The Supreme Court has declined to halt the execution of an inmate who is set to die by nitrogen gas. Kenneth Smith of Alabama will be the first person to be executed by this entirely new method.
Lawmakers in Ohio have overridden a veto from Gov. Mike DeWine over a transgender bill. From now on, cross-sex drugs and procedures will be banned for minors in the state, and girls and women’s sports will be limited to biological women.
A Russian military plane has crashed near the Ukrainian border. Russia said that all 74 people on board were killed, including a number of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
The United Automobile Workers Union has endorsed President Joe Biden after he won a write-in campaign in the New Hampshire primary. On the Republican side, former President Donald Trump won by double digits against Nikki Haley, amid record-high primary voter turnout.
