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Marquette University recently announced its creation of the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice at Marquette Law School. To establish the Center, Marquette alumni couple Louis and Suzanne Bouquet Andrew have committed $5 million. Janine P. Geske, a retired professor of law at Marquette and a current trustee of the University, will be the Center’s inaugural director. In a statement, Geske de...

(Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images) Farrah Abraham first launched into the public consciousness in a 2009 episode of the MTV show 16 and Pregnant and was controversial/compelling enough to be cast in the spin off, Teen Mom. But her bid to stay famous didn’t end there, and she’s authored a book, made an adult video, and appeared on the British show, Celebrity Big Brother. But, if recent soc...

BRUSSELS — After long indulging him, leaders in the European Union now widely consider Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary an existential threat to a bloc that holds itself up as a model of human rights and the rule of law. Mr. Orban has spent the past decade steadily building his “illiberal state,” as he proudly calls Hungary, with the help of lavish E.U. funding. Even as his project wide...

Katrina Law and Wilmer Valderrama NCIS stars Wilmer Valderrama and Katrina Law will be visiting Vanessa Lachey and the rest of the NCIS: Hawai’i gang as part of a crossover special event airing via CBS on March 28. “I am headed off to Hawaii to shoot a crossover event,” Valderrama says in an Instagram video released on Monday. Added Law, “I’ve also got something to tell you: I’m coming to Haw...

MGN There's a new law in California that will change how you throw away your trash from here on out. On Jan. 1, a new law came into effect that requires all people and businesses to recycle all of their organic food waste. California residents will need to sort their leftover food and kitchen scraps from the rest of their trash for composting. The food waste becomes compost and can be mixed i...

Sheriff Don Barnes Throughout the past year, many of our nation’s cities have seen spikes in violent crime. Multiple high-profile acts of lawlessness have occurred in too many places, eroding quality of life and a sense of security. No community is immune from threats. Addressing the challenges of crime, the influx of fentanyl, behavioral health issues and multiple transnational threats ar...

Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo A new year means new state laws in Washington. Among the batch taking effect are laws to restore voting rights for felons, require overtime for farm workers, impose a new tax on the rich and cut back on plastic cutlery given away with takeout orders. Most new laws passed by the Legislature last session became effective in July. Here’s a...

Law enforcement around the world is apparently getting its holiday wish list, thanks to the Council of Europe’s adoption of a flawed new protocol to the Budapest Convention, a treaty governing procedures for accessing digital evidence across borders in criminal investigations. The Second Additional Protocol (“the Protocol”) to the Budapest Convention, which will reshape how police in one coun...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the launch of the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection (LESDC) Monday. Former President Donald Trump signed the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act into law on June 16, 2020. The Act gave the Attorney General one year to establish the LESDC. According the text of the Act, the FBI must collect five pieces of information each time a curre...

President Joe Biden recently paid a visit to Kansas City to tout the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Now, a curiousKC follower wants to know how local leaders are going to use the funds that will be allocated to Kansas City. According to Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, the city will be looking at everything from fixing broken curbs on neighborhood streets to building bridges and...