Blaine woman charged with sexually assaulting youth hockey players at Roseville hotelhttps://newsexpress.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/blaine-woman-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-youth-hockey-players-at-roseville-hotel_65bfffb22c71d.png14221NewsExpressNewsExpresshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca83badc707ab48d4232a088cf57a3cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g
A 38-year-old Blaine woman was charged Friday with criminal sexual conduct after allegedly having sexual contact with juvenile boys in town last month for a hockey tournament.
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office charged Allison Leigh Schardin with one count each of criminal sexual assault in the third and fourth degree. Both charges involve two 15-year-old boys.
According to the criminal complaint, the contact occurred when Schardin and her family were taking a “staycation” at a Roseville hotel in the 2500 block of Cleveland Avenue North. Team members from a boys hockey team were staying at the same hotel.
Schardin spoke with members of the team in the hotel’s pool area Jan. 14. She later messaged one of the boys on Snapchat and asked to go to his room, according to the charges.
At the room, Schardin asked the boys their ages and told them they were young enough to be her kids. She then had sexual contact with two of the boys, the charges state.
The two boys said they felt pressured and eventually told her she had to leave. She later showed up at one of their hockey games and texted the two boys after they returned home, according to the charges.
Schardin was arrested Thursday. She allegedly told investigators she kissed and had sexual contact with the boys, the charges say.
Her first court appearance is scheduled for Monday.
Childhood home of Utah’s most notorious outlaw could soon become a state monumenthttps://newsexpress.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/childhood-home-of-utahs-most-notorious-outlaw-could-soon-become-a-state-monument_65bfffacc7d68.jpeg800452NewsExpressNewsExpresshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca83badc707ab48d4232a088cf57a3cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Butch Cassidy’s legacy is a bit complex.
Cassidy, whose real name was Robert LeRoy Parker, is viewed by some as a ruthless criminal who robbed trains and banks throughout the West at the turn of the 20th century. Others see his actions in a more redeeming light, as he targeted large businesses that threatened the existence of smaller ones.
What isn’t up for debate is that he was from Utah and remains one of the state’s more memorable figures even a century after his reported death.
“Whether you think he’s a villain or a Robin Hood, he’s definitely a colorful character for our state,” says Rep. Steven Lund, R-Manti.
Now, an effort to turn the childhood home of Utah’s most notorious outlaw into the state’s newest monument has cleared its first hurdle. Members of the Utah House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee voted 11-0 Thursday to advance HCR8, a resolution to create Butch Cassidy State Monument near Circleville.
Who was Butch Cassidy?
The property, which is an attraction near the Garfield and Piute county line maintained by local officials, is where Parker grew up with his family after he was born in Beaver in 1866.
The nonprofit Utah Humanities, which compiled a short history of Butch Cassidy’s life, says family raised him there until his teenage years before they lost the farm. That’s when he met a cattle thief named Mike Cassidy and life turned.
“Parker rode the fringe between being an outlaw and a migrant cowboy,” Barton wrote. “He worked several ranches as well as one time in a butcher shop at Rock Springs, Wyoming, from which he took the name ‘Butch.’ And to not bring shame upon honest parents, he added the name Cassidy.”
A mugshot of Robert LeRoy Parker, also known as Butch Cassidy, at 27, as he entered the Wyoming Penitentiary on July 16, 1894. | Utah State Historical Society
Butch Cassidy went into American folklore from there, becoming a well-known bank and train robber across the West. He would go on to form the infamous outlaw gang known as the “Wild Bunch,” which carried out some of the largest robberies in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
But some say he committed these crimes for the little guy, targeting large cattle operations that pushed smaller ones out of business, Utah Humanities noted.
“The best way to hurt them is through their pocketbook. … I steal their money just to hear them holler. Then I pass it out among those who really need it,” it quoted him as once saying.
Butch Cassidy, front right corner, along with members of the “Wild Bunch” pose for a photo in 1900. | Utah State Historical Society
Whatever the case may be, it made him a wanted man. The impacted railroad companies hired a detective agency to track down members of the gang, some of whom fled to South America with Butch Cassidy.
In 1908, soldiers in Bolivia finally tracked down Butch Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh, known as “The Sundance Kid,” who were reportedly killed after a shootout. But as a part of their lore, some to this day believe the two never died in that fateful shootout and lived under new identities.
Butch Cassidy’s legacy went on to be cemented in literature and cinema, including the classic 1969 Western “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
A new state monument
Butch Cassidy’s legacy has fueled interest in his childhood home, which was restored and is now a popular tourist destination. HCR8, sponsored by Rep. Carl Albrecht, R-Richfield, would make it a state monument operated by the Utah Division of State Parks.
Albrecht pointed out both Garfield and Piute counties approved resolutions to preserve and maintain the facility in a land lease agreement with the land’s private owner. He added the state also has a memorandum of understanding with the landowner in place, providing utilities and upkeep for the 1-acre site.
“It’ll provide more recreational, cultural, historic, scenic and economic value,” he said. “Monument status would give the area more recognition, more signage on maps, more (identification), resulting in more visitors to the area. … It would just be a great economic driver, I think, for Garfield and Piute counties.”
The motion garnered support from local leaders who attended the meeting, as well as the division. There wasn’t any pushback from committee members before they passed the measure to a full House of Representatives vote.
“This is a great use and a way to care for and be wise stewards of the history and the treasures we have here in the state,” said Rep. Kevin Stratton, R-Orem, before casting his vote in favor.
The bill must be approved by the House and Senate by March 1 before it can be signed into law.
Chinese turn U.S. embassy post into ‘Wailing Wall’ for stock plungehttps://newsexpress.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/chinese-turn-u-s-embassy-post-into-wailing-wall-for-stock-plunge_65bfffa7d7fe8.jpeg800533NewsExpressNewsExpresshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca83badc707ab48d4232a088cf57a3cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g
BEIJING (Reuters) – Many Chinese are venting their frustration at the slowing economy and the weak stock market in an unconventional place: the social media account of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
A post on Friday on protecting wild giraffes by the U.S. embassy on Weibo, a Chinese platform similar to X, has attracted 130,000 comments and 15,000 reposts as of Sunday, many of them unrelated to wildlife conservation.
“Could you spare us some missiles to bomb away the Shanghai Stock Exchange?” one user wrote in an repost of the article.
The Weibo account of the U.S. embassy in China “has become the Wailing Wall of Chinese retail equity investors”, another user wrote.
The U.S. embassy did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
While Weibo users can publish individual posts about the market and the economy, Chinese authorities regularly block what they view as “negative” online comments when they gain traction.
The comments function on posts related to the economy or the markets on social media platforms can also be turned off, or only show selected comments, restricting channels in which people can express their opinions.
China’s blue-chip CSI300 Index tumbled 6.3% last month, plumbing five-year lows, after a raft of government support measures failed to prop up confidence dented by multiple economic headwinds, including a multi-year property slump, tepid domestic consumption and deflationary pressures.
In late January, state media reported that China will take more “forceful” measures to support market confidence after a cabinet meeting chaired by Premier Li Qiang.
Chinese authorities have since ramped up efforts to calm investors, sending out positive messages that sometimes produce the opposite effect.
On Friday, the official People’s Daily published an article with the headline: “The entire country is filled with optimism”.
The headline was soon mocked on Chinese social media.
A Weibo user, in an repost of the U.S. embassy’s giraffe protection article, wrote: “The entire giraffe community is filled with optimism.”
(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; editing by Miral Fahmy)
After Biden won 96% of the vote in the South Carolina primary, presidential contender Dean Phillips says Democrats should ‘wake up’ and move onhttps://newsexpress.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/after-biden-won-96-of-the-vote-in-the-south-carolina-primary-presidential-contender-dean-phillips-says-democrats-should-wake-up-and-move-on_65bfff99026b7-scaled.jpeg25601920NewsExpressNewsExpresshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca83badc707ab48d4232a088cf57a3cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Biden won the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, capturing over 96% of the vote.
But primary challenger Dean Phillips on Sunday said that warning signs remain for Biden.
“He should have passed the torch,” Phillips said of Biden’s 2024 reelection bid.
President Joe Biden on Saturday swept the South Carolina Democratic primary, winning over 96% of the vote and dominating intraparty rivals Marianne Williamson and Rep. Dean Phillips.
But despite Biden’s huge win, Phillips during a Sunday appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” continued to insist that Biden is not the best choice for Democrats and said the president should have “passed the torch” to a new generation of leaders.
“Americans are really suffering right now. 60% living paycheck to paycheck, 40% don’t have $400 in the bank,” Phillips said. “And here we have the president in our party saying GDP growth is up, job growth is great. People are frustrated and they are fearful and they’re seeing wars around the world.”
“I respect Joe Biden. He should have passed the torch,” the Minnesota congressman continued. “This was not a mission for me. But someone had to do this.”
Phillips then said that despite Biden’s overwhelming victory in South Carolina, the president remained vulnerable against former President Donald Trump, pointing to the slew of competitive national polls — and swing state polls — that show the former president leading in key battlegrounds that could decide the race for the White House in November.
“Jimmy Carter was at 58% in January of 1980,” Phillips said as he referenced the former Democratic president’s standing before he eventually lost reelection later that year. “Joe Biden’s at 38%. I’m just trying to wake up our party.”
“We are the Progressive Party. We should be moving forward. I see the writing on the wall,” he added.
Phillips announced his long shot candidacy last October but has so far been unable to gain traction in the contest despite Biden’s polling struggles over the last year. The congressman has also taken heat from fellow Democrats like Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, who in December derided his presidential campaign as “a dream for Trump.”
On Saturday, Phillips won less than 2% of the vote in the South Carolina Democratic primary, coming in third place behind Williamson.
Many of Phillips’ House Democratic colleagues remain puzzled by his candidacy and have become openly critical of the primary challenge against Biden, who is likely to be locked in a highly competitive rematch against Trump this fall.
‘Large’ metallic creature — thought extinct for 100 years — rediscovered on islandhttps://newsexpress.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/large-metallic-creature-thought-extinct-for-100-years-rediscovered-on-island_65bfff9344b63.jpeg1140642NewsExpressNewsExpresshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca83badc707ab48d4232a088cf57a3cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g
Tom Terzin has been fascinated by beetles since he was a child.
“They behave like tiny natural robots,” Terzin said in a Jan. 30 University of Alberta news release. “They crawl around obeying simple rules. If there’s an obstacle in their way they usually go around it, which is generally how a robot would behave.”
That’s why the researcher and biology professor participated in two expeditions to the Philippines to search for beetles and collect samples, he told McClatchy News in a Feb. 2 email.
While sifting through the specimens he collected from Northern Negros National Park on Negros Island, Terzin spotted something unusual, according to the university. It was a short-nosed weevil known as Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) bifoveatus, which was thought to be extinct.
The “colorful” species had not been seen on the island in 100 years. Researchers believed it was killed off after its habitat in the rainforest’s lowlands was “wiped out by deforestation.”
“In the world of insects, it’s almost like discovering a dodo bird,” Terzin said.
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The specimen Terzin found is the first female of the species recorded, according to a study published Dec. 8 in the journal Topola Poplar.
The species is “large to medium sized,” Terzin and his co-author, Bangoy Shirley, said in the study. The female beetle measured about 0.5 inches.
Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) bifoveatus have “metallic green and blue scales” on their head beneath oval-shaped eyes, the researchers said. The upper half of their body is “shiny, smooth” and “rusty brown” with a collar covered by “metallic green and blue scales.”
The lower half of the species’ body is “smooth” and “reddish-brown to black.” It is covered in “round metallic mixed green and blue scales,” and it has two “shiny brown spots” on its sides that lack scales.
Photos show the brightly colored new species.
Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) bifoveatus was last seen on Negros Island 100 years ago, scientists said.
Terzin found the Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) bifoveatus specimen in a rainforest at about 4,600 feet above sea level, according to the study.
“Somehow this species has managed to survive in higher altitudes of over 1,000 meters (3,280 feet), which shows a struggle for life, that they refused to become extinct from deforestation,” he said in the university’s release.
A new species of weevil
Terzin spotted another strange specimen while sorting through his collection from the park: a black bug that didn’t have the same “metallic sheen” as similar weevils.
It was a new species.
“This guy was a bit strange, some sort of rebel in refusing to mimic the species,” Terzin said.
Identified as Metapocyrtus (Trachycyrtus) augustanae, the new species is small, and the single female specimen measured about 0.26 inches, according to the study.
The new species is “strange,” according to Terzin.
The “small-sized” weevil has a gray-black body with “several prominent yellow” bristle-like protrusions, researchers said. The lower half of its body is “rough,” and its “oval” eyes are black.
Scientists named the new species after the University of Alberta’s Augustana campus, where Terzin works.
The female specimen was found in a rainforest habitat about 4,600 feet above sea level.
Terzin said the discovery of the new species is exciting.
“It could mean there’s a redirection of the habits of these species, evolutionarily speaking, and being only known from a single specimen, for now, indicates it’s probably a rare species,” he said.
‘They’re like asteroids’
Continuing to learn about weevils is necessary because they can possibly become pests, according to Terzin.
“They’re like asteroids that cross the Earth’s orbit,” he said. “Some of them can be dangerous, but they’re even more dangerous if we don’t know about them. So it’s important to monitor their population — and that means we first need to discover them.”
Terzin also encountered a third type of “rare” weevil while visiting Kanlaon National Park in the Philippines, he said in his email.
Known as Eumacrocyrtus canlaonensis, the “large sized” creatures have a “shiny rusty brown” upper body with “dense semi-metallic gray-bluish scales” on their sides, according to the study. Their lower bodies are “dark brown or black, smooth” and “covered in round semi-metallic gray-bluish scales.”
When Terzin was in the park in 2016, the previously dormant Kanlaon Volcano erupted. Since then, the area where Eumacrocyrtus canlaonensis specimens were collected has been closed, according to Terzin.
“My brief encounter with E. canlaonensis may be the last one,” he said.
Mexican police hit the beaches after killings in Acapulco, as cartels recruit youths on social mediahttps://newsexpress.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mexican-police-hit-the-beaches-after-killings-in-acapulco-as-cartels-recruit-youths-on-social-media_65bfff7ed31cb-scaled.jpeg25601709NewsExpressNewsExpresshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca83badc707ab48d4232a088cf57a3cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tourists have barely started trickling back into the Mexican resort of Acapulco after deadly storm damage last year, but the gangland killings on the beaches have already returned.
Late Friday, the government of the Pacific coast state of Guerrero said it was deploying 60 gun-toting detectives to patrol the beaches “in light of the violent events that have occurred recently.”
At least three people were shot dead on beaches in Acapulco last week, one by gunmen who arrived — and escaped — aboard a boat.
The storm killed 52 people and left 32 missing. It also caused severe damage to almost all Acapulco’s hotels. Only a fraction of the city’s hotel rooms — about 5,000 — have been repaired.
The government has pledged to build about three dozen barracks for the quasi-military National Guard in Acapulco. But even with throngs of troops now on the streets, the gang violence that has beset the resort for almost two decades appears to have continued.
In January, the main Acapulco chamber of commerce reported that gang threats and attacks caused about 90% of the city’s passenger vans to stop running, affecting the resort’s main form of transport.
Acapulco has been bloodied by turf battles between gangs since at least 2006. The gangs are fighting over drug sales and income from extorting protection payments from businesses, bars, bus and taxi drivers.
Also Friday, the government of the northern border state of Sonora issued a video-taped warning to local youths who they said were being recruited by drug cartels on social media.
The state prosecutors office said that young people in Sonora had been lured by acquaintances or social media sites with offers of jobs out of state in industries like agriculture, only to find they would be forced to work for a drug cartel.
“These youths have left their hometowns and gone to other states, where they have found out that these offers were deceptive and aimed at forcing them to work in crime gangs,” the office said in a statement.
The office added that some of the youths targeted were under 18.
Drug cartels in Mexico have resorted to force and deception in the past to recruit foot soldiers, and there is increasing evidence they use minors to fill out the ranks of gunmen.
At the same time, the expansion of the cartels into seemingly legitimate businesses in Mexico sometimes makes it hard to determine if a job offer is linked to the gangs.
‘I did everything I was supposed to do’: Kansas wildlife officials remove angler’s trophy catch from state record listhttps://newsexpress.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/i-did-everything-i-was-supposed-to-do-kansas-wildlife-officials-remove-anglers-trophy-catch-from-state-record-list_65bfff79bfec0.jpeg900499NewsExpressNewsExpresshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca83badc707ab48d4232a088cf57a3cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Bobby Parkhurst had cause to celebrate in 2023 after he broke a nearly 60-year-old Kansas state fishing record dubbed a “catch-of-a-lifetime”. That is, he did until his catch was taken off the record list by wildlife officials.
What happened to Parkhurst’s supposed record? KSNT 27 News investigated this question by reaching out to Parkhurst and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) to get to the bottom of this fishy situation.
A New State Fishing Record?
KSNT 27 News spoke with Parkhurst shortly after he landed the record-breaking white crappie in April, 2023. He caught the fish on March 5, 2023 at Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake No. 2 on a rod and reel, according to the KDWP. The fish measured 18 inches in length and 14 inches in girth and weighed 4.07 pounds.
The record beaten by Parkhurst last year measured 17.5 inches in length and weighed 4.02 pounds. This fish was caught by Frank Miller of Eureka on March 30, 1964. It is once again the current state fishing record for white crappie.
At the time, Parkhurst said he was ready to throw the fish back in without checking to see if it was a record. After being prodded by his family and friends, he decided to submit the crappie to the KDWP to check for its record status.
“I didn’t think I had it beat,” Parkhurst said in April, 2023.
He shared his plans with KSNT 27 News to get the fish mounted as a gift for one of his children. All was well for the next several days, but this changed on April 20, 2023 when Parkhurst said law enforcement visited his home.
Fish Seizure
Parkhurst said game wardens came to his home and took the fish he had caught under a search warrant. KDWP spokeswoman Nadia Marji confirms law enforcement seized the frozen fish in connection to a “formal investigation.”
“They didn’t tell me anything,” Parkhurst said. “I don’t understand why they’re doing this to me.”
Claiming to be confused in the aftermath of the seizure, Parkhurst said he tried to get answers from the KDWP. However, he has yet to get his fish back.
On Nov. 14, 2023, the KDWP updated its original press release issued on Parkhurst’s record crappie catch. A statement added to the top of the release states that, after further review by wildlife officials, the crappie caught by Parkhurst could not be confirmed. The previous record was restored with Parkhurst’s catch removed from the state fishing records website.
Why Was The Fish Taken?
Marji provided some answers regarding why the fish was taken and Parkhurst’s name removed from the list of state fishing records. She pointed to a clause listed at the bottom of all fish record applications in Kansas.
“There was not an error in the verification process,” Marji said. “Rather, information supplied to the Department by the angler via his written application form was not ‘true and correct.’”
The KDWP received a “tip” following the announcement of the new record status of Parkhurst’s catch in April last year. This prompted wildlife officials to launch an investigation into the supposed record-breaking fish and, following this review process, made the decision to reinstate the old record.
When asked what went wrong with Parkhurst’s application, Marji said the issue came from the listed weight of the white crappie on the form.
“The fish appeared normal and healthy, and was accurately identified by staff; However, had the application been filled out accurately by the angler, it would have not qualified as a state record,” Marji said.
Parkhurst insists he filled out his application form correctly and says he wants his catch to be returned.
“I did it the whole way they wanted me to do it,” Parkhurst said. “I went through the procedures, I wrote down what I caught it on, I did everything they wanted me to do by the book. I did everything I was supposed to do. Their biologists looked at it more than once.”
Marji said additional information on the investigation is on hold because it’s still an active case. We’ll keep you informed on any updates as this progresses.
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New York professor caught on video holding machete to reporter’s neck reportedly fired after anti-Israel rantshttps://newsexpress.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/new-york-professor-caught-on-video-holding-machete-to-reporters-neck-reportedly-fired-after-anti-israel-rants_65bfff74d6026.jpeg1280720NewsExpressNewsExpresshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca83badc707ab48d4232a088cf57a3cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g
A New York professor notoriously caught on camera holding a machete to a reporter’s neck last year has reportedly been fired from her latest teaching gig after espousing anti-Israel views.
Shellyne Rodriguez, who was terminated last year from her position at New York City’s Hunter College, was fired again – this time from her most recent role at Cooper Union in Manhattan.
“Cooper Union has fired me because of a social media post I made about ‘Zionists’… effective immediately,” Rodriguez, 47, wrote in a Jan. 23 email to students, according to the New York Post. Cooper Union Students for Justice in Palestine shared the email on Instagram the next day.
“This is fascism. Ya’ll are learning about it in real time,” Rodriguez wrote. “Stay strong, [stay] brave, stay defiant, don’t bite your tongue, and drink plenty of water! Pa-lante!”
Shellyne Rodriguez threatens a New York Post reporter by holding a large machete to his throat on May 23, 2023, in the Bronx.
“This firing represents an intense escalation of McCarthyist repression meant to intimidate and punish those in support of a Free Palestine, and must be resisted to prevent its further normalization and the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” the student group wrote, calling on followers to email the art school dean.
Reached by Fox News Digital about Rodriguez’s reported termination, a spokesperson for Cooper Union said, “We don’t provide comment on personnel matters.”
The Post noted how Rodriguez is no longer listed as an adjunct on Cooper Union’s faculty page.
The reasoning for her latest termination was not immediately clear but came after Rodriguez participated earlier last month in a CUNY for Palestine virtual panel in which she spoke about the possibility of a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement rent strike in New York involving not making rent payments to Jewish landlords or landlords who support Israel.
Her remarks, widely condemned online as antisemitic, also included Rodriguez explaining, “the idea that we could be a Trojan horse, that we are inside empire, and you’re here to upend it.” Of others supporting Israel, she told those on the panel, “You probably wait tables where they go to brunch. Find them, go to their offices, don’t let them sleep.”
According to the Post, Rodriguez also torched former Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. as a “roach” and “Zionist lapdog” in one post on her own Instagram account.
“Jewish students at Cooper Union are very relieved that they fired her,” Jeffrey Lax, a CUNY law professor and co-founder of Students and Faculty for Equality at CUNY, which advocates for Jewish students on campus, told the Post. “Her comments were really despicable.”
Shellyne Rodriguez walks along the street in Bronx, New York on May 25, 2023.
“Normally, I would say I commend the university for taking action against this professor but in this case, how can I possibly say that she did something far worse before they hired her? I mean, she held a knife to a reporter’s neck,” Lax told the outlet. “They’re not to be commended, they should be ashamed of themselves.”
Last May, Rodriguez, an adjunct professor at Hunter College at the time, was caught on camera cursing at students who set up a pro-life table, claiming they were “triggering” others.
“You’re not educating s—. This is f—ing propaganda,” Rodriguez said in the video shared online by Students for Life of America. “What are you going to do like anti-trans next?”
When a New York Post reporter arrived at her apartment seeking comment about the incident, she was caught on video again – this time holding a blade to the reporter’s neck.
Shellyne Rodriguez leaves The Bronx County Hall of Justice after being sentenced to 13 months of behavioral therapy for menacing, Oct. 2, 2023.
She pleaded guilty to harassment and menacing in connection to the attack on the reporter, the Post reported, citing the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. If she completes a therapy program, she would be permitted to withdraw the misdemeanor plea under the terms of her plea agreement and would be sentenced on the violation to a conditional discharge.
Rodriguez was sentenced in October to 13 months of behavioral therapy for menacing.
Her termination from Cooper Union also comes months after pro-Palestinian protesters there banged on the windows of the school library while Jewish students were inside.
Rodriguez also notably organized “f— police” demonstrations in 2020 after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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‘Never seen anything like it’: Prehistoric discovery made in Lorain Countyhttps://newsexpress.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/never-seen-anything-like-it-prehistoric-discovery-made-in-lorain-county_65bfff6a5bd2b.jpeg1280720NewsExpressNewsExpresshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca83badc707ab48d4232a088cf57a3cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g
LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – An excavation crew made an unusual discovery at a construction site in Lorain County, that tells the story of Northeast Ohio’s prehistoric past.
The crew was digging sanitary sewer lines for a new housing development along Indian Hollow Road outside Elyria on Friday, when they hit something large under a couple of feet of soil.
“It amazed me and I’ve been working here 10 years,” said Robert Woods of DiGioia Suburban Excavating.
As Woods kept digging with his excavator, he discovered that what he hit was a boulder that was deposited in Northeast Ohio by a glacier thousands of years ago.
“I’ve never seen anything like it before. I mean, it’s the biggest rock we’ve dug up,” he said.
The outdoor experiences manager for the Lorain County Metro Parks suspects the boulder was swept here 12,000 to 14,000 years ago by glaciers formed in Canada, that carved out the landscape of Ohio and formed Lake Erie and other large bodies of water.
“There is some granite cliff or mountain top in Canada that is missing some rocks,” said Bev Walborn with a chuckle.
She told us the large stone is known as a glacial erratic, and she suspects it is a form of granite.
“We mostly have sedimentary rock like shale and sandstone here, but up in Canada, granite is the rock that’s found up there. So, those big, huge mountains of ice pulled that rock along with them and as the glaciers started to melt and started dropping items and off it went,” she said.
Supervisors for the construction company have not yet decided if the ancient boulder will be kept as a centerpiece of the new neighborhood or will be moved off-site.
Students of geology say what Woods dug up on Friday was more than just a big rock.
“It’s a great find and I think it reminds us of the history and our place on this planet and what happened in the course of time before we even stepped foot here,” said Walborn.