Texas carries out first execution in US since Christa Pike survived lethal injection

HOUSTON — A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the 30th person executed in the US this year and the first since Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived lethal injection a week ago.Jamaal Howard, 46, received a fatal dose of pentobarbital at the state prison in Huntsville on Wednesday and was pronounced dead at 8:03 pm. Howard had been convicted of shooting and...