Day: May 18, 2023

Booze and ‘bulk trash’: School begs students to stop after pileup of weird offerings to mascot for good luck

6:14 pm May 18, 2023

As final exams wrap up and the school year winds down, the University of Maryland (UMD) is urging students to ease up on their offerings to the school’s mascot amid a large pileup of garbage and allegedly stolen items. Dean of Students Andrea J. Goodwin emailed students Monday advising against dumping “bulk trash, alcohol, road […]

Bob Lee murder suspect Nima Momeni’s lawyer says it was accident, client acted in self-defense

6:13 pm May 18, 2023

Nima Momeni, the 38-year-old Silicon Valley outsourcer accused of fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee in April, pleaded not guilty to murder Thursday. The judge did not set bail, and Momeni will remain in custody. The court is expected to schedule a preliminary hearing Friday morning. The suspect did not speak during the proceedings. […]

Senate passes resolution disapproving of Biden admin’s public charge rule on immigrants, welfare

6:12 pm May 18, 2023

The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution, with bipartisan support, disapproving of the Biden administration’s “public charge” rule on which forms of welfare legal immigrants can receive without being ineligible for a green card, despite a White House threat to veto. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, forced a vote on a resolution of disapproval under the […]

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope finds water around mysterious main belt comet

6:05 pm May 18, 2023

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find gas around a comet in the main asteroid belt for the first time. In a release, the agency said the water vapor was confirmed using the observatory’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument. The findings indicate that water ice from the early solar system – which formed about 4.5 […]

Missouri teacher taped using racial slur resigns; student who recorded him suspended

6:01 pm May 18, 2023

A Missouri high school teacher who was videotaped repeatedly using a racial slur in class has resigned from the district, while the student who took the video finishes serving a school suspension. Mary Walton, a 15-year-old sophomore at Glendale High School in Springfield, will be allowed to return to school Wednesday after a three-day suspension […]