North Texas man executed for 2004 killing of TCU professor

A North Texas man whom experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys had said was intellectually disabled became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982, put to death Thursday evening for the killing of a retired 77-year-old college professor. Edward Busby, Jr.   Edward Busby, Jr. was pronounced dead at 8:11 p.m. local time … Read more

California professor accused of killing pro-Israel protester will ‘likely’ avoid lengthy prison sentence

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Jewish community is outraged after a California district attorney’s office signaled that a community college professor could escape a lengthy prison sentence after he struck an elderly pro-Israel protester with a megaphone, which led to him falling backwards onto the ground and later dying at the … Read more

Man who killed Brown students, MIT professor targeted symbolic victims tied to grievances, FBI says

BOSTON — Federal investigators say they believe the man who carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and later killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor did not act randomly. Instead, former Brown student Claudio Neves Valente, 48, appeared to target places and people for what they represented in his own life — institutions … Read more

Texas professor put on leave after complaints over pro-Palestine talk sues school to keep job

A tenure-track assistant professor who was put on administrative leave last year after the university allegedly received complaints and allegations in connection to a talk he gave on the Israel-Palestine conflict, has sued Texas State University over his termination. Idris Robinson, assistant professor of philosophy, is accusing school officials of violating his free speech and … Read more

NYC professor on leave after ‘abhorrent’ remarks 

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 2 people killed and 14 injured in mass shooting in Austin 01:58 Investigators trying to determine motivation behind shooting at Austin bar 01:46 First interview with Renee Good’s family 03:02 Renee Good’s family has yet to watch video of her … Read more

Hunter College places professor on leave after ‘abhorrent’ remarks about Black students

Hunter College said on Wednesday that it placed a professor on leave days after their remarks about Black students surfaced in a local public school meeting. The president of the New York City public university, Nancy Cantor, said in a statement that a professor was placed on leave pending the university’s investigation of “abhorrent remarks” … Read more

Larry Summers to resign as Harvard University professor amid Epstein fallout

Larry Summers, the former treasury secretary and noted economist, announced Wednesday he plans to resign from his role as a tenured professor at Harvard University — a move that comes amid growing scrutiny on his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I have made the difficult decision to retire from my Harvard professorship at … Read more