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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking in the hospital after surviving Tennessee's attempt to execute her last week, her lawyers said Tuesday. Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery, her legal team wrote in a statement released to the media. Pike had been unconscious and in critical condition in the days after two doses of pentobarbital failed to end her life on Wednesday, Sept. 30, according to her attorneys. Dr. Joel Zivot, a medical expert who has consulted with Pike's legal team, told the Associated Press that the latest update bodes well for a good recovery, but said that the full picture of her long-term health won't be clear for some time. She has recovered to a certain degree that she's able to be off a ventilator and able to speak, but in no way would I announce her free of further serious risk, he said. There's still a lot of bad things that can happen here. Fallout from the failed execution has brought intense scrutiny to Tennessee's execution procedures. Gov. Bill Lee suspended the one remaining execution scheduled for this year and announced that the state's top prison official would be stepping down. In a statement, Correction Commissioner Frank Strada said resigning was in the best interest of Tennesseans while an independent review examines what happened on Sept. 30. Strada will leave at the end of October, and an interim commissioner will be named later, Lee said. Pike's lawyers said the resignation is justified, but it does nothing to help Christa now. What happened to her Wednesday reflects a systemic failure that goes far beyond any one person, they said in a statement, according to ABC News. I think at the very least the governor should commute Ms. Pike's death sentence to a life sentence, attorney Stephen Ferrell said on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday. We don't know what her physical state will be, but it is clear that she has endured a torturous attempt at executing her. Pike, 50, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of her classmate, Colleen Slemmer. Her execution was scheduled to be carried out after 30 years on death row. But the execution was called off after the drugs she was administered did not kill her. She was taken to the hospital, where she received life-saving care. Both of Pike's arms were swollen, burned, and blistered when she arrived at the hospital, her lawyers wrote in a legal filing. Her lawyers believe the IV lines were placed incorrectly or her veins burst, so that some or all of the drug went into the tissue of her arms instead of her bloodstream. Christa Pike, pictured in January 2023. Tennessee Department of Correction via AP The filing asks a state court to order the Tennessee Department of Correction to preserve all evidence from the execution attempt. Last night was not just inefficient, it was cruel, and it was torturous, attorney Randy Spivey said the day after the execution attempt. It was also predictable. Spivey said Pike's legal team warned the state of Tennessee and the courts that her medical condition of thrombocytosis would cause her to suffer an agonizing death. They said it could increase clotting and pain during the execution process and that her veins are difficult to access. Pike's attorneys said the state and the court dismissed their client's concerns. In audio recordings obtained by the New York Times , Pike had said two weeks before she was due to be executed that she was concerned about the lethal injection, citing a recent botched execution attempt in Tennessee of Tony Carruthers in May, when staff were unable to locate a vein. Tony Carruthers lived out my worst nightmare, Pike can be heard saying in the audio, which was shared by her lawyers. I do not have good veins,' she said. And I don't want to go through that. She was not seeking to delay her execution, attorney Stephen Ferrell told reporters on Oct. 1. She was seeking to have that execution performed humanely and as quickly and as painlessly as possible. Following the failed execution, Lee ordered a comprehensive, third-party review to determine exactly what occurred and said that another execution scheduled for Dec. 3 later this year had been paused. This is a tragedy, he said. There is no one who wanted what happened last night to happen. It's deeply disturbing to me that this has happened in this state. Pike's attorneys said in response that the governor's independent review doesn't go far enough after being in solitary confinement for more than 20 years and the botched execution attempt. Christa has endured punishment greater than any other person in the history of the American death penalty, Spivey said. The governor must commute Christa's sentence now. May Martinez, the mother of Pike's victim, Colleen Slemmer, told NBC News the execution attempt had been a mess, adding, They didn't say anything, and then, all of a sudden, they asked all the victims to leave. We didn't know anything until we got up to the office and saw the commissioner. And he said that it didn't work ... and she's on her way to the hospital. U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the state's Republican candidate for governor, said Tennessee should look at other forms of execution. If it's lethal injection, if it is electric chair, what we do know is we have to find a way to do this and do it successfully, she told The Associated Press. What happens next? Tennessee officials have not said whether they will try to execute Pike again, or explained what went wrong. Her condition could complicate any future attempt. Under Supreme Court precedent, a person can't be executed unless they have a rational understanding of why they are being put to death, the New York Times reported . Dr. Joel Zivot, an Emory University anesthesiologist retained by Pike's defense team, told the BBC it is very possible she suffered a brain injury because resuscitation was delayed. Pike's lawyers have asked Lee to commute her sentence to life in prison. Lee had denied her clemency before the execution attempt. President Trump questioned how the execution could have failed, telling reporters it shouldn't be very difficult, according to AFP . United Nations human rights chief Volker Trk urged Tennessee not to try again. What happened during the execution attempt? Pike had been scheduled for execution at 10 a.m. Wednesday for killing Slemmer in 1995, at the age of 18. She would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. An appeals court stopped the lethal injection just an hour before it was to start, a stay that was subsequently overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Media witnesses said officials raised the curtains to the execution chamber at 7:27 p.m., showing Pike strapped to a gurney. I'm going to leave this world the way I spent most of my life, and that is in love, she said in her last words. However, Pike remained conscious after the first dose. Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale said she lifted her head off the gurney at 7:54 p.m. She also reportedly asked prison officials if her arm was supposed to feel that way. Tori Gessner, a journalist with WKRN News 2 in Nashville, said Pike was seen pointing at her arm and asking, Does this happen like that? By 8:26 p.m., witnesses reported that the second dose of pentobarbital had been administered. Pike continued to be heard snoring behind the closed curtain until the microphone was cut off at 8:53 p.m. At that time, an announcement was made to escort media witnesses out of the area. Pike's legal team said in a statement to the Tennessean newspaper on Wednesday night, We take no pleasure in being right, but the concerns raised by Ms Pike proved to be true: difficult vein access, blown veins, degraded pentobarbital, no emergency medical care available when things inevitably go wrong, all under a protocol that remains veiled in secrecy. Robin M. Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said what Pike experienced was singular and unparalleled. Seven other people have survived medical problems caused by an execution team's failure to access a vein to administer lethal injection drugs, but no one has remained alive after receiving the drugs used in such executions, she said. I've witnessed, I believe, five executions in Tennessee, Gessner said. Nothing about today was normal, typical at all, and the court delay was just the tip of the iceberg. A source told NBC News that there was no medical oxygen or mask in the execution chamber, meaning they had to be brought in from a prison clinic. Some of the medication had worn off by the third time staff checked on Pike, the source added. The Tennessee Department of Correction said that it followed every step of the state's lawful, established execution protocol approved by the attorney general's office. The state's execution protocol calls for a secondary set of drug syringes to be administered if the inmate is not deceased after the first set. It does not specify what happens if the subject is still alive after the second set. Lawyers for Pike filed an emergency motion late Wednesday with the Tennessee Supreme Court seeking to immediately halt and stay the execution, saying she was in unnecessary agony and that the execution was violating her right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. They also filed motions in the Sixth Circuit and a district court. Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 after being convicted of first-degree murder of Colleen Slemmer the previous year on the University of Tennessee Agricultural campus. According to legal documents filed with the Supreme Court , Pike tortured, and killed Colleen Slemmer on Jan. 12, 1995 because Pike just felt mean that day. Pike is reported to have cut Colleen's throat multiple times and crushed her skull with a piece of asphalt. Pike was also convicted of attempted first-degree murder after trying to strangle fellow inmate Patricia Jones in 2001. Who is Frank Strada? Strada took over Tennessee's Department of Correction in January 2023 after serving as deputy director of Arizona's prison system. In late 2024, he announced Tennessee would switch to a single execution drug, pentobarbital. Death penalty lawyers told the Guardian that Pike's was the fifth botched execution Strada had overseen in two states since 2022. That count includes Tennessee's failed attempt to execute Tony Carruthers in May, when staff couldn't find a vein, and three 2022 executions in Arizona in which teams struggled to place IV lines. Kit Thomas, a death row attorney, told the Guardian that training requirements for execution teams were loosened under Strada. He reduced the training requirements and we've seen disastrous results, Thomas said. A day before announcing the resignation, Lee defended the department, telling reporters, So far as we know, the Department of Correction followed exactly the protocol that was outlined. How common are botched executions? According to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), there were 75 botched lethal injections between 1982 and 2010. Compared to other methods, lethal injections face complications at a significantly higher rate. There have been a number of botched executions since 2010 that don't appear in the DPIC's tally. Most of these were executions that went wrong in some way, but still ended in death. But there are seven known instances in which an execution failed entirely. One of them was earlier this year in Tennessee, when staff were unable to find a vein to administer the lethal drugs to inmate Tony Carruthers. Tony Carruthers was scheduled to be executed on May 21, 2026. Tennessee Department of Correction via AP More than 20 pharmaceutical companies have also refused to have their products used in executions, which has left states struggling to find the drugs they need to perform lethal injections. In some cases, they have experimented with unproven alternatives, with disastrous results. An Oklahoma prisoner named Michael Lee Wilson said he could feel his whole body burning as he was being executed using a controversial drug cocktail in 2014. There have also been instances of prisoners gasping for air , heaving and coughing , convulsing and being subjected to three hours of pain before finally dying. In April 2022, Tennessee called off the execution of Oscar Smith about an hour before it was scheduled to begin after the state discovered that its lethal injection drugs had not been properly tested. An independent investigation found that the state had repeatedly failed to follow its own drug-testing protocols between 2018 and 2022. Tennessee then revised its protocol, resuming executions in May 2025 and using a single, lethal drug: pentobarbital. There's also growing evidence that lethal injection may not provide a peaceful death even when everything appears to go right. Difficulties with lethal injections have led some states to revive previously discarded execution methods. South Carolina carried out three executions by firing squad last year. There had been three total firing squad executions in the U.S. in the previous half-century combined. There were 47 executions in 2025 , according to the DPIC, higher than the recent average of fewer than 30 per year. These included the lethal injection of South Carolina inmate Marion Bowman , who received twice the intended drug dose, and Tennessee inmate Byron Black , who reportedly showed sustained cardiac activity for nearly two minutes after prison staff pronounced him dead. This article originally appeared on Yahoo News at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/christa-pikes-prognosis-still-unknown-as-her-lawyer-calls-for-sentence-to-be-commuted-take-death-off-the-table-081613268.html
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press conference at the House of Collections in Reykjavik, Iceland, on October 6, 2026. - Mark Schiefelbein/Pool/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration is struggling to get clear answers about the death of a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague, amid days of stonewalling from Russian officials about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the episode. The death of the technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia immediately raised alarms throughout the administration, prompting a race to compile intel and plot for a potential public health response, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. But Russias reluctance to share information about the incident has complicated those efforts, leaving officials uncertain what broader risks it could pose and how exactly to defend the US against them. Its incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday . Maybe its bigger than we thought. We dont know, but I think it would be reckless at this moment, given the limited information we still have, to speculate. US officials were in touch with the Russian government as early as last Friday, a State Department official said, including contact between the departments health experts and the Russian Foreign Ministry. And that outreach has continued, an administration official said, as Rubio expressed hope Tuesday that the limited information sharing will change in the next few hours and days. President Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House Tuesday afternoon that he had call scheduled to speak with Russian leader Vladimir Putin about the issue very soon. He added US agencies would have more information to report probably tomorrow. But the US has gotten limited cooperation so far. What little information has come out of Russia has faced deep skepticism, with officials unconvinced that the Kremlin is being fully forthcoming, according to people familiar with the situation. Still, until the administration knows more through intelligence collection and diplomatic outreach, officials are not taking steps such as putting travel restrictions into place to prevent any potential spread, according to a US official. The US already advises against travel to Russia due to various factors, including the possibility of wrongful detention and the war with Ukraine. Among the critical questions still outstanding: whether the 28-year-old lab worker who died last week contracted pneumonic plague a severe but treatable infection or another, unknown infectious disease. Staff at the Anti-Plague Institute study a range of other dangerous diseases, including cholera, anthrax and brucellosis, according to the institutes website . US officials have also sought details on whether the disease was modified in any way, a process called gain of function that could dramatically alter the way the US and other countries might respond. Rubio and other Trump officials have publicly downplayed the immediate threat to Americans, emphasizing that the administration is closely monitoring the situation and that pneumonic plague is treatable with antibiotics. But behind the scenes, there is deep unease within the administration over the continued lack of insight, the people familiar with the situation said. Compounding those concerns is the Russian governments outsized response, including quarantining the hospital where the lab worker was treated, according to the mayor of the Shelekhovsky district. Nearly 200 people are under observation , a regional news outlet reported. The entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk, Russia, on October 6, 2026. - AFP/Getty Images We dont know a lot right now about what actually happened, said one US official. But one thing most of us feel certain about: The Russians are going to act like the Chinese did with Covid. They wont be forthcoming. Still, Trump on Monday characterized the situation as a big problem for Russia, suggesting that the US might need to provide some unspecified level of aid. In a statement, a State Department spokesperson said that several federal agencies were closely monitoring the fatal case of suspected pneumonic plague, but that many of the details surrounding it remained unconfirmed. They reiterated that Americans have long been advised not to travel to Russia for any reason. We encourage Russian authorities to share accurate information quickly and openly, the spokesperson said. In the days since the lab workers death, the National Security Council and State Department officials have led the administrations push to gather information, piece together what happened and evaluate the potential risks, officials and others familiar with the situation said. Federal health agencies, including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, have also been involved in the cross-government effort. A source familiar with the outreach said Trump officials have also backchanneled with the World Health Organization the international health body that Trump pulled funding from soon after taking office, but that the government has continued to communicate with in emergency situations. WHO said Monday that it was in contact with Russian authorities to verify details about the lab workers death, though it has so far also received little information. If theyre not transparent, if theyre not open to independent accountability, how is it possible to trust the Kremlin is telling us the full and accurate information? said Lawrence Gostin, a global health law professor at Georgetown University who has worked closely with WHO. Clearly, on its face, the lab was conducting extremely high-risk research and using shoddy biosafety measures. The Anti-Plague Institutes relatively remote location in eastern Russia, combined with the pneumonic plagues limited ability to quickly spread, has given health experts some comfort that any immediate threat can be contained. Pneumonic plague is a bacterial infection , unlike the highly transmissible coronavirus strain that sparked the 2020 pandemic. And while the plague is fatal if untreated, there are now effective and widely available antibiotics to treat it. While there is little indication that the incident will touch off another global health crisis, officials and outside experts said it has nevertheless reinforced how difficult it can be to monitor and prepare for potential biological threats. The Health and Human Services Department may have the medical stockpile necessary to combat conventional pneumonic plague, those officials and experts said. But theres little certainty whether it could do the same against a modified version or how long it would take to develop a treatment if needed. Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiology professor and director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health, said the episode also comes as health response capabilities both in the US and globally have been diminished by funding cuts and the strain of responding to other crises. WHO has proposed slashing its budget following a $600 million shortfall triggered by the US exit. Americas ability to handle a new public health response, meanwhile, is severely diminished amid its efforts to combat measles outbreaks, she said. We are talking about a very depleted system. God forbid you layer another pathogen onto the already laborious and difficult work of going after measles, said Nuzzo. That would be a nightmare. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com This article originally appeared on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/06/politics/russia-plague-death-trump
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Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessees attempt to execute her , is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday. Pikes attorneys said her prognosis is still unclear and said she faces a long recovery. Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care, attorneys for Pike said in a statement. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her attorneys said they are grateful for the first responders and the medical team at the hospital who treated Christa like a human and have provided exceptional care to her. The statement was the first indication that Pike has improved since an ambulance carried her away from a Nashville prison last Wednesday. Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital as they attempted to put her to death for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. The lethal injection drug didnt kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered. As recently as Sunday, her attorneys said Pike had remained unconscious and on a ventilator since the failed execution attempt. Dr. Joel Zivot, a professor of anesthesiology and surgery in Atlanta who consulted as an expert for Pikes legal team, said the development bodes well for a good recovery. But, he added, it could be weeks or months before anyone knows exactly what her recovery might look like, and whether her competency could be restored to a level that might enable the state to try again to execute her. Shes still in the ICU, he said. She has recovered to a certain degree that shes able to be off a ventilator and able to speak, but in no way would I announce her free of further serious risk. Theres still a lot of bad things that can happen here, even when everyone is doing their job well. A spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Correction said she could provide no information other than that Pike remained hospitalized Tuesday. Pikes attorneys are set to go to court Wednesday as they seek to learn more about what happened in the failed lethal injection. The attorneys are seeking a court order requiring the Tennessee Department of Correction to preserve evidence, including drug lot numbers, records and other information from the Sept. 30 attempted execution . Chancery Court Judge IAshea Myles scheduled a Wednesday morning status conference in the case. Pikes attorneys said in their Tuesday statement that they continue to ask Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to commute Pikes sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Christa is a survivor and will take recovery one day at a time, her attorneys said. ___ Associated Press reporter Gene Johnson contributed from Seattle. This article originally appeared on Associated Press at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/christa-pike-conscious-speaking-hospital-205022410.html
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He put his hand into the water and touched a piece of the liner that had already come loose before he was asked by a member of the National Park Police to remove his hand from the water. His lawyers said that during his five-hour detention, he was never read his Miranda rights or permitted to make a phone call, and that he only learned he was initially facing misdemeanor charges when he found two citations stuffed into a brown paper bag with his other belongings shortly after his release from custody. A grand jury in the D.C. Superior Court later indicted him on the felony count on July 2. Despite a request from Hearn's attorneys to preserve the physical evidence in the case, his lawyers said the government fenced off the area around the Reflecting Pool in question and undertook repairs to the section of the liner that was at the heart of the indictment. By the end of July, Pirro moved to dismiss the case altogether, alleging that the Interior Department had delayed producing materials to prosecutors that undermined the evidentiary basis for the case. The record reflects an indictment obtained through unusual haste and a prosecution shaped from the outset by political pressure and built on an inadequate investigation, Hearn's lawyers wrote in the letter to the inspectors general. Pirro was later spotted toting a large box into the White House that sources later confirmed to CBS News contained evidence from the case that she presented to Mr. Trump, after he lashed out at her for dismissing the case against Hearn. The White House has since held meetings with prosecutors to explore whether other charges could be brought. But a Superior Court Judge foreclosed that possibility on Oct. 1, after he ruled that the case had to be dismissed with prejudice meaning it cannot be brought again. Should the Court dismiss this case in a fashion that allows the government to reinitiate prosecution in the future, the Court would be exposing him to the risk that, due to pressure from the President Of the United States apparently motivated at least in part by Mr. Hearn's political views, he would again be charged with a crime that prosecutors have determined he did not commit, the judge wrote in the opinion dismissing the case. The letter alleges that prosecutors had exculpatory evidence in hand before they sought an indictment against Hearn. It also alleges that Pirro improperly approached one of the defense's expert witnesses who was inspecting the Reflecting Pool and peppered the expert with questions. Defense counsel was given no notice that the encounter would take place and was not present for it, and the government has never produced any report, note, or record of the exchange, Hearn's attorneys wrote. They continued, A U.S. Attorney who personally interrogates a represented defendant's testifying expert, in the field, surrounded by her own staff and without notice to counsel, is not gathering evidenceshe is testing how the defense intends to prove its case. They also accused Pirro of running afoul of the rules of professional conduct for attorneys when she spoke publicly about the case during a press conference, and questioned whether the sole grand jury witness in the case had been recalled in order to manufacture a damages estimate to help support the felony charge. Hearn's lawyers also complained that Pirro's statements announcing the indictment extended well beyond the bare fact of the charge. [S]he previewed anticipated witness testimony, vouched for the credibility of government witnesses, opined directly on Mr. Hearn's guilt, and characterized the alleged conduct as 'anarchy' and 'criminal behavior' conduct implicating the trial-publicity and prosecutorial-conduct constraints of D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct, Hearn's attorneys wrote. A Justice Department spokesperson said, The Office of the Inspector General operates independently and makes its own decisions about what to review. This article originally appeared on CBS News at https://www.cbsnews.com/news/olympian-david-hearn-reflecting-pool-justice-interior-dept-inspector-general/
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Cornell taps former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates to lead investigation
Thousands of people gathered at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., on Monday in support of Jane Doe, the former student who alleges she was drugged and raped by multiple members of a fraternity in October 2024. The Justice for Survivors rally was organized by over 20 student organizations who led a late afternoon march to Day Hall, which houses the university's administrative offices and had been vandalized by activists overnight . Students, faculty, and residents from across the state took part in the protest calling for Cornell administrators to resign over their handling of the case. We are known as the rape school, Saya Taylor, a Cornell sophomore, said at the rally. We can be known as leading a nationwide reform movement. Demonstrators held signs accusing the Ivy League school of protecting the alleged rapists and demanding accountability. Jane Doe deserved a campus that supported her, Taylor said. Jane Doe deserved an administration that delivered a fair and proper judicial process. Jane Doe deserved a police department that would actually follow up on her case. Instead, she was silenced. Late Monday, the Cornell University faculty introduced a resolution declaring it has no confidence in the administration's ability to address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault on campus. According to NBC News , the proposal is expected to be considered by the Faculty Senate on Oct. 14. The goal is to really force systemic change, Faculty Senator Paul Ortiz said in a statement to NBC. Women need to feel safe. On Monday night, Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff and Ryan Lombardi, the school's vice president for student and campus life, met with the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, which pressed them on their response to Jane Doe's allegations. Cornell students participate in a protest over the university's handling of the Jane Doe case on Oct. 5. Spencer Platt via Getty Images We're all angry. I understand that anger, Kotlikoff said, according to the Cornell Daily Sun . People want easy answers to this. He added: This passion, if appropriately channeled, can help us as a community address this issue. On Tuesday, Cornell's board of trustees announced it has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, a partner at law firm King & Spalding, to lead an independent review of how the university responds to sexual assault on campus. As part of that broader mandate, Yates and her team will conduct a detailed review of the University's response to the allegations involving Jane Doe and members of the Chi Phi fraternity in October 2024, including whether Cornell followed its policies and procedures in responding to the matter, the board of trustees said in a statement . The developments came hours after audio of a phone call between Jane Doe and one of the accused fraternity members, recorded weeks after the alleged incident, was released by ABC News . During the call, Jane Doe said she was 10 shots deep when she arrived at the Chi Phi fraternity house and was now struggling to remember what had caused so much damage on my body and brain. The only way for me to heal is to know what happened, she said. That's why I'm trying to just piece it together, you know, like I'm just like confused. The fraternity member told her that she consented to having a threesome with him and another fraternity brother. He also insisted that Jane Doe had told him she had not been drinking when she showed up. You did tell me you were sober, by the way, he said. You said you hadn't been anywhere. That is not true. I never would have said that, she replied. The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., on Oct. 1. Matt Rourke/AP At one point during the Nov. 7, 2024, call, Jane Doe told him, If I wanted to take this somewhere, what y'all did would be classified as gang rape. The fraternity member then suggested that their memory of what transpired may be inaccurate. I have racked my brain for this mystery, he said. You know, it's possible that both of us, like, remember this, and it's not true. Jane Doe pushed back: No, because I remember looking up and being like, 'That is too many people.' Read more from Yahoo: A timeline of the Cornell University rape case ABC News also reported this week that a day after a campus-wide alert notified students of the reported rape at Chi Phi, Cornell's police department received an anonymous tip from a caller who said that the fraternity's leadership asked a potential witness to stay quiet because the reputation of all involved and the frat would be ruined if details were made public. According to the report, one female student also told Cornell investigators that the fraternity held a meeting essentially to get all of the men on the same page about what happened. The fraternity members described the incident as a consensual orgy, but expressed concern that it would be bad for our image, the same student told investigators. A student wears a Jane Doe name tag during a rally at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., on Oct. 5. REUTERS / REUTERS Other calls and text messages obtained by ABC News suggested that some of the fraternity members attempted to contain the allegations in the weeks that followed. When was the last time you spoke to [Jane Doe]? the fraternity's president wrote in the messages to the member who invited Jane Doe to the house. Yesterday ... what's the plan of action? he replied. Should I call [Jane Doe]? I don't think she would have reported this. Jane Doe, who was 20 at the time of the alleged 2024 rape, reported the incident to Cornell University police on Nov. 8, 2024. She filed a civil lawsuit on Sept. 16 against the school, seven current and former Chi Phi fraternity members, the Tri-Delta Alpha Beta sorority where she lived, and a local bar where she said she was served alcohol on the night of the alleged incident. All of the men identified in Jane Doe's civil suit have denied any wrongdoing, according to the New York Times . None has been charged with a crime. And Chi Phi remains banned from campus. Students participate in the march and protest at Cornell University on Oct. 5. Spencer Platt via Getty Images In court papers filed on Monday, the owners of Moonies Bar and Nightclub denied that they sold, furnished or assisted in procuring alcoholic beverages to any person under [the] legal drinking age or any visibly intoxicated person. They also said they neither knew nor should have known any assault would occur, and had no obligation to protect Jane Doe from sudden criminal acts of third parties off premises. Cornell University has come under intense scrutiny for its handling of the case. In an eight-minute video statement released on Saturday, Kotlikoff, Cornell's president, said the university must do better. What happened to Jane Doe in 2024 is deeply disturbing and will weigh heavily on our community for years to come. My heart aches when I think of what she experienced, Kotlikoff said. It raises heartbreaking and troubling issues about sexual assault, dehumanization and aspects of party culture, alcohol and drug use. It also raises questions around the investigations conducted after the allegations were reported. People participate in a Justice For Survivors rally at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., on Oct. 5. Spencer Platt via Getty Images New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Friday that the woman was failed by those obligated to protect her, including university police and a prosecutor who initially declined to bring charges. Hochul said that she had lost faith in Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten and appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James as the special prosecutor to oversee the criminal investigation. This young woman had already endured something that is utterly unspeakable, the governor said. And then at every turn, she was failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her. Meanwhile, Jane Doe's lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, said that his client has received multiple threats in recent days. There are people out there trying to track her down, Giuffra said on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday. They said we're gonna shut you up. You're gonna still get hurt by us. You're gonna pull this lawsuit out or we're gonna do something to hurt you even more. This article originally appeared on Yahoo News at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/cornell-rape-case-latest-students-protest-for-jane-doe-as-university-president-says-were-all-angry-171906056.html
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declares state of emergency over spike in measles cases
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency on Monday as neighboring Pennsylvania battles its largest measles outbreak in three decades. As of Oct. 3, New York has recorded 108 measles cases so far this year, 92 of those since mid-July across 18 rural counties where communities are under-immunized, according to Hochul's order. After reviewing the latest data on measles cases in New York State, I am declaring a state disaster emergency to strengthen our ongoing efforts to confront this disease, Hochul said in a statement . No one should get seriously ill or die from a vaccine-preventable disease. Measles cases surpass 1,000 in Pennsylvania amid the state's largest outbreak in decades It marks the first time a state has issued an emergency order since measles cases began rising last year. At least 95% of measles cases in the U.S. have been among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown. The order allows registered nurses to order the collection and testing of specimens for suspected measles cases. Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo - PHOTO: New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference, Oct. 2, 2026, in New York. Early symptoms include cough, runny nose, fever as high as 104 Fahrenheit and red, watery eyes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Two to three days after symptoms start, patients may develop Koplik spots, which are tiny white spots that may appear inside the mouth on the inner cheek. Three to five days after symptoms start, patients may experience a rash, first appearing on the face at the hairline before moving downwards to the neck, chest, stomach, arms, legs and feet. Fever may spike even higher than 104 F when the rash appears, the CDC says. The order, in effect until Nov. 4, allows pharmacists in New York to vaccinate children as young as age 2 with the MMR shot. It also expands who can administer MMR vaccines to include emergency medical technicians-paramedics, advanced EMS and midwives. Additionally, it suspends a previous requirement that health care professionals who administer vaccines to those aged 19 and older receive consent before reporting vaccination to New York City or New York State immunizations registries. All MMR vaccinations of children and adults must be reported within 72 hours. How hospitals, clinics in Pennsylvania are responding to the measles outbreak Department staff are working closely with local health departments and regional partners to track and contain the current measles outbreak, Dr. James McDonald, commissioner for the New York State Department, said in a statement. The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is the best protection -- protecting nearly all people against disease who receive the recommended doses. The state said it has administered more than 1,000 MMR shots in rural areas since July. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania health officials are now reporting more than 1,000 measles cases. Nearly 200 people have been hospitalized and the state has reported five measles-associated deaths, which is the most any state has reported in over 30 years. This outbreak follows a trend of growing outbreaks in the U.S. over the last two years. Earlier this year, South Carolina reported the end to a measles outbreak of 997 cases. Last year, Texas reported an outbreak of 762 cases. Kateryna Kon/science Photo Library/Getty Images - PHOTO: Measles virus particle, illustration. Nationally, nearly 4,000 cases have been confirmed this year in the U.S., with infections reported in almost every state, according to the CDC . It's the highest number of illnesses from measles since 1991. The CDC currently recommends that people receive two doses of the MMR vaccine, the first at ages 12 to 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years old. One dose is 93% effective in preventing measles infection, and two doses are 97% effective, the CDC says. Infants aged 6 to 11 months living in or traveling to high-risk outbreak areas may receive an early third dose of the MMR vaccine. However, CDC data shows vaccination rates have been lagging in recent years. During the 2025-26 school year, 92.4% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data. This is lower than the 95.2% seen in the 2019-20 school year, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. School vaccine exemptions also reached a record high last school year. Recent CDC data showed that vaccine exemptions for kindergarteners increased to 4.2% during the 2025-26 school year. This is up from 3.6% compared to the previous school year and 2.2% during the 2020-21 school year. This article originally appeared on ABC News at https://abcnews.com/Health/new-york-declares-state-disaster-emergency-rising-measles/story?id=137032064
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Trump says taxpayers won't fund his promotional ads going forward
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