Last two federal executions under Trump can proceed, court rules

Order overturns a stay from lower court to delay executions of condemned men to allow them to recover from Covid-19

A US appeals court ordered that the last two scheduled federal executions under Donald Trump's outgoing administration could proceed on Thursday and Friday, overturning a stay from a lower court delaying them until March to allow the two condemned men to recover from Covid-19.

The US Department of Justice announced last month that Corey Johnson, 52, and Dustin Higgs, 48, had been diagnosed with Covid-19 but that it would proceed with their executions this month.