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Cornell University announced on Tuesday that former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates has been retained to lead a "comprehensive independent review" into how the school "prevents and responds to sexual harassment, sexual assault and related misconduct on campus" amid allegations of a fraternity house gang rape.The announcement was made by the newly formed Special Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees.Yates is a partner in the international […]

A proposed class-action lawsuit filed by consumers against Starbucks on Oct. 2 in Seattle accuses the coffee giant of selling "sugar-free" beverages that, the suit says, "contain substantial amounts of sugar."The lawsuit, filed by plaintiffs represented by Hagens Berman law firm, alleges Starbucks "sells eight beverages whose names begin with the words 'Sugar-Free,' even though they contain between 13 and 21 grams of sugar per venti-size serving."The suit claims that […]

One day after a campuswide alert notified students about a reported rape at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024, the school's police department received a tip from an anonymous caller saying that the Chi Phi fraternity's leadership asked a potential witness to stay quiet because "the reputation of all involved and the frat would be ruined" if details of the incident spread across campus, according to the school records reviewed […]

A school bus filled with children rolled over in a multi-vehicle crash Monday morning in central Florida, killing two and injuring dozens of others, according to authorities.The bus was traveling to a high school and carrying 39 passengers, including 37 high schoolers, the bus driver and the driver's 9-year-old daughter, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a press conference Monday morning.Two people died in the crash, including a tenth-grade […]

A man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly posing as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent and intimidating Brazilian nationals who were voting at a poll site in Miami, investigators said.Danilo Alves Silva was allegedly dressed in a blue "ICE raid jacket," a blue ICE hat, sunglasses, blue jeans and tactical style boots and had his face covered in a mask when he was seen walking between polling […]