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  • By JT Santana | jtwb768 After two authorized doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her, Tennessee sent Christa Pike to a hospital for medical treatment. Her survival raises a question American law has never answered with a simple number: How many times may the government try to execute one person? Research status: October 1, 2026.…

  • Mary Curzon’s Peacock Dress: The Gown of Gold, Silver, and Real Beetle Wings That Made an Empire Glitter

    Mary Curzon’s legendary Peacock Dress dazzled the 1903 Delhi Durbar with gold and silver embroidery, peacock motifs, and real iridescent beetle-wing cases. Behind its extraordinary beauty lies a deeper story of Indian craftsmanship, Paris couture, American wealth, British imperial spectacle, and the artisans whose work helped create one of fashion history’s most remarkable surviving gowns.

  • Hobby Lobby’s Antiquities Scandal: Faith, Money and Ancient History

    Hobby Lobby built a massive biblical antiquities collection, but thousands of objects came with serious provenance problems. Federal investigators documented false shipping descriptions, false countries of origin, a $1.6 million purchase riddled with red flags, thousands of forfeited artifacts, and a $3 million settlement. Most damaging of all, Hobby Lobby had been warned about the…