SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A recent groundswell of protests on college campuses over race, sexual misconduct and other social issues has some civil libertarians worried that the prized principle of free speech could be sacrificed in the rush to address legitimate student grievances. The potential conflict between civil rights and the First Amendment was on…
BOSTON (AP) – Racially-charged protests at the University of Missouri have energized students at other colleges to push for better treatment of black students. Missouri’s president resigned Monday after protesters accused him of ignoring racial attacks on students. At Yale, Michigan and other schools dealing with racial tensions, students say the Missouri case has emboldened…
( KTRS ) The cities of Oakland, San Diego and St. Louis made their pitches, yesterday, to save their teams from moving to Los Angeles. Officials from those cities spoke to a number of the league’s committees about preventing the potential relocation of their teams, Gov. Jay Nixon and his stadium task force presented their…
( KTRS ) The University of Missouri says it is investigating threats made on social media and has increased security on campus. A post Tuesday night on the college’s website says campus police are “aware of social media threats” and are investigating. The post doesn’t indicate the nature of the threats. Additional officers have been…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) – A Missouri man convicted of fatally shooting three people at Jewish sites in Kansas has been sentenced to death. A jury convicted Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. in August of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder, and assault and weapons charges. The same jury recommended that Miller be…
FENTON, Mo. (AP) – A Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy has shot a suspect who reached for another deputy’s gun. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1MItW8S ) the man was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. Sheriff Oliver “Glenn” Boyer says deputies went to the man’s home around 8 p.m. Monday for a reported disturbance.…
