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George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944), was an African-American teenager wrongfully convicted at age 14 of the murder of two white girls in 1944 in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina . He was executed in June of that year, still only 14. His appeal to the governor for clemency had been denied. He was one of the youngest people in the United States in the 20th-century to be sentenced to death and to be executed. [1] His conviction was vacated in 2014 when a court ruled that he had not received a fair trial.IncidentTwo young white girls, 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker...

US MILITARY chiefs have confirmed hypersonic flight research vehicle testing is underway as its arms race with Russia and China intensifies.The X-60A hypersonic missile test system (Image: GENERATION ORBIT)The Pentagon has vowed to have hypersonic weapons available before its rival nations and said its news high-tech X-60A programme would see the frequency of flight testing stepped up while lowering development costs.Officials described the X-60A as an air-dropped liquid rocket, purpose-built for hypersonic flight testing, which will provide real conditions for researchers to study rather than...

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu dedicates the restored Umm al-Qanatir Synagogue in the Golan Heights yesterday. (photo credit: AMOS BEN GERSHOM, GPO)“As long as it is dependent on me, the Golan will remain under Israeli sovereignty," Netanyahu said.If Israel withdraws from the Golan Heights it will find itself with Iran and Hezbollah on the banks of Lake Kinneret, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.Speaking at the dedication of the restored 1,500-year-old synagogue at the Umm al-Qanatir archeological site in the Golan Heights, Netanyahu warned that Iran and Hezbollah are “conti...