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The Lawrence Township Police Department recovered 223 of 675 SpaceX Starlink Terminals allegedly purchased using stolen credit card numbers, the department said Tuesday. A New Jersey man was arrested on charges for allegedly trafficking 675 SpaceX Starlink terminals purchased with stolen credit card accounts or hacked Starlink billing accounts, police said Wednesday. The man, 35-year-old Kelvin Rodriguez-Moya, was stopped by police Dec. 4 while driving 223 Starlink terminals in a pickup truck and trailer after leaving a residence in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, a criminal complaint said. Lawrence Township police had been tipped off about a suspiciously large number of Starlink terminals being shipped to that home, the complaint said. The total value of the 675 fraudulently purchased Starlink terminals that police subsequently learned had been shipped to the Lawrence Township address is about $400,000, police said.

Persons: Kelvin Rodriguez, Moya, Detectives, Rodriguez Organizations: Police Department, SpaceX Starlink, SpaceX, FedEx Locations: Lawrence, New Jersey, Lawrence Township , New Jersey, Newark

☆ 28-year-old took out $200,000 in student loans for grad school—and paid everything off in 2 years: 'It was worth it'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But when it came time to apply for medical school, she realized both the time and financial commitments were bigger than she wanted to make. Turning a $200,000 loan to a $200,000 annual incomeTaking out $200,000 in student loans wouldn't make sense for a lot of people. Often, student loans are the only option for people to pay for their education. She continued to save and let the money grow until student loan interest was about to resume accruing in September 2023. In August, she made her final payment and eliminated her student debt.

Persons: Chabely Rodriguez, wasn't, Rodriguez, Rodriguez didn't, anesthesiology, she'd Organizations: CNBC, Research, CAA Locations: New York

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Former Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo received two life sentences on Friday after he was found guilty in the grisly killing of his 27-year-old pregnant lover. A federal judge sentenced Verdejo following emotional speeches by the family of Keishla Rodríguez, who was killed in April 2021. Verdejo had been found guilty in July of kidnapping that leads to a death and of causing the death of an unborn child. He also testified that the day Verdejo killed Rodríguez, the ex-boxer punched her and injected her with a toxic substance before they tied her limbs to a cement block and threw her off a busy bridge and into a lagoon in broad daylight. Verdejo had participated in the 2012 Olympics and became a professional boxer that year.

Persons: Félix Verdejo, Verdejo, Rodríguez, Luis Antonio Cádiz, Verdejo’s, Cádiz Organizations: JUAN, Former Puerto Locations: Puerto Rico, Former Puerto Rican, U.S

Rodriguez and her four siblings grew up working on the farm and selling its products at farmers markets back in the city. Farm to operating tableThough she's close with her family, it was difficult breaking the news to her parents that she didn't want to continue working on the farm beyond high school, Rodriguez says. Her parents helped some, and she applied for scholarships, allowing Rodriguez to earn her bachelor's without taking on student debt. In fact, working with patients is one of the highlights of her work. How she spends her moneyEven after paying off her debt, Rodriguez has continued to save around 50% of her income.

Persons: Rodriguez, Chabely Rodriguez, Liam Mays, hasn't, CAAs, Andrea Desky, they're, undergrad, hustled, Donald Trump, I've, Gene Kim, HBO Max, she's Organizations: CNBC, CAA, Brooklyn College, District of Columbia, Nova Southeastern University, Housing, HBO, Toyota Corolla, YouTube Locations: Tampa , Florida, New York, Mexico, Brooklyn, Florida, Fort Lauderdale , Florida, anesthesiology, Costa Rica

Is ancient Roman concrete better than today's? Most modern concrete starts with Portland cement, a powder made by heating limestone and clay to super-high temperatures and grinding them up. The ancient builders mixed materials like burnt limestone and volcanic sand with water and gravel, creating chemical reactions to bind everything together. Now, scientists think they’ve found a key reason why some Roman concrete has held up structures for thousands of years: The ancient material has an unusual power to repair itself. Even though Roman concrete lasted a long time, it couldn't hold up heavy loads: “You couldn’t build a modern skyscraper with Roman concrete,” Oleson said.

Persons: they’ve, ”, Carlos Rodriguez, Navarro, John Oleson, Vitruvius, Admir, Rome —, Marie Jackson, Jackson, ” Jackson, Rodriguez, Cecilia Pesce, They’d, ” Pesce, Thirumalini Selvaraj, Selvaraj, Oleson, Masic Organizations: —, Spain’s University of Granada, University of Victoria, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Utah, University of Sheffield, Vellore Institute of Technology, Army Corps of Engineers, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Canada, Portland, Rome, Copan, Honduras, England, India

☆ Rice, beer, and urine mixed into ancient structures could help explain how they're still standing after millennia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementIs ancient Roman concrete better than today's? Her research has found that the key could be in the specific volcanic materials used by the Romans. According to Selvaraj's research, in humid areas of India, builders used local herbs that help structures deal with moisture. Even though Roman concrete lasted a long time, it couldn't hold up heavy loads: "You couldn't build a modern skyscraper with Roman concrete," Oleson said. Instead, researchers are trying to take some of the ancient material's specialties and add them into modern mixes.

Persons: —, they've, Carlos Rodriguez, Navarro, John Oleson, Domenico Stinellis, Vitruvius, Admir, Rome —, Marie Jackson, Jackson, Rodriguez, Moises Castillo, Cecilia Pesce, They'd, Pesce, Mark Schiefelbein, Thirumalini Selvaraj, Selvaraj, Oleson, Masic Organizations: Service, Spain's University of Granada, University of Victoria, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Utah, AP, University of Sheffield, Vellore Institute of Technology, Army Corps of Engineers, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Science, Educational Media Group Locations: Canada, Portland, Rome, Copan, Honduras, England, India

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Badalian, 29, of Panorama City, California, to four years and three months of incarceration, according to a Justice Department news release. The same judge convicted Badalian of Capitol riot charges in April after hearing trial testimony without a jury. Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of 10 years and one month for Badalian, who has worked as a cabinet assembler. After listening to Trump's speech, Badalian and Rodriguez parted ways as they approached the Capitol and joined the mob's attack. "Having no other trusted and overriding male in his life, Mr. Badalian believed Trump’s lies," Helfend wrote.

Persons: Edward Badalian, Badalian, ” “, Amy Berman Jackson, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Daniel Rodriguez, Rodriguez, ”, “, that’s, It’s, Alex Jones, Robert Helfend, Badalian didn't, ” Helfend, Trump, Trump’s, Helfend, Jan Organizations: Democratic, U.S, Capitol, Washington , D.C, Justice Department, Prosecutors, Badalian, PATRIOTS, Trump, Patriots, ”, FBI, Police, Associated Locations: California, Los Angeles, Washington ,, Panorama City , California, Arlington , Virginia, Washington, Infowars, Russia

CNN —After enduring nearly a month of heartache and anxiety, a dog owner can finally rest after her missing dog was found safely at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on Saturday, according to airport officials. Delta Air Lines passenger Paula Rodriguez’s 6-year-old dog, Maia, was lost in August at the airport, which is considered the busiest in the world. They canceled her visa and told her she would need to return home on the next flight, Rodriguez previously told CNN. Paula Rodriguez poses with her dog, Maia, in a photo taken sometime before she was lost. Her worst fears faded on Saturday when Atlanta Airport officials announced Maia’s discovery three weeks after she was lost.

Persons: Paula Rodriguez’s, Maia, Rodriguez, “, ” Rodriguez, Paula Rodriguez, Paula Rodriguez “, we’re, ”, Maia’s Organizations: CNN, Atlanta’s Hartsfield, Jackson, Delta Air Lines, Punta Cana, Delta, City of Atlanta Department of Aviation, Jackson Airport, Atlanta Airport Locations: Dominican Republic, California, Atlanta, Punta, United States, Delta, Hartsfield

☆ One Neighborhood, 90 Trees and an 82-Year-Old Crusader
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | More About Colbi Edmonds | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It was lined with trees, offering some beauty as well as a shield from this summer’s unusual heat. Then she met her neighbor Ed Rodriguez, an 82-year-old tree evangelist on a mission to fill the neighborhood with trees. This month, Mr. Rodriguez planted a crab apple tree in front of her home — his 90th tree in 13 years. “I love to dig and mess around in the soil,” said Mr. Rodriguez who grew up in Puerto Rico, where he said he was surrounded by trees. He moved to the New Haven neighborhood in the 1960s.

Persons: Maria Gonzalez, Ed Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Rodriguez, “, ” Locations: New Haven, Conn, Puerto Rico

☆ Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo found guilty of kidnapping, death of pregnant woman and unborn child
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Raja Razek | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A federal jury on Friday convicted Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo-Sánchez in the deaths of a woman and her unborn child, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Puerto Rico. He was found guilty of kidnapping resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child, prosecutors said in a press release. Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz and her unborn child were found dead in the San José Lagoon in Puerto Rico on May 1, 2021. On the morning of Rodríguez Ortiz’s death, Verdejo-Sánchez carried out a premeditated plan to kill her and her unborn child, according to the release. Prosecutors said Verdejo-Sánchez lured Rodríguez Ortiz into his vehicle where, with help from another person, he assaulted and drugged her, the release stated.

Persons: Félix, Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz, Sánchez –, –, Verdejo, Rodríguez, Sánchez, Rodríguez Ortiz, Prosecutors, Teodoro Moscoso, Keishla Organizations: CNN, US, Office, District of Locations: District, District of Puerto Rico, San, Puerto Rico

☆ NYC woman indicted on hate crime charges after string of anti-Asian attacks, district attorney's office says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Rob Frehse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A New York City woman was indicted on seven felony hate crime charges in connection with a string of anti-Asian attacks on the city’s Upper West Side, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. The six attacks took place from March 16 to May 11, all within blocks of one another, prosecutors said. Rodriguez allegedly continued to punch the victim after the two fell to the ground, the district attorney’s office said. One of the friends pushed Rodriguez off the person whose hair was pulled, and Rodriguez allegedly pushed her electric scooter into that friend’s leg, bruising it, prosecutors said. The friend who’d earlier pushed Rodriguez pushed her again, and Rodriguez struck him with a semi-closed fist, according to prosecutors.

Persons: Camila Rodriguez, Rodriguez, –, who’d, “, Alvin Bragg Organizations: CNN, New York, Legal Aid Society, Street, West 106th, West 104th Street, Broadway Locations: York City, Manhattan, Amsterdam, West, New

☆ At least one dead, several injured in machete attack at southern Spain churches
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( David Latona | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] A body covered in thermal blanket is seen at the scene of a stabbing incident at a church in Algeciras, Spain January 25, 2023 in this screen grab from a video. The man attacked clergymen at two different churches - San Isidro and Nuestra Senora de La Palma, around 300 metres (1,000 feet) apart - just after 8pm on Wednesday evening in downtown Algeciras, a spokesperson for the city said. Jose Ignacio Landaluce, the mayor of Algeciras, has declared a day of mourning in the city for Thursday and a rally outside Nuestra Senora de La Palma church at midday. Earlier on Wednesday, two people were killed and several others injured when a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian man attacked them with a knife on a regional train travelling between Kiel and Hamburg in northern Germany, authorities said. Reporting by David Latona, Belén Carreño and Aislinn Laing; Editing by Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Puerto Rican singer and musician Lalo Rodríguez, best known for his salsa megahit "Ven devórame otra vez" (Come devour me again) has died. As fellow musicians and fans grapple with the uncertain circumstances surrounding his death, they're remembering Rodríguez as a talented artist who helped lift salsa music to new heights. Light and progress Lalo," salsa music icon Willie Colón, who is also credited for helping popularize the genre, lamented in Spanish on Twitter. Salsa music enthusiast Juana Peña described Rodríguez as a "versatile singer, capable of getting into any rhythm and doing it well" in a tweet. Puerto Rican writer Sandra Guzmán mourned the singer's passing with a touching post saying, "A virtuoso goes to music heaven to join Puerto Rican salsa Gods.

☆ A YouTube painter with 100K subscribers explains how much she earns in a month from 5 income streams
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Jp Mangalindan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rodriguez started her YouTube channel in May 2020 to serve as an outlet for her artistic pursuits. As Rodriguez published more YouTube videos, to the tune of twice a month, the viewers kept coming. (Her YouTube channel has more than 107,000 subscribers in all.) Insider verified Rodriguez's monthly earnings via documentation provided by the YouTube creator. The YouTube creator would also like to offer an online course and explore the possibility of a book.

☆ How a 23-year-old YouTube painter gained over 100,000 subscribers and how much she earns in a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jp Mangalindan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

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