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Tennessee's First Female Execution in 200+ Years, and More | Sept. 29

9m | Sep 29, 2026

Tennessee's governor has denied clemency to Christa Pike, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. Police in California have arrested two people in the shooting death of New York Times executive Jonathan McKinsey. The White House also announced a fifteen billion dollar steel mill, urged Congress to act on college sports, and federal regulators classified a second blood pressure medication recall.

 

Stories Covered

  • 00:22 – Tennessee Denies Clemency to Christa Pike: Governor Bill Lee declined to intervene, and Pike is scheduled to be executed September thirtieth, which would be the first execution of a woman in the state in more than two centuries.
  • 02:53 – New York Times Executive Jonathan McKinsey Shot in Dublin, California: Police arrested his in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, and have not released a motive, while court records cited by the New York Times show he and his wife had filed restraining orders against each other.
  • 05:03 – White House Announces $15 Billion Mesabi Metallics Steel Mill: The White House projects seventeen hundred fifty permanent jobs and ninety-five billion dollars in economic impact, with all figures coming from the administration.
  • 07:09 – White House Urges Congress to Pass the Protect College Sports Act: The administration says years of litigation have left college athletics without consistent rules on name, image, and likeness, eligibility, transfers, and revenue sharing.
  • 08:29 – Second Chlorthalidone Recall Classified Class II: The Food and Drug Administration classified the recall of more than thirteen thousand five hundred bottles of the blood pressure medication after they failed dissolution specifications.

 

Sources & Further Reading

 

Note: The steel mill and college sports items are White House statements, not independent reporting. The McKinsey details are allegations from court filings that have not been tested in court.

 

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Story-specific: Christa Pike, Tennessee execution, death penalty, clemency, Bill Lee, Jonathan McKinsey, New York Times, Dublin California shooting, Mesabi Metallics, steel mill, American steel, Protect College Sports Act, NIL, college athletics, chlorthalidone recall, FDA recall, blood pressure medication, Inventia Healthcare

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