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• 7 men were accused of sexual assault at Cornell. Here's how the school responded.

  04-10-2026 18:18 via yahoo.com
  Two of the seven men accused of sexually assaulting a Cornell University student at a fraternity house in 2024 were expelled, while others were ordered to take sexual harassment training and write "reflection papers," according to university disciplinary records obtained by the New York Times.The records offer the most detailed look yet at how Cornell handled the case, which has drawn national outrage and is now under criminal investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James.On Friday, N
  
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• Christa Pike's prognosis unknown after failed execution, lawyer says

  04-10-2026 18:05 via yahoo.com
  Christa Pike remains unconscious and critically ill four days after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her, and doctors don't yet know whether she will recover, her lawyer said Sunday."We don't know the prognosis and may not know for several days," attorney Stephen Ferrell told CNN's "State of the Union." Ferrell said he has not been allowed to see her and doesn't know of her speaking or regaining consciousness."I think at the very least the governor should commute Ms. Pike's death sentenc
  
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• Trump names Jay Clayton as AI czar: Where he stands on AI safety

  04-10-2026 17:24 via yahoo.com
  President Trump on Sunday named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as his new "AI czar," adding a different category of intelligence, the "artificial" kind, to the U.S. spy chief's portfolio.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Clayton will lead a newly formed "Super Intelligence Force" alongside Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael and Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor. The group will r
  
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• Russian drone hits Kyiv bridge as Germany's chancellor arrives to sirens and explosions

  04-10-2026 17:10 via cnn.com
  
  A Russian drone struck a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the city to the sound of air raid sirens, explosions and air defense systems being activated.
  Merz is in Kyiv to display support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Russia’s escalation of strikes on the city.
  “Ukraine needs all our support in the coming weeks,” Merz said.
  Highlighting attacks on Ukraine’s towns, residential buildings
  
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• 2 dead and 35 injured in mass shooting at Georgia homecoming celebration

  04-10-2026 16:49 via yahoo.com
  Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a mass shooting from early Sunday morning, leading to two deaths and possibly dozens injured.Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls confirmed to WALB and WMAZ that two people were dead, a 20-year-old man and a 23-year-old man.Channel 2 Action News has a reporting team on the way to learn more about this developing story.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that they were assisting with response to the incident on Pine Str
  
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• An election chief lost. Then he padlocked the ballots and called the FBI.

  04-10-2026 14:39 via washingtonpost.com
  REDDING, Calif. - Clint Curtis thinks something doesn’t smell right in Shasta County. Literally.As the registrar of voters for this Northern California community, Curtis was both election administrator and candidate this summer. After he lost, he certified the results as “full, true and correct.” Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.He nonetheless harbored doubts. Some ballots smelled too inky, he said. So
  
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• FlyDubai co-pilot was likely lone wolf in attempted hijacking, investigators say

  04-10-2026 13:46 via cbsnews.com
  
  Days after a FlyDubai co-pilot made a violent attempt to crash the passenger aircraft and was subdued by passengers and other crew members, questions about his motive continued to swirl. He is currently being questioned in the United Arab Emirates. The flight Wednesday from Dubai to Tel Aviv was approaching Israel when the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the flight captain and attempted to crash the aircraft, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. The captain was able to fight
  
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• Iran tells U.S. there is no military solution to Middle East war

  04-10-2026 11:46 via yahoo.com
  Ships anchored off the coast of Musandam governorate in Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday (-)Iran's top diplomat insisted on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United States' war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse.A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to bring a decisive close to the war launched by the US and Israel in late February, and Washington in recent weeks has dialled back military operations in favour of
  
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• Trump. Climate. AR-15s. The Supreme Court is about to go back to work.

  04-10-2026 09:00 via usatoday.com
  WASHINGTON – A new Supreme Court term will get off to a fast start when the justices on Oct. 5 take up a landmark case about climate change that could have broad implications for local governments to tackle national issues.
  In other politically charged cases that will be debated over the next few months, the court – which has a 6-3 conservative majority − is expected to continue expanding rights for both gun owners and religious groups.
  The Trump agenda may also dominate the S
  
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• U.S. Marine detained in connection to woman's 'brutal' death in Japan

  04-10-2026 07:49 via abcnews.com
  
  A U.S. service member was arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery after a Japanese woman's body was discovered in a hotel in Okinawa, local officials said, describing the alleged killing as a "heinous" incident that prompted the Japanese government to lodge a protest with the United States.Shinjiro Koizumi, the Japanese minister of defense, said a U.S. Marine lance corporal was arrested on Sunday after the woman's body was found early on Saturday in Naha, the capital city of the Okinawa pref
  
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• Trump predicts a ‘big surprise’ for Republicans as he rallies voters in Ohio

  04-10-2026 04:22 via nbcnews.com
  President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally with Oklahoma Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei at the Choctaw Event Center Oct. 1 in Durant, Okla.(Kevin Dietsch / Getty)VANDALIA, Ohio — President Donald Trump rallied Saturday for Republicans in Ohio’s competitive races for Senate and governor, predicting that the party will defy expectations in a choppy midterm election climate.“I think we’re going to have a big surprise, because they don’t know
  
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• Cornell president says university will examine role of Greek life after rape allegation

  04-10-2026 03:58 via cnn.com
  
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  As outrage builds around the case involving a Cornell University student allegedly gang-raped in a fraternity house in October 2024, the university’s president has broken his silence with a statement Saturday.
  Here’s the latest:
  University president speaks out: “This is a defining moment in Cornell’s history,” Cornell’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, said in the video statement calling Jane Doe’s allegations “deeply disturbing.&rd
  
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• Christa Pike's failed execution exposes the secretive market for lethal injection drugs

  04-10-2026 01:38 via newsweek.com
  
  Tennessee officials are still investigating why death row inmate Christa Pike survived an execution attempt after receiving two doses of pentobarbital, a drug intended to render a person unconscious and ultimately cause death.While the immediate focus has been on what went wrong inside the execution chamber, experts say Pike’s case has also renewed scrutiny of a problem that has been building for more than a decade: how states obtain lethal injection drugs after pharmaceutical companies mo
  
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• U.K.-Iranian national released on bail after arrest in security incident near U.S. base

  04-10-2026 00:00 via cbsnews.com
  
  A dual U.K.-Iranian national who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at the U.S.-run RAF Fairford air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran was released on bail Saturday. The 25-year-old man was arrested in London on Thursday, and police have searched two properties in the U.K. capital, Counter Terrorism Policing said in a statement. On Saturday, Counter Terrorism Policing announced that the man had b
  
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