Superintendent who copied school shooting letter to resign Bitcoin ATMs expand to Rhode Island

Ridgefield (AP) — A Connecticut superintendent accused of plagiarizing a letter about the Parkland, Fla., shooting will resign.

The Connecticut Post reports the Ridgefield school board announced Monday Superintendent Karen Baldwin will resign. Director of Technology and Operations Robert Miller has been appointed acting superintendent, pending approval from the state Department of Education.

Earlier this month, Ridgefield High School student Paul Kim discovered sections of a letter Baldwin sent to community members concerning the Florida school shooting were identical to a letter West Hartford Superintendent Tom Moore sent. Kim later found three other examples of plagiarism from Baldwin.

The school board put Baldwin on paid administrative leave Friday and hired a lawyer to investigate the claims.

Baldwin became Ridgefield’s Superintendent of Schools in 2015. She had recently received a contract extension through June 2020.

Providence (AP) — A national bitcoin ATM network has expanded into Rhode Island.

WPRI-TV reports New York-based Coinsource has installed ATMs in Cranston and Providence that can convert cash into bitcoin. Coinsource co-founder Bobby Sharp says the ATMs help people who don’t want to link their bank accounts to a bitcoin exchange, or don’t want to wait the average 48 to 72 hours needed for an exchange.

The digital currency is not tied to a bank or a government. It has been hugely volatile, with the price rocketing to nearly $20,000 for a single bitcoin last year to recently around $10,500.