The sentence handed down in ManhattanFelix Rojas, a 44-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced Wednesday in Manhattan to five years in prison after prosecutors said he raped and robbed the body of a dead man on a New York City subway train. The judge also ordered 15 years of supervised release after Rojas leaves prison. According to the report, Rojas sat silently at the hearing and made no public comment. In cases like this, the court system moves with the steady rhythm of paperwork and polished language, even when the facts are anything but polished. The sentence gives prosecutors a result, but it does not erase the larger failure that allowed a man to die unnoticed on a train in the first place.What prosecutors say happened on the trainProsecutors said the victim, Jorge Gonzalez, 37, boarded the train and later lost consciousness. He died on a subway bench nearly three hours before Rojas arrived. Rather than call for help, prosecutors said Rojas noticed that Gonzalez was motionless, then began touching and searching the body. Court records cited by the New York Post say he pulled down Gonzalez’s pants and raped the corpse while also going through the dead man’s pockets and…

New work, new target The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was reopened earlier this month after a renovation that gave the basin a cleaner look and a glasslike reflection. The source material says the project began in April and finished faster and at lower cost than the 2012 repairs, which ran $34 million and took nearly two years. Even a public landmark cannot enjoy a quiet comeback without someone trying to turn it into a grievance wall. https://twitter.com/emilymiller/status/2068059326753771997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A man went into the pool Independent journalist Emily Miller said a man jumped into the pool and cut out a "huge piece" of the blue sealant that was helping keep the water looking blue. Miller also said another man was detained after he grabbed a hose that National Park Service workers were using to clear algae. Bureaucracy usually moves at the speed of wet cement, but vandalism always seems to find the fast lane. https://twitter.com/emilymiller/status/2068084153233326210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Park Police look at the message U.S. Park Police are also investigating an "86 47" inscription found on the sealant, according to Nick Sortor. The phrase has been treated as a threat against the 47th president, and similar markings were reported on the National Mall last week.…