, a children’s clothing boutique in the San Diego neighborhood of La Jolla – a store she ran for years before it eventually closed.

It was frequented by the Kardashian siblings when they were children and a place where Kris even worked when she was a teenager, according to People.

‘They grew up playing in the store,’ Campbell told The Daily Beast in 2012. ‘I recall Kim sitting on this very floor and counting money. She would sing, “Counting is the game, and money is my name,” or “Money is my name and counting is the game.” Something like that.’

‘[The store] keeps me going. If I didn’t have the store, I would probably spend more time up [in Calabasas with family]. I want to keep my little house as my haven, because then you have some place to run to,’ she said.

It is a life that has not been without upheaval.

Campbell overcame two battles with cancer during her life, surviving both breast and colon cancer.

In 2024, her daughter Karen Houghton died ‘unexpectedly’ – with a death certificate stating she passed from cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac arrhythmia, with Type 2 diabetes listed as a secondary underlying cause.

Campbell was also married three times during her life. A marriage she had with her high school sweetheart ended after just two months.

She then wed Robert Houghton, with whom she had daughters Kris and Karen.

Campbell and Houghton ultimately split when Kris was seven.

She walked down the aisle again with Harry Shannon, a marriage which lasted 40 years until his death in 2003.

It is a love life that bears a striking similarity to her granddaughter Kim, who has also been married three times.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) — A 16-year-old lifeguard heroically saved a young boy from the menacing waves at a Santa Cruz beach last Saturday, a brave act that has caught the attention of the White House.

In a post shared on X this Tuesday, President Donald Trump revealed plans to invite the teenager and his family to the White House, where he intends to bestow upon him a “High Civilian Honor.”

The daring rescue unfolded at Seabright State Beach, not far from the iconic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Witness Scott Vander Dussen captured the riveting moment on video, describing how a lifeguard sprinted into the choppy water to rescue the boy.

“I saw the lifeguard just run straight out into the water, and, you know, he dove in, setting fear aside,” Vander Dussen recounted with admiration.

Vander Dussen’s video documents the lifeguard’s courageous battle against the surging waves as he worked tirelessly to secure the boy’s safety, noting how the conditions seemed to change unexpectedly.

“And I think in this situation, the young man was already out there. I don’t think he was bargaining for this. It looked like those waves changed quickly, and he just got overpowered and swept out,” he said.

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Utah’s legal team is tightening its grip on Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors insist that the amassed evidence sufficiently supports moving forward to a full trial.

In the aftermath of a five-day preliminary hearing earlier this month, the prosecution wasted no time. On Tuesday, they submitted the first of three persuasive written briefs to Judge Tony Graf. Their mission? To convincingly argue that the mountain of evidence clearly establishes probable cause for all charges against Robinson, clearing the path for the case to proceed to trial.

“For Judge Graf, this might be one of the more straightforward decisions regarding bindover,” the prosecutors stated. They highlighted that Robinson allegedly admitted to several companions, such as his roommate and romantic partner, that he executed the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. This shocking event unfolded before approximately 3,000 onlookers, and Robinson subsequently turned himself in to law enforcement.

Prosecutors maintain that Robinson’s alleged confessions are merely one aspect of the extensive case they have constructed against him.

“These admissions, along with others, establish probable cause to support most of the elements of the charges,” prosecutors wrote.

“DNA testing, surveillance video, and eyewitness testimony buttress those elements and demonstrate probable cause to support the remaining elements. The Court should bind Defendant for trial over on all counts,” they continued.

According to the filing, Robinson allegedly confessed to former roommate and romantic partner Lance Twiggs, writing, “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it.”

Prosecutors say Robinson also admitted planning the assassination for “a bit over a week,” discussed trying to retrieve the rifle after the shooting and later wrote, “I’m going to turn myself in willingly.”

The 28-page memorandum repeatedly points to evidence introduced during the preliminary hearing, including surveillance video investigators say tracked Robinson across Utah Valley University before and after the shooting, DNA recovered from the suspected murder weapon, a fired cartridge casing, a towel and screwdriver, and eyewitness testimony placing the alleged gunman on the rooftop overlooking Kirk’s event.

Prosecutors argue the evidence leaves little doubt that Robinson should be bound over for trial on all seven counts.

Prosecutors also argue Robinson planned the assassination for more than a week, intentionally targeted Kirk and knowingly endangered numerous bystanders by firing a high-powered rifle into a crowd gathered to hear the conservative activist speak. Prosecutors argue the evidence easily clears Utah’s probable-cause standard at this stage of the case.

Judge Graf requested written arguments after concluding the five-day preliminary hearing earlier this month rather than immediately making a ruling.

The defense is expected to file its written opposition in the coming weeks, followed by a final response from prosecutors before oral arguments are scheduled for Sept. 1.

Robinson, 23, has not yet entered a plea. He faces aggravated murder and six additional felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from Kirk’s killing.

If Judge Graf finds probable cause, Robinson will be bound over for trial. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty on the aggravated murder charge.