Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the state attorney general to investigate a former Cornell University student’s allegation of rape. The woman has sued seven men in connection with the alleged assault.Letitia James, the state attorney general, had already begun to review the way law enforcement handled t
Through tears, some students shared stories of assaults they had experienced, while others spoke out to criticize administrators and demand improved training on consent.At a public forum at Cornell’s student union, some students expressed rage at the way a rape allegation was handled.
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”Prosecutors have reopened the case of a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by Cornell University fraternity brothers in 2024.
Their accounts, detailed in hundreds of pages of investigative files obtained by The New York Times, were disjointed and sometimes contradictory. All the men denied any wrongdoing.At the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University, a student identified as Jane Doe said she was raped multiple time
Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.Republicans are battling stiff headwinds, including economic concerns and President Trump’s sagging approval ratings,
President Trump spent the day preaching to his most fervent fans, not the voters he will need to help elect or re-elect a slate of Republicans fighting in states from Alaska to Maine.President Trump at a rally to his faithful supporters Thursday night.
Gov. Bill Lee ordered a review of the state’s lethal injection process after the botched attempt to execute the lone woman on Tennessee’s death row.Media witnesses recounted the moments before the attempted execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday.
A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded.Emergency vehicles leaving Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the failed execution of Christa Pike.
Ms. Slemmer was killed in 1995 by Christa Pike, whose execution in Tennessee was botched on Wednesday. Her family celebrated what would have been her 51st birthday last month.May Martinez, holding a photo of Colleen Slemmer, at her home recently in Palatka, Fla.
Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.Overlooking the Dnipro River before the autumn and winter period in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.A Latvian guard patrols the border with Belarus. Migrants have streamed into Latvia, many through considerable border defenses, cutting gaps in fencing or
Iran has been launching drones and missiles at commercial ships in the waterway each week, though it has often failed to strike its targets, according to a Western security official.Ships in the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, in July. Oil exports from the Middle East have rebounded in rece
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the co-pilot who set upon the pilot had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination” but did not elaborate.A FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft forced to make an emergency landing after a co
Brett McGurk, who was the top Middle East adviser to President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offered the first inside-the-room account of American efforts to manage the Gaza war.President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the White House in May 2024. He spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel only twice
In the Ukraine war, bravery has turned into a cliché masking profound social and economic injustices.
Rachel Dolezal is now a type.
