Goat Rock Radio - WQRS | radioNOVO News NY News Roundup for July 02, 2026

Good morning. Turning to news from across the Empire State.A Western New York woman is facing serious federal criminal charges after being formally accused of attempting to provide material and financial support to an active foreign terrorist organization. Federal prosecutors allege that thirty-seven-year-old Catherine Washburn of Irondequoit successfully transmitted more than thirty thousand dollars in decentralized cryptocurrency directly to an individual claiming to be a frontline fighter for Palestine Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. According to formal court documents, Washburn also utilized encrypted messaging applications to actively plan and discuss specific violent attacks against Israel alongside the direct procurement of illegal military-grade weapons and heavy combat ammunition.Down in Manhattan, an international daredevil couple renowned for scaling global skyscrapers faces multiple severe criminal charges after sneaking to the absolute top of the Empire State Building to stage an extreme engagement. The New York Police Department has formally charged thirty-three-year-old Angela Nikolau and thirty-two-year-old Ivan Kuznetsov with reckless endangerment, burglary, and criminal trespass. Authorities report the masked couple stealthily slipped past a secure, fenced-in area in the middle of the night to climb the landmark's iconic spire over fourteen hundred feet in the air to film their high-altitude stunt before surrendering to New York City police officers waiting below.In Monroe County, a former Wegmans warehouse employee has been formally sentenced to serve decades behind bars for his role in a tragic workplace shooting. A state judge sentenced Kyshonn Green to twenty-three years to life in state prison for the fatal shooting of his co-worker, J'Mere Ridley Smith, at a major distribution facility in Gates. Law enforcement authorities say Green shot Smith during a heated argument last summer and immediately fled the region to avoid capture before law enforcement officials eventually tracked him down and arrested him down in the state of Tennessee.And a disturbing new scientific study from Rutgers University shows that rodents across New York City are rapidly evolving to completely survive traditional extermination methods. Researchers analyzing hundreds of specimens collected from urban pest control companies found that over eighty percent of mice and thirty percent of rats tested positive for genetic mutations making them entirely resistant to common chemical rodenticide poisons. Experts warn these chemical-resistant super-rodents are multiplying quickly throughout urban neighborhoods, though cautious rats are proving slightly more manageable because they tend to avoid foreign traps and chemical bait entirely.For more news from across the state, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News.