Prison officials have moved a former drug dealer convicted of killing a 16-year-old Texas girl off federal death row to serve a life sentence in another prison amid criticism he should have been moved years ago after a judge deemed him intellectually disabled and vacated his death sentence.

A federal inmate has remained stuck on death row in solitary confinement for four years despite a judge's ruling that the inmate is intellectually disabled and can never be put to death.

Wall Street is worried about the Federal Reserve pulling back its massive support for financial markets.

Asian stock markets have risen after Wall Street hit a record high following an uptick in U.S. inflation and a order by regulators to suspend use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine.

Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday with technology companies and banks leading the way higher. (Nicole Pereira/New York Stock Exchange via AP)BANGKOK – Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday, erasing the market’s losses from earlier in the week and avoiding a second straight weekly drop for the S&P 500. Most stocks across Wall Street were rising, but losses for some tech heavyweights helped pull the Nasdaq composite down by 0.1%. Higher yields can make investors less willing to pay high prices for stocks, with companies seen as the most expensive taking the most pain. The higher yields helped lift stocks of banks, in part because higher interest rates allow them to make bigger profits from making loans.