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42 charged after protest delays Harvard-Yale game

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) during Saturday's halftime or disorderly conduct. They
— Officials say 42 people protest. Some held banners were issued a court sum-
were charged with disor- urging their colleges to act mons and released, ac-
derly conduct after a pro- on climate change. Other cording to a statement
test interrupted a Saturday signs referred to Puerto Ri- from Yale University.
football game between can debt relief and China's Actor Sam Waterston was
archrivals Harvard and treatment of Uighurs. among those arrested, ac-
Yale. Most protesters walked cording to the Connecticut
Students and alumni from off after about an hour; Post. The actor known for
both schools occupied the those who remained were his roles in TV's "Law & Or-
midfield of the Yale Bowl charged with misdemean- der," "The Newsroom" and

Remains found believed to be In this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, photo, an officer lifts a student

UFC fighters' stepdaughter up during a protest during halftime of the NCAA college foot-
ball game between Harvard and Yale at the Yale Bowl in New
Haven, Conn.
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — An Associated Press
Alabama district attorney "Grace and Frankie" is a "Our goal was to spread
said Monday that authori- graduate of Yale and was the word," Sadoff said. "If
ties have "good reason" also arrested last month, at more people speak up, our
to believe human remains a climate protest in Wash- colleges will have to listen."
found in a wooded area ington. Yale officials said in a state-
belong to the missing step- Organizers of the protest ment handed to report-
daughter of a UFC heavy- had initially estimated that ers in the press box during
weight fighter. 20 to 30 protesters were ar- the fourth quarter that the
The remains were found on rested. school "stands firmly for the
a county road in neighbor- Rachel Sadoff, a junior at right to free expression."
ing Macon County, Lee Harvard, said about 150 After the game resumed,
County District Attorney students from the two uni- Yale went on to beat Har-
Brandon Hughes told The versities had planned to vard 50-43, clinching the
Associated Press. participate and about 100 Ivy League championship.
"I can confirm that hu- more who were sitting in Saturday's matchup was
man remains have been Ibrahim Yazeed, second left, appears in court for a hearing the stands joined in. She the 136th edition of the
on the disappearance of college student Aniah Blanchard, on
found in Macon County Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 in Opelika, Ala. said organizers considered football rivalry between the
on County Road 2 and we Associated Press the protest a success.
have good reason to be- two schools.q
lieve they are that of Aniah Police have arrested
Blanchard," Hughes said. Yazeed and a second
Police arrested a third per- man, 35-year-old Antwain
son Monday in connection Shamar Fisher of Mont-
with the disappearance gomery, on kidnapping
of Blanchard, 19. She was charges in Blanchard's
last seen Oct. 23 in Auburn. disappearance. In an ar-
Her stepfather is UFC fighter rest warrant filed with the
Walt Harris. court Monday, police said
After she disappeared, Fisher helped Yazeed by
Blanchard's black Honda disposing of evidence and
CRV was found aban- driving him. Hughes said a
doned more than 50 miles third man, David Johnson,
(90 kilometers) away at Jr., was arrested Monday in
an apartment complex in Montgomery and charged
Montgomery, Alabama. with hindering prosecution
Auburn police detective in the case.
Josh Mixon testified at a The discovery of human
hearing last week that remains comes after a
Blanchard's blood was month-long search for the
found in the car and it ap- missing teen whose face
peared she had suffered a appears on billboards
life-threatening injury. across the county.
Mixon testified that con- Auburn Police said Mon-
venience store video foot- day that investigators "ob-
age showed a man buying tained information regard-
a beverage look over at ing the possible location
Blanchard. He said tipsters of a body." Law enforce-
later identified the man as ment officials searched a
Ibraheem Yazeed, 29, and wooded area in Shorter,
a man at the store told in- Alabama, and found what
vestigators he saw Yazeed appeared to be human re-
force Blanchard into her mains several feet into the
car and drive away. woods.q