Louisiana bill expands first-degree murder charges and death penalty eligibility after mall shooting

A Louisiana bill expanded after a deadly mall shooting would broaden first-degree murder charges and potentially increase death penalty eligibility, and lawmakers cited the attack as justification for toughening the state’s homicide laws. House Bill 102 was originally introduced to create a new crime targeting abuse or neglect that seriously harms elderly or vulnerable people. Read More >

University of Washington director booted after calling Zionism ‘cancerous’ in explosive remarks

The director of University of Washington’s Middle East Center has been removed following remarks in which he was critical of the Iran war and called Zionism “cancerous.”  “Ultimately, I understand Zionism as a cancerous, a potentially fatal outgrowth in our planetary body: multiplying uncontrollably, invading healthy tissues, spreading, disrupting organs, stealing nutrients, and ultimately shutting Read More >