The compound is known colloquially among recreational drug users as “whippets,” "balloons," “hippie crack” or “Galaxy Gas,” ...

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method.

Hoffman was convicted of the murder of Mary "Molly" Elliott, a 28-year-old advertising executive ... a full-face respirator mask fitted tightly on him. Pure nitrogen gas was then pumped into ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...

Passengers were left feeling dizzy and ‘panicking’ after a masked man let off a ‘strong smelling gas’ on a busy tram. Tram ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, who was convicted of the 1996 rape and murder of Mary Elliott in New Orleans, was strapped to a ...

The shattered family of a 14-year-old boy stabbed to death at a Queens McDonald's says the young age of his accused attackers is no excuse for the brutal crime. Police have so far arrested two ...