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News outlets are following several major stories. A Tennessee execution of Christa Pike failed, with her attorneys saying she was believed brain-dead before waking up, prompting a legal storm. California Governor Gavin Newsom called for invoking the 25th Amendment after Donald Trump's remarks on the state. Also making headlines: a Slovakian tourist died hours after checking into a hotel in India, and a Reuters/Ipsos poll found Americans skeptical of taxpayer-funded election ads.
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Christa Pike, a Tennessee death row inmate, is reported to have described suffering pain following a failed execution attempt. Pike is the only woman on death row in Tennessee, convicted of the 1995 murder of fellow student Colleen Slemmer. The reported account has renewed public debate over the state's lethal injection procedures and whether executions can be carried out without cruelty.