Houston — A Texas man who at one time escaped from custody and was on the run for three days after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend nearly 27 years ago was the first person executed in the U.S. this year.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida will send three men to their deaths in March, with the first execution slated for Tuesday. Billy Leon Kearse, who was sentenced to death for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Billy Leon Kearse, 53, became the third person put to death by the state this year, following a record 19 ...