Four years ago a Danish newspaper published cartoons that mocked the Prophet Muhammad. The newspaper did so to push back against a growing tendency toward censorship and self-censorship of material offensive to tender Islamist sensibilities. As the newspaper’s cultural editor, Flemming Rose, explained before and after publication: “The modern, secular society is rejected by some Muslims. They demand a special position, insisting on special consideration of their own religious feelings. [This] is incompatible with contemporary democracy and freedom of speech”—and “The cartoonists treated Islam the same way they treat Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions. And by treating Muslims in Denmark as equals they made a point: We are integrating you into the Danish tradition of satire because you are part of our society, not strangers . . . .“

A former Yale University lab technician charged with murdering a graduate student last month is expected to plead not guilty.

Defending a Yale lab technician charged with murder against what appears to be a mountain of forensic evidence might mean trying to convince jurors that the crime scene was contaminated because police didn’t immediately shut down the lab where the victim was eventually found, legal experts said.

The lab tech suspected of killing a Yale student was playing softball the day the victim’s body was found. A player on an opposing team said Friday that Raymond Clark’s girlfriend often watched the games but wasn’t at Sunday’s game in New Haven.

Police say a Yale University lab technician has been arrested in the killing of a graduate student whose body was found stuffed behind the wall of a campus research building.

The chief state’s medical examiner said Wednesday that a Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a basement wall died of traumatic asphyxiation

Police say the killing of a 24-year-old Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a wall on the day she was to be married was not a random act.