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Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton liken the effects of a software bug that affected multiple cars before the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to a "Lego race".

The Société de transport de Montréal says the man was unable to get back onto the platform and was struck by a train at the Lionel-Groulx subway station. 

Protesters say the election commission’s voter-roll revision has removed millions of eligible voters to benefit PM Modi.

Alex Norris says ‘too soon’ to say how many released this week from jails in England and Wales have monitoring devices

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Alex Norris has been unable to say how many prisoners freed early from jail this week have been tagged, despite previous reassurances from the justice department.

In an interview on Sunday, the justice secretary said it was “too soon” to say how many of the roughly 700 male prisoners let out on Thursday had been fitted with monitoring devices.

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The Yemeni president's announcement comes amid an exchange of strikes between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition.

The Yemeni president's announcement comes amid an exchange of strikes between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition.

• Winning rider Barzalona hails ‘exceptional horse’

• Stud beckons over bid for unprecedented third win

It was a very different, distinctly brutalist Longchamp that last saw a colt go back-to-back in the Arc, and 48 years on from Alleged’s second victory in 1978 with Lester Piggott holding the reins, the uber-modernist new grandstand rose to acclaim its first legend here on Sunday as Daryz produced the same overwhelming turn of finishing speed down the straight that had carried him to victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 12 months ago.

Daryz and Mickaël Barzalona did not hit the front until inside the final furlong, but they had been closing on Bay City Roller, who had disputed the lead for much of the way, to such effect from well over a furlong out that the result was in no real doubt.

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Brand’s signature desire to subvert the ordinary brings blazers with track pants and crop tops under blazers to Paris fashion week

Speaking backstage at Miu Miu’s show on Sunday at Paris fashion week, Miuccia Prada said she had been thinking about “real clothes”. The clothes people wear on the street for running errands rather than posing on social media. Her findings? Succinct. “The reality of clothing today is this mix – sportswear, casual, normal,” she said. Her challenge? To make them “more interesting, more rich”. To achieve this, she outlined how she had decided to focus on mixing “elements of sports with sophistication”.

The collection opened with a series of five neatly pleated checked skirts. The first was worn with an equally neat checked blazer but rather than a smart shoe, such as a pump or loafers, there were brightly coloured trainers. The second featured a crop top under the blazer, the trainers swapped for spiky high heels. The other looks ditched the blazer and clipped the tops so they sat just under the bust line.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, on a surprise visit to Kyiv, announced $1.5 billion in military and reconstruction aid

• Saracens 17-21 Sale

• Jibulu, O’Flaherty and Bamber score Sale’s tries

It doesn’t always require a qualified ‘wine consultant’ to identify a non-vintage performance. Brendan Venter, whose ever-changing job title at Saracens has been a subject of debate all week, will certainly not be cracking open the special reserve when he rewatches this game, ultimately most notable for Sale’s perseverance, physicality and resilience after being reduced to 13 players at one stage in the first quarter.

Committed and cussed from start to finish, Sale deserved this unexpected success over hosts who seldom made it beyond second gear despite having a liberal sprinkling of England internationals in their pack. Tries for Nathan Jibulu, Tom O’Flaherty and Ben Bamber, underpinned by the experience of George Ford, Tom Curry and Courtney Lawes, represented a major upgrade on their opening weekend home loss to Bristol.

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The government pledged to end an unfair system. Ministers must give homeowners power over costs, rather than another place to complain

“To the millions of leaseholders across the country, you have my word. The days of you being squeezed for every penny are coming to an end,” Andy Burnham told the Labour party conference. Only a few hours earlier, his housing secretary, Angela Rayner, had announced that the government would legislate for a new independent regulator and launch a consultation to cap “rip off” administrative fees. While these are undoubtedly steps in the right direction, they are miles away from Labour’s manifesto promise to “finally bring the feudal leasehold system to an end”.

In its modern form, leasehold in England and Wales turns homes into income streams for freeholders. It should be abolished. There are powerful vested interests – billionaires, aristocrats and big businesses – that would oppose this move. But the system of service charges is crippling the housing market because its exorbitant cost puts off prospective buyers. The average annual service charge for a flat in England and Wales is now £2,405, up 32.6% since 2020 and 55.6% over a decade. Owners of flats in high-rise blocks in London are paying service charges of more than £7,000 a year. Little wonder that first-time buyers are increasingly bypassing flats.

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Trucks were 'clearly marked as humanitarian vehicles', UN agency says.

In a CBS News interview, Biden-era Middle East adviser Brett McGurk recounted the administration's response to the Oct. 7 attack, its handling of the Israel-Hamas war, the role of Iran and the long-sought push to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

England’s strong results in an early learning study are a Sure Start legacy that ministers must build on

Recognition of the importance of babyhood and early childhood continues to grow. It is widely understood by many ordinary people, as well as experts, that what happens to us when we are very small, and our brains are at their most malleable, has lasting effects. As the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) put it in a study of early years education, “the first five years of a child’s life represent a window of opportunity, but also of vulnerability”.

New Labour’s grasp of this underpinned its pioneering Sure Start programme. Much of this was dismantled under the Tory-Liberal Democrat austerity programme. But despite that loss, England’s results in this year’s OECD Early Learning and Child Well‑being Study were strong. This study does not have the high profile of the programme for international student assessment (Pisa) comparing the academic performance of 15-year-olds. It is newer and relies on a far smaller sample size. But while its findings should not be treated as gospel, it is heartening that England’s five-year‑olds were found to be thriving. On a social-emotional development measure, they came out on top.

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Pike's lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.

Pike's lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.

Sullivan’s goal beat fellow teenager Julian Hall's record for United States which was only set against Chile on Tuesday.

Officers were called to the area of Lawrence Avenue West and William R. Allen Road around 8:20 a.m. Sunday, police said in a post on social media.

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, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said that a woman who alleges she was drugged and raped by multiple members of a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 was "failed" by those obligated to protect her.

Hochul's comments came a day after announcing she had lost faith in the district attorney overseeing the Cornell University rape case and signed an executive order appointing James as a special prosecutor to lead the investigation.

"In what world would the police learn from a victim that she'd been literally gang raped while intoxicated by five men in a fraternity house and not elevate those allegations to the district attorney?" Hochul said at a press conference with James in New York. "In what world does the district attorney not even interview her or anyone else involved or even request the full transcript?

"At every turn, she was failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her," Hochul said.

James said that the case is "now an active criminal investigation."

"We will review the facts, gather evidence, interview witnesses and, if warranted, pursue prosecutions," James said, adding: "I know that you want answers. I do too."

The local district attorney and Cornell both said they support James taking over the case.

Read more from Yahoo: A timeline of the Cornell rape case, from the alleged 2024 incident to the appointment of a special prosecutor to oversee the criminal investigation

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference with New York Attorney General Letitia James in New York on Friday.AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura

Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten has come under intense scrutiny in recent days over his decision not to prosecute anyone when the initial allegations were made in 2024.

In a civil lawsuit filed last month against the school and seven current and former fraternity members, a former student identified as "Jane Doe" alleged that she was the victim of a "gang rape" at the Chi Phi fraternity on Cornell's Ithaca, N.Y., campus on Oct. 19, 2024. She said she was already intoxicated when she arrived and was given ketamine before and during the alleged assault. She reported the incident to campus police three weeks later.

Van Houten said last week that Jane Doe's sworn statement to police didn't include allegations that she was "drugged against her will or gang raped."

"On the contrary, Jane Doe's statement described her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual," Van Houten said. "My office obviously did not and could not have based our November 2024 decision on the allegations in a civil lawsuit that would not be filed until nearly two years later."

On Tuesday, CBS New York published excerpts from Jane Doe's Nov. 14, 2024, interview with Cornell police, in which she asserted, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped." 

"Shockingly, those words never made it into the account that the Cornell police sent to prosecutors," Hochul said Friday.

Van Houten said he was not provided with a transcript of her interview before his office decided not to pursue charges.

"I'm going to follow up on this because this is news to me," Van Houten told CBS. "If she had said those words, we certainly would want to have explored that more. Like I said, that wasn't provided to me."

Records obtained by the New York Times show the district attorney's office declined to look at additional evidence gathered by Cornell police beyond Jane Doe's six-page statement. A Cornell police investigator wrote in a note that prosecutors had already decided, based on that statement, that "criminal charges would not be pursued in this case."

Van Houten told the Times in an email that the other records were "not pertinent to our analysis because we had Jane Doe's comprehensive account of the events."

Cornell initially said its police "shared all investigatory information" with the district attorney's office. The university later revised its statement to say police shared "the victim's sworn statement and the Snapchat screenshot," CNN reported.

Cornell University Police vehicles are seen on campus on Sept. 29.Reuters / REUTERS

According to ABC News, Jane Doe told the school's investigators that she "felt like bait" on the night of the alleged assault. 

"I felt like lions around me," she said during a 2025 hearing. "It just was a totally debilitating place to be in."

The comments were included in a 99-page report prepared by the university as part of its Title IX investigation, per ABC.

The report also included comments from a fraternity member who Cornell's investigation concluded did not engage in the assault but was found responsible for "attempted sexual exploitation." 

"I was sorry that maybe if it wasn't consensual and she was victimized, I was sorry for not stopping it," the fraternity member said, according to ABC.

That student, who was allowed to stay at Cornell, has asked a New York court to throw out the disciplinary finding against him, the Associated Press reported. His punishment included a no-contact order, a class on sexual harassment and bystander intervention, and a reflection paper.

Two of the men have released statements through their lawyers denying they participated in a sexual assault, according to the Associated Press.

Cornell University issued a statement pushing back against claims that the school did not thoroughly punish those involved in the alleged assault.

"Any suggestion that the university did not impose consequential punishments for those involved is false," the university said. "A continuation of the false narrative that there were minimal consequences in this case is irresponsible, will make survivors feel less safe and supported, and will perpetuate the underreporting of sexual assault."

Hochul announced on Wednesday that Cornell had agreed to initiate an independent review of its initial response to the allegations.

The governor also said she would work to close a loophole in New York law, which states that someone who was voluntarily intoxicated cannot claim they were mentally incapacitated during an assault, unless they can show they were "physically helpless" and unable to communicate consent.

"If someone is too intoxicated to consent, it should not matter whether they chose to use drugs or alcohol," Hochul said. "Voluntary intoxication is not a license for sexual assault or gang rape. Period."

What does the lawsuit allege?The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., is seen on Sept. 28.AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth

On Sept. 14, Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against Cornell University and seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity, alleging that she was the victim of a "gang rape" at the fraternity house when she was incapable of consent — and that the school failed to protect her from "sexual predators" on its campus.

The defendants named in the lawsuit include Cornell, the seven fraternity members, the Chi Phi fraternity, the woman's own sorority, Delta Delta Delta, and an off-campus bar that allegedly served her alcohol.

She is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages resulting from "sustained psychological injuries, severe emotional distress, along with pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life."

According to her lawsuit, Jane Doe was a 20-year-old student at the school in October 2024 when she went to visit a friend at the fraternity house on Cornell's Ithaca, N.Y., campus while intoxicated. Shortly after arriving, Jane Doe alleged that she was pressured by two fraternity brothers into snorting what they said was ketamine before sexually assaulting her. One of the men then allegedly sent a message to the fraternity's Snapchat group suggesting that she was available for sex. A screengrab of part of the chat was included in the lawsuit.

According to the complaint, multiple other members of the fraternity showed up, and she was raped for hours.

"The Snapchat was disgusting and vulgar and immoral," Van Houten told ABC News. "But the question that we analyzed was, did Jane Doe consent to what happened? And the law in New York state is clear: That if you are voluntarily intoxicated, or under the influence of drugs such that your judgment is impaired, that does not legally under the penal law constitute your inability to consent."

During the alleged assault, the fraternity members "began pouring lines of Ketamine all over her body and snorting them," according to the complaint.

"At around 5:45 AM, this assault concluded and Plaintiff lost consciousness," the lawsuit stated.

About three weeks later, on Nov. 8, 2024, Jane Doe reported the incident to the university's police department.

According to ABC News, Jane Doe told police in a sworn statement on Nov. 15, 2024, that the incident "felt like coercion," and that at one point she said "no to the foursome" one of the fraternity brothers had proposed. She also stated: "I felt like I was unable to make any decision because of how intoxicated I was."

According to the New York Times, she told Cornell's Title IX investigators that she did not consider herself a victim until she saw the incident being discussed in an online forum.

"Are Chi Phi brothers Crips or Bloods because I hear they have been doing hell Gang Banging?" one user wrote.

"They do drugs and gang r*ped a sophomore," wrote another.

"That's the first time I had ever heard the narrative change that I wasn't a whore and that I was assaulted," Jane Doe told investigators, per the Times.

What was Cornell's response?A student walks past a Cornell University sign in Ithaca, N.Y., on Sept. 28.AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth

Cornell's months-long Title IX investigation included at least 12 hearings, according to the lawsuit, which said that the accused fraternity members were "afforded the opportunity to mitigate their conduct by submitting essays to Cornell."

The panel's sanctions varied widely, according to the records obtained by the Times:

• Two men were expelled. The panel found one responsible for sexual assault, concluding he had manipulated and endangered Jane Doe. The other had been accused of assault and of sending the Snapchat message that drew other fraternity members to the room.

• Two were suspended, one for two years and one for three semesters, followed by probation. Both were barred from contacting Jane Doe and ordered to complete sexual harassment training and write reflection papers.

• One, who had already graduated, was barred from campus for three years. Jane Doe had accused him of forcibly kissing her.

• Two received lighter sanctions: no-contact orders, training on sexual harassment, social media use and bystander intervention, and reflection papers.

Cornell has denied that essays were the only punishment for any of the men. All seven deny wrongdoing, and none has been criminally charged. Jane Doe dropped out of school.

In a video message Saturday, Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff said the university's board would name an outside law firm this week to review how the school handled the case. He also promised "a serious look" at fraternities and sororities, the Cornell Daily Sun reported.

On Sept. 21, Cornell issued a statement saying that it had concluded its Title IX investigation but would not disclose individual sanctions, citing federal privacy laws.

"The Cornell Office of Civil Rights and the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards investigated and adjudicated the allegations consistent with university policies. The Xi chapter of Chi Phi fraternity remains barred from our campus," the statement said: "Federal privacy law prohibits Cornell from disclosing specific information regarding individual students and we therefore are unable to make a public statement on any other disciplinary response. Violations of university policies could lead to sanctions up to and including suspension or expulsion. We will respond in detail through the legal process."

The university also pointed out that it launched a task force on campus sexual assault in the wake of the incident and issued a report in March with recommendations for "an environment that fosters sexual health and safety."

"Several of the recommendations have already been implemented, while others are in development with oversight by a university implementation committee," Cornell said.

According to USA Today, more than 1,200 incidents of sexual assault, domestic and dating violence and stalking were reported to Cornell University's Title IX from 2018 through 2024. Of those, 14 cases resulted in suspensions, while seven ended in expulsion or dismissal, per the paper.

"Cornell takes each report seriously and, to the greatest extent possible, honors a complainant's decision not to pursue resolution," Rebecca Valli, a Cornell spokesperson, said in a statement to USA Today. "The university provides support and resources regardless of whether the respondent is subject to our conduct processes, and regardless of whether a complainant consents to an investigation."

Reactions to the allegationsFlorence Pugh attends an event for Netflix's "East of Eden" in New York City on Sept. 27.Jason Mendez via Getty Images

The harrowing allegations revealed in Jane Doe's lawsuit prompted reactions from several celebrities, including Florence Pugh, who posted a lengthy response on Instagram calling for men to speak out against sexual violence.

"This is really the moment where we need our men to be as horrified and as sickened as us," Pugh wrote. "You need to be leading conversations about how we change the allowance and complicity of this behaviour as much as we are. How can you expect us to trust that it's 'not all men' when in moments like this, many of you stay quiet?"

In an expletive-laden Instagram post, actor Josh Gad tore into Cornell, seizing on allegations in the civil lawsuit that the fraternity members were required to write essays as part of the adjudication process.

"When we start setting a precedent that our girls and women can be brutally raped, and the resulting disciplinary action is to hand out (checks notes) ESSAYS (like it's Bart Simpson being a lil' rascal), about why it was wrong to brutally violate an innocent girl, we have lost our f***ing minds," Gad wrote.

Toby Morton, a former South Park writer, launched a website, TheCornell7.org, dedicated to holding the school and the accused fraternity members accountable.

"Accountability is coming," Morton wrote on Instagram.

Mariska Hargitay posted a joint statement on Instagram with the Joyful Heart Foundation, which supports survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, with a quote from a scathing editorial by the Cornell Daily Sun.

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"Arrest them," Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams wrote in an Instagram story while sharing a photo of the seven accused men, according to Variety.

"F*** them and f*** Cornell, too!" he added.

At a town hall in Ithaca, N.Y., last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, said that "the culture of rape, sexual assault and pedophilia is protected in elite institutions across the United States, including Cornell."

Ocasio-Cortez recalled her own experience as a freshman at Boston University.

"Within maybe 10 seconds of me walking into a party — at a gym, at a school facility — someone had touched me inappropriately," Ocasio-Cortez said.

"Jane Doe, that survivor, lost her education because you can't stay in school when something like that happens to you," Ocasio-Cortez told the crowd. "She had to lose her education, and those men were protected by an institution and granted an Ivy League degree as a reward. Never again."

The congresswoman said she had a message to Jane Doe and other survivors of sexual assault.

"I want you to know that you are not defined by the things that have happened to you," Ocasio-Cortez said. "You are bigger than that. You are stronger than them. And they will never define you for your entire life. And that you can achieve anything that you want to achieve, from one survivor to another."

This article originally appeared on Yahoo News at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/cornell-rape-case-how-the-university-reportedly-punished-each-of-the-7-men-accused-from-expulsion-to-reflection-papers-183826467.html

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