The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.

Only three inmates in the US have been executed by firing squad since 1976. All were in Utah, with the last one taking place in 2010.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina Supreme Court decision refusing to further accelerate the appeals over an unsettled November election for a seat on the court means an official winner likely won't be finalized sooner, and the trailing candidate could benefit.

The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Thursday that it won't fast-track the lawsuit by a Republican Supreme Court candidate who's trying to throw out the ballots of more than 60,000 voters in his attempt to reverse the 2024 election results.

Animals are known to adapt to their environments, but in the case of these alligators, they’ve literally changing their colors depending on what’s around them. Fox Weather reports that photographer Dan Krieger captured photo and video of what he initially thought was a burnt log on the Little River in South Carolina.

In a bizarre turn of events, alligators in South Carolina are turning orange. It’s a strange but true happening. And, of course, people have so many questions. How and why are these alligators turning orange?

Alligators brumate in the winter -- the equivalent of mammal hibernation -- which can last from November to February.