A reporter on the plane said a man saw the scorpion and flicked it off of himself, causing it to land on a nearby woman and sting her.

He also claimed to be legally blind, but an officer spotted him in the parking lot asking strangers for a ride around the corner, where he would then take over after driving a block away, according to a report.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has asked that law enforcement investigate the fire as a hate crime.

The Alabama Supreme Court announced it will weigh whether or not to ignore a federal judge’s order to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, which would force the U.S. Supreme Court to step in this summer.

Many companies, including Google, Facebook, and Yahoo, boycotted the president’s address at Stanford University due to unresolved concerns over Edward Snowden’s disclosures of government surveillance.

Eddie Ray Routh’s lawyers are trying to prove that he was insane at the time of the murders, and his uncle said he was constantly depressed and paranoid since leaving the service in 2010.

Police say that when the man refused to stop throwing rocks at them and the stun gun didn’t work, they decided to pull out their guns and shoot him.

Legal experts say hate crime allegations are extremely difficult to prove, and in this case, police have suggested a dispute over parking spaces as another possible motive for the attack.