Month: November 2023

Florida banned Palestinian groups on campus. ACLU says that’s illegal.

First Look Florida banned Palestinian groups on campus. ACLU says that’s illegal. Florida’s ban on pro-Palestinian university groups is unconstitutional, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. They are challenging the order from Gov. Ron DeSantis last month as violating students’ 1st Amendment rights. | View caption Hide caption The American Civil Liberties Union challenged Florida’s ban on pro-Palestinian university groups, arguing in a federal lawsuit on…

Republican Celeste Maloy wins Utah special election to replace her former boss U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart

Republican Celeste Maloy has won a Utah special election to replace her former boss, U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, in a race that will put a woman back among Utah’s five-member congressional delegation for the first time since 2019. Maloy beat state Sen. Kathleen Riebe, who as minority whip is the Utah Senate’s second-ranking Democrat. Stewart resigned in September after…

California jogger charged with killing a homeless man who was blocking his path

A Southern California man accused of fatally shooting a homeless man and filming it has been charged with felony voluntary manslaughter, prosecutors said. Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, was jogging with two dogs and a pushcart in Garden Grove, California, on Sept. 28 when he confronted the man who was asleep on a sidewalk and blocking…