[DM] A New York City woman was fatally stabbed by deranged moped riders after her husband pulled over on the side of the road to pee, the widower told police. They've already arrested the husband, per the New York Post.
Anthonella Contreras Linarez, 30, of the Bronx, was in the car with her 44-year-old husband to eat dinner with a friend on Wednesday night.
Trouble arose when the woman's husband had to relieve himself, he told cops, and he parked on the side of a dark road to do so.
While he was urinating in nearby bushes, registered nurse Contreras Linarez was left alone in the vehicle as two men were said to have driven up to her on a scooter.
They viciously demanded money, her husband recalled. But Contreras Linarez refused to hand over anything - which is when the situation took a turn for the worse.
One of the culprits jumped off the moped and started relentlessly stabbing her across her face, neck and body.
Her husband then noticed the commotion and rushed to his wife's aid, police said. But one of the muggers then slashed him across his arm before riding away.
After being attacked, the injured husband claimed he got back in his car and drove to a New Rochelle hospital, where Contreras Linarez succumbed to her severe injuries.
Police stated that the man was in stable condition and had been discharged from the hospital.
The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made, the NYPD told the Daily Mail.
PIX 11 reported on Thursday that investigators were probing the possibility that the husband may have made up the mugging.
The outlet said the man was in police custody for interrogation. The NYPD did not confirm this information to the Daily Mail.
Contreras Linarez's husband could not be reached by phone on Thursday evening.
According to her LinkedIn, Contreras Linarez was a registered nurse at Mount Sinai Morningside.
She studied at Manhattanville University, where she graduated last year, according to social media posts from her family.
[Lawyer Ben Crump website] CLEVELAND, Miss. (September 19, 2025) — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump today announced that the Colin Kaepernick "Know Your Rights Camp Autopsy Initiative" will cover the cost of a second, independent autopsy for Demartravion "Trey" Reed. Reed’s family will seek the autopsy as soon as Reed’s body is released by the state medical examiner.
Trey’s family has raised serious concerns after receiving conflicting accounts and incomplete information about the circumstances of his death.
"Trey’s death evoked the collective memory of a community that has suffered a historic wound over many, many years and many, many deaths. Peace will come only by getting to the truth. We thank Colin Kaepernick for supporting this grieving family and the cause of justice and truth."
[TEXASTRIBUNE.ORG] Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III will step down on Friday after more than a week of turmoil sparked by a viral video of a student confronting a professor over gender content in a children's literature course, the Texas A&M University System announced Thursday.
The video, along with an audio recording of Welsh initially refusing to fire Professor Melissa McCoul, first circulated online on Sept. 8 after state Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, shared it on the social media platform X.
Welsh fired McCoul a day later, but the move did not satisfy Harrison, or Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who did not think Welsh handled the situation properly.
''His ambivalence on the issue and his dismissal of the student's concerns by immediately taking the side of the professor is unacceptable,'' Patrick posted on X last week. ''Most parents, students, and Aggie alumni expect Texas A&M to reflect the values of our state and our nation as well as A&M's rich history. If President Welsh will not or cannot reflect those values, then change needs to happen.''
In a statement on Thursday, Chancellor Glenn Hegar praised Welsh but seemed to agree a change was needed.
''President Welsh is a man of honor who has led Texas A&M with selfless dedication. We are grateful for his service and contributions,'' Hegar said. ''At the same time, we agree that now is the right moment to make a change and to position Texas A&M for continued excellence in the years ahead.''
Hegar later added that Welsh submitted his resignation to him on Thursday.
In a statement Friday morning, Welsh said that when he was named university president, he vowed to serve ''as well as I possibly could until it was time for someone else to take over. Over the past few days, it's become clear now is that time.''
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[Regnum] A group of scientists received the Ig Nobel Prize for their analysis of the effects of alcohol on foreign language learning. The 35th award ceremony took place on September 18 in Boston. The list of laureates is published on the award's official website.
The Ig Nobel Prize is a parody of the Nobel Prize and is awarded for achievements that first make people laugh and then reflect. This year, the award for contributions to peace was given to scientists Fritz Renner, Inge Kersbergen, Matt Field, and Jessica Werthmann. They conducted a study on the positive effects of alcohol on foreign language fluency.
As part of their study, the scientists conducted an experiment with German students learning Dutch. Sober Dutch participants assessed their conversational skills before and after drinking alcohol.
The researchers found that participants who drank alcohol performed significantly better and received higher ratings from observers, particularly for pronunciation, than those who did not drink alcohol.
In 2024, the Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to scientists from Amsterdam who developed a method for separating drunken worms from sober ones. During the experiment, the scientists concluded that the "drunk" worms were less active and needed more time to find their way out of the maze.
Dow, S&P 500 close at fresh records, log big gains for the week after Fed rate cut.
The S&P 500 index was up 0.5 percent on the day and up almost 1 percent for the week. CNBC quotes a market analyst,
While September has historically delivered pullbacks, this year's market has defied that pattern — climbing 35% since March with strong technical and fundamental tailwinds.
Meanwhile, things aren't so rosy in the land of the Mouse. Stock for the Walt Disney Company (ticker symbol: DIS) was down almost 1 percent today and down more than two percent for the week. Disney, of course, is the parent company of ABC and the employer of Jimmy Kimmel.
Istanbul, Turkey, September 19, 2025, 11:02 PM — Regnum News Agency. At least eight passengers were injured in a collision between a passenger ferry and a bulk carrier in the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey. This was reported on September 19 by CNN Turk, citing a statement from Istanbul provincial authorities.
"The passenger ship Kamil Sayın, en route from Beşiktaş to Üsküdar, collided with the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Artvin in the Bosphorus. No one fell overboard, but eight people on board were injured," the publication notes.
According to the channel, the passenger ship was moored at the Paşalimanı pier in Istanbul. Two injured passengers were taken to the hospital by ambulance. The bulk carrier was towed to a safe area by the coast guard and anchored for damage assessment. Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
It was previously reported that a Turkish cruise ship collided with several Greek vessels in the port of Çeşme on August 10. The ship's engine room malfunctioned, causing it to lose control and collide with Greek-flagged ships moored at the dock.
The ARA fighters, who are allegedly from #Bangladesh 🇧🇩, are seemingly armed with at least one common AKM / Type 56 assault rifle. pic.twitter.com/jMQl7kxqfm
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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