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The state of Georgia executed convicted murderer Robert Wayne Holsey at 10:51 p.m. in Jackson, Georgia for the 1995 murder of a Baldwin County Deupty Sheriff after the U.S. Supreme Court denied Holsey's request for a stay of execution at 9:59 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A business jet that crashed in a neighborhood near an airport in suburban Washington, killing all three people on board and a mother and her two young sons on the ground, had slowed to the point where it nearly stalled in midair before impact, federal investigators said Tuesday.

OMAHA, Neb. — A sheep wearing a festive red-and-green sweater who was found wandering around Omaha has been reunited with his owner.

WASHINGTON — MIT economist Jonathan Gruber — an often-quoted adviser on the president's health care law — told Congress on Tuesday he was glib and "inexcusably arrogant" when he said it was "the stupidity of the American voter" that led to the law's passage.

NEW YORK — Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, paid their respects with a handwritten note Tuesday at the Sept. 11 museum and told its leaders they were struck by the enormity of the loss in the 2001 terror attacks.

LOS ANGELES — A Southwest Airlines flight landed in Los Angeles with one more passenger than when it took off.

NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam on Tuesday announced several proposals for Tennessee teachers, including adjusting the way they're evaluated and creating a Governor's Teacher Cabinet in which educators could provide ideas.

Two ordinances regarding regulation of the ride-share service Uber in Chattanooga have been deferred from any action until next week by the Chattanooga City Council. The regulations deal mainly with insurance issues for Uber drivers and vehicles, as well as enforcing regulations.

SAN FRANCISCO — California prosecutors sued Uber on Tuesday over the ridesharing company's background checks and other allegations, adding to the popular startup's worldwide legal woes.

NEW YORK — Ken Weatherwax, who played the child character Pugsley on "The Addams Family" television series in the 1960s, has died. He was 59.