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The first law of thermodynamics tells us the amount of energy in the universe is constant and can neither be destroyed nor created. The evolution of the universe is therefore about a constant transformation of energy from one form to another. But no matter how many stars and planets the universe creates, how many civilizations spring up into existence on these planets, there will always be th...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Renters in Florida are one step closer to new protections after the Senate unanimously passed Miya’s Law on Friday. The bill is named after Miya Marcano, the 19-year-old Orlando woman who investigators believe was murdered by a maintenance man who worked at her apartment complex, and had a master key to her unit. “We really want to give Miya’s family an opportunity. She do...

The Israeli flag is arranged for a photograph in New York, on Feb. 19, 2014. A 2019 law to help victims of terrorism applies to a long-running case against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization involving Israel attacks, but it is unconstitutional in its application, a federal court in New York ruled. The Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act...

CNN — Thousands of mail-in ballots were rejected in Texas’ most populous county for the March primary because they did not meet requirements set by the state’s new voting law passed last year by the Republican-led state legislature, according to Houston-area election officials. Harris County election officials on Friday announced that of the 36,878 mail ballots received for the March 1 primar...

UVA School of Law CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - UVA law students are working in partnership with Virginia State Senator Jennifer McClellan. Her bill, SB 485, passed the Senate unanimously and is now headed to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk for a signature. It’s designed to update the Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act. The goal is to make it easier for local government to accept sta...

By Cadet Olivia Hime, Regimental Public Affairs NCO The Citadel welcomed its first class of cadet Community Service Officers during a ceremony in early March led by the college’s Department of Public Safety. “This is a first in the history of The Citadel,” said Captain Shaun Ferguson, who developed and oversees the Public Safety internship program. “We have never had interns who then went on ...

John Jay College’s second annual Women in Law Enforcement Symposium was named the winner of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Community Engagement Award by the ACJS National Criminal Justice Month committee. The award recognizes the symposium’s ability to bring members of academia, the criminal justice field, and law enforcement together to acknowledge, showcase, and celebrate t...

‘Wyatt’s Law’ passes Senate panel, headed to full Senate vote A bill package known as “Wyatt’s Law” that would create a public or semi-public registry of child abusers has passed a state Senate committee, leaving only the full Senate to pass it before it could be signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The unanimous passage by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday was greeted with passionate ...

Re: “Helmet law: Unite to make streets safer,” [March 6, Northwest Voices]: As the lone member opposing the Feb. 17 repeal of the 1993 helmet law by the King County Board of Health (and who one year ago requested the board take up the law’s documented disproportionate enforcement and as budget chair last year secured funding for coordinating free helmet distribution), I disagree with Ethan C....

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - One month after the murder of CATS operator Ethan Rivera, community leaders and CATS drivers gathered to petition once again for safety changes. Among their requests, they are asking for increased security on dangerous routes, state law changes for assaults on operators, and a 911 call button on buses for emergencies. “We all play a major role in ensuring that there a...