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                      <![CDATA[ <p>An off-duty NYPD detective was stabbed in the Bronx Friday afternoon, police said.</p><p>It happened at around 1:45 p.m. at East 206th Street and Rochambeau Avenue.</p><p>According to police, two suspects are accused of leaving the detective bleeding out in the road after stabbing him seven times during an attempted robbery before fleeing on an e-bike.</p><p>"Somebody broke into his car, he approached the guy, the guy stabbed him, he chased the guy, and that's when he collapsed," one witness said.</p><p>Police say a gold chain may have been the target of that robbery.&nbsp;</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/03/3f19558e-7519-4ea7-91bb-f9fc04a08f70/thumbnail/620x349/e3000a9b4a4d52671242f8089ee5a974/flaks-11p-pkg-bx-off-du-wcbsj847-hi-res-still.jpg#" alt="NYPD van with photos of suspects " height="349" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/03/3f19558e-7519-4ea7-91bb-f9fc04a08f70/thumbnail/620x349/e3000a9b4a4d52671242f8089ee5a974/flaks-11p-pkg-bx-off-du-wcbsj847-hi-res-still.jpg 1x, https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/03/3f19558e-7519-4ea7-91bb-f9fc04a08f70/thumbnail/1240x698/2e6d271bf02c83d772b6baa2e3c5f9d3/flaks-11p-pkg-bx-off-du-wcbsj847-hi-res-still.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">An NYPD van displayed photos of two men wanted in connection to the stabbing of an off-duty NYPD detective on Oct. 2, 2026.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>The detective was rushed to a local hospital, where New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch visited him.</p><p>"I am hoping for his quick and complete recovery. I am confident that the NYPD will identify and apprehend the suspects and that the people responsible will be held to account," Mamdani <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2106124539193438503">posted on social media</a>.</p><p>"As our brother detective recovers from injuries sustained during an off-duty robbery in the Bronx, the DEA stands firmly by his side. The perpetrators may think they got away, but they didn't count on the full force of NYPD detectives searching for them. There's nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. This union will not stop until those responsible are held accountable - for our brother in blue and all New Yorkers," <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/NYCPDDEA/status/2106137945849598204">Detectives' Endowment Association president Scott Munro said</a>.</p><p>Throughout the day, a heavy police presence filled the streets as investigators surveyed the scene. In the street, multiple evidence markers and what appeared to be a black backpack. In the evening, an NYPD van with photos of two men wanted in connection to the attack circled the neighborhood.</p><p>Police did not immediately say if a weapon was recovered.</p><p>As of Friday night, the detective was in critical but stable condition.</p><p>A previously scheduled NYPD news conference on crime statistics was canceled because of the stabbing.</p>

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                      <![CDATA[ Police are searching for two men after an off-duty NYPD detective was stabbed in the Bronx on Friday. CBS News New York's Rob Flaks reports. ]]>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Dylan Garand made 23 saves for his first career shutout and the New York Rangers spoiled the Detroit Red Wings' opener with a 2-0 victory on Friday.</p><p>Garand was making his first start after going 2-0-1 in three appearances with the Rangers last season. Sean Durzi scored on a first-period power play and Eeli Tolvanen added an empty-netter. </p><p>New York was already playing its third game of the season and second of a back-to-back. The Rangers were coming off a 5-1 home win over Tampa Bay on Thursday that featured a goal by goaltender Igor Shesterkin.</p><p>The Red Wings began the season without two prominent players. Former captain Dylan Larkin, who has requested a trade, has an upper-body injury and was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Aug. 15. Restricted free agent Simon Edvinsson, one of Detroit's top defensemen, remains unsigned amid stalled negotiations.</p><p>Larkin, wearing street clothes, was booed during pregame introductions. Some disenchanted fans chanted "Sell the team!" after Durzi's goal, directing their venom at owner Chris Ilitch. The fans became more supportive once the home team put some pressure on Garand and Wings forward Marco Kasper fought Durzi midway through the second period.</p><p>John Gibson made 19 saves for Detroit.</p><p>Durzi's power-play goal at 5:12 was the only scoring during the first period. He scored from the high slot off a feed from Gabe Perreault. Tolvanen's second goal of the season came with 1:16 remaining.</p><p>Rangers: Host Utah on Sunday.</p><p>Red Wings: Host Winnipeg on Sunday.</p><p>___</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="/essentials/n95-like-masks-for-kids/">See AP's full NHL coverage here</a>               </p>
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        <title>Long Island student ends teacher&#039;s 25-year challenge with perfect Regents score</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>A Long Island high school student achieved a perfect score on the New York State Chemistry Regents, ending a 25-year challenge set by his teacher.</p><p>Baldwin High School chemistry teacher Anthony Simonelli promised a cash prize to any student who scored 100 on the incredibly difficult exam, hoping a financial incentive would motivate students.  </p><p>"I said, all right, here's some motivation. I'll give you 100 bucks. Any kid who gets 100," Simonelli said.</p><p>For decades, year after year, students fell short.</p><p>That changed when Jojo Yawson became the first student to achieve a perfect score.</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/03/40fa0bcd-d0ed-41aa-960e-8aee733d14fa/thumbnail/620x349/8ef97a446a2539a4a358d5499c4fa338/gusoff-6p-pkg-chemistry-wcbsj7yz-hi-res-still.jpg#" alt="Baldwin High School chemistry teacher Anthony Simonelli and student Jojo Yawson " height="349" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/03/40fa0bcd-d0ed-41aa-960e-8aee733d14fa/thumbnail/620x349/8ef97a446a2539a4a358d5499c4fa338/gusoff-6p-pkg-chemistry-wcbsj7yz-hi-res-still.jpg 1x, https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/03/40fa0bcd-d0ed-41aa-960e-8aee733d14fa/thumbnail/1240x698/ffcbfc2c56ec0af0c1aae94ee28bad0c/gusoff-6p-pkg-chemistry-wcbsj7yz-hi-res-still.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">Baldwin High School chemistry teacher Anthony Simonelli and student Jojo Yawson</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>Despite months of preparation, Yawson said he believed he wasn't going to succeed.</p><p>"I thought I did terrible. I went home dejected. I thought, I don't know, I thought I missed at least a few questions," he said.</p><p>Simonelli also thought there would be no winner.</p><p>"We had graded all the exams. Every single one. We were done," Simonelli said.</p><p>But they hadn't yet gotten the exam from Yawson, who had taken the test in a separate room.</p><p>"When it came back with 100, my jaw almost hit the floor. Literally the last kid," Simonelli said.</p><p>Yawson said the money was definitely a motivator.</p><p>"It did matter a lot. It wasn't in the back of my mind, it was in the front of my mind," he said.</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/03/6ca13bf6-4bc9-483a-a48c-8dc10a8de0c3/thumbnail/620x349/950bcee0e1a0fec752b064ca9c9c0df7/gusoff-6p-pkg-chemistry-wcbsj7yz-hi-res-still-00-01-1822.jpg#" alt='A $100 bill with "Thank you Simonelli" written on it in market ' height="349" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/03/6ca13bf6-4bc9-483a-a48c-8dc10a8de0c3/thumbnail/620x349/950bcee0e1a0fec752b064ca9c9c0df7/gusoff-6p-pkg-chemistry-wcbsj7yz-hi-res-still-00-01-1822.jpg 1x, https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/03/6ca13bf6-4bc9-483a-a48c-8dc10a8de0c3/thumbnail/1240x698/09ff121934db3240f5fced169d9766ff/gusoff-6p-pkg-chemistry-wcbsj7yz-hi-res-still-00-01-1822.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">Yawson's mother said her son should frame his $100 bill from Simonelli.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>The achievement came as the Chemistry Regents is set to undergo changes next year, making Yawson's accomplishment even more memorable. Simonelli called it a long-awaited moment after a quarter-century of waiting.</p><p>Yawson's mother, Ama K. Karikari, said the achievement represents more than a cash prize. Karikari said her son is a gifted teen, and had to navigate learning differences and was homeschooled for several years.</p><p>"I said, listen, money will come to you. Let's put [the $100 bill] in a frame so that those moments of challenge ... [he'll] know that he's being well supported," she said.</p><p>Meanwhile, Simonelli said he hopes the accomplishment will help Yawson find mentors who can support his future ambitions.</p><p>"Jojo is meant to change the world. He is really exceptional," Simonelli said.</p><p>Yawson says he plans to pursue a career in civil engineering.</p><p>Meanwhile, Simonelli says he's doubling down for the revamped Regents. Going forward, he's offering $200 for a perfect score.</p>

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        <title>Student ends teacher&#039;s 25-year challenge with perfect Regents score</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ For 25 years, a Long Island teacher challenged his students to achieve a perfect score on the New York State Chemistry Regents exam, and every single one came up short -- until this year. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff introduces us to the student who finally cracked the challenge. ]]>
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        <title>FlyDubai captain tells India&#039;s leader how he saved himself and 173 others while fighting for his own life</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:34:49 -0400</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>The <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tel-aviv-israel-flydubai-flight-saudi-arabia-diverted-pilots/" target="_blank">FlyDubai captain attacked by his co-pilot</a></span> on a Wednesday flight to Israel says his faith gave him the courage to seize what he believed to be a last chance to save himself and the 173 other people on board the plane.</p><p>Flight captain Smit Machchhar told India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an emotional video call from his hospital bed in Saudi Arabia on Thursday that, despite multiple stab wounds, he managed to open the cockpit door to let in <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flydubai-flight-israel-passengers-recount-alleged-terror-attack-hijack/" target="_blank">passengers who subdued the attacking co-pilot</a></span>, likely saving the 174 people on the Boeing 737. &nbsp;</p><p>"I was fighting for my life," said Machchhar, who is an Indian national. "When I was lying on the floor I could feel the aircraft was going down. I knew exactly that this would be the last push. I told myself that if I didn't get up, there would be a problem. I managed to open the door, and then everyone else came in."</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/02/f8c11a35-bf34-4519-ae46-5d5195417f2e/thumbnail/620x358/8fd8c2a5e5e900c726ff9420556261c4/flydubai-pilot-modi-call.png#" alt="flydubai-pilot-modi-call.png " height="358" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/02/f8c11a35-bf34-4519-ae46-5d5195417f2e/thumbnail/620x358/8fd8c2a5e5e900c726ff9420556261c4/flydubai-pilot-modi-call.png 1x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">FlyDubai pilot Smit Machchhar speaks from his hospital bed in Saudi Arabia with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the incident that played out on a flight to Israel from Dubai, in a video call on Oct. 2, 2026.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>Machchhar told Modi how, in his darkest moments, he repeated Hindu religious chants and clung to his faith, believing "God would save us."</p><p>He apologized for breaking down in tears as he told the Indian leader he had never really been "proud of myself, but today I am."</p><p>The first question Modi asked Machchhar was how he was feeling, to which Machchhar, wearing a bandage around his head and with an oxygen tube still in his nose, replied simply: "All good, sir."</p><p>"I am not thinking about the wounds that much," the captain said. "I look at this as a journey. I am confident of my recovery and return."</p><p>"Get better and healthy, the whole nation is with you," the Indian leader told him. "I don't want to bother you much. My best wishes are with you."</p><h2>Co-pilot transferred to UAE for questioning</h2><p>The co-pilot of FlyDubai flight 1073, who has not been identified by authorities, was transferred Thursday from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates for questioning by Israeli, UAE and Saudi officials, an Israeli official confirmed to CBS News on Friday.</p><p>"As time passes, the picture is becoming clearer; the attacker underwent Islamist radicalization. He came to crash the plane with its passengers," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday. "We are investigating whether he was dispatched, and whoever sent him will pay a very heavy price."</p><p>Saudi officials said Wednesday that the co-pilot was hospitalized after the incident and treated for unspecified injuries.&nbsp;</p><p>An Omani official confirmed to CBS News that the copilot was born in Oman and currently holds Omani citizenship, but Oman's government has not publicly confirmed his nationality.&nbsp;</p><p>Netanyahu <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/netanyahu-too-early-to-determine-motive-flydubai-cockpit-stabbing/" target="_blank">said Thursday</a></span> that Israel knew he had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination" based on "personal information" gathered during initial questioning. He offered no further information on the alleged indoctrination Thursday or Friday, but told Fox News on Thursday that the alleged attacker was "suicidal," and that after he was subdued by other crew members and passengers, he shouted: "Kill me, kill me!"&nbsp;</p><p>President Trump on Thursday suggested the co-pilot was linked to Iran, going further than Netanyahu, who&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2105470632943059042">had said</a> it was still "too early to say" if Iran could have been involved.&nbsp;</p><p>"We're working on it right now," Mr. Trump said Thursday at the White House when a reporter asked if the co-pilot had links to Iran. "They're being very open with us. I would say the answer, based on what I'm hearing, is yes. But we're working on it right now."</p><p>Asked if the co-pilot could have been working for or with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or radicalized some other way, Mr. Trump replied that he "could've been, yeah."</p>

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        <title>Details emerge in case of former Cornell student alleging gang rape by fraternity members</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:32:14 -0400</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>New details are emerging in the case of a former Cornell University student who claims she was drugged and gang-raped for multiple hours inside a fraternity house in October 2024.</p><p>The woman &mdash; identified only as <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-doe-cornell-university-rape-allegations-text-messages-transcripts/" target="_blank">Jane Doe</a></span>, who was 20 at the time of the alleged incident &mdash; recently <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-lawsuit-fraternity-rape-allegations/" target="_blank">filed a civil lawsuit</a></span> against seven then-Chi Phi fraternity members and the university, claiming they failed to protect her and prevent the alleged assault. While Cornell conducted an internal investigation, and expelled or suspended several of the men, no criminal charges were brought against the accused at the time.&nbsp;</p><p>The Tompkins County District Attorney's Office confirmed on Monday, Sept. 28, that it was&nbsp;<span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/alleged-cornell-university-fraternity-rape-case-will-be-reopened/" target="_blank">reopening the criminal investigation</a></span> amid pressure from the community. The DA said the woman's sworn statement from November 2024 was different from what she alleges in the civil lawsuit, while her attorney claims investigators never followed up on her allegations.</p><p>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-alleged-gang-rape-independent-investigation/">Cornell has now agreed</a></span> to hire outside counsel for an independent investigation. Hochul on Oct. 1 signed an executive order appointing New York Attorney General Letitia James <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-case-letitia-james-special-prosecutor/" target="_blank">as a special prosecutor</a></span> in the case. Hochul <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/GovKathyHochul/status/2105811934989697405">said</a>&nbsp;James will "investigate the incident and, if warranted, prosecute any offenses arising from the investigation and present evidence to a grand jury."</p><p>Here is what we know about the case so far:</p><h2>Claims against Cornell</h2><p>In the lawsuit against the university and the then-fraternity members, the woman alleges she visited a friend at Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity house while she was already intoxicated, and alleges that two fraternity members pressured her into taking what they said was ketamine. She alleges they then sexually assaulted her.</p><p>According to the suit, on the night in question at around 1:42 a.m., one fraternity member sent a crude message to a Chi Phi <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-allegation-chi-phi-snapchat-conversation/" target="_blank">Snapchat group chat</a></span> suggesting that a woman upstairs was available for sex. The woman alleges more men entered the room and the assaults continued until 5:45 a.m.</p><p>The complaint says the woman filed a report with the university's police department three weeks after the alleged rapes.&nbsp;</p><p>"Once she was emotionally ready, she went to the University police and bravely shared what had occurred to her. She went to the police because she believed that she was the victim of a crime," her attorney, Thomas Giuffra, said in a statement to CBS News.</p><p>"Other than her initial contact with Cornell Police, she was not contacted by investigators from the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office or any investigators trained in interviewing rape survivors," Giuffra said.</p><p>Cornell conducted an internal review of the allegations after she filed the report with campus police. Giuffra told CBS News New York that two of the fraternity members were expelled, while five others received lesser sanctions including suspensions, workshops and writing essays.</p><p>"Not one of these guys was arrested. Not one. That I can tell you for a fact," Giuffra told CBS News New York, adding that the woman dropped out of the school after the alleged assault.</p><p>Cornell disputed the idea that some of the accused only had to write essays for punishment.</p><p>"None of the individuals charged were offered the opportunity to write essays as a sole consequence of their involvement," the university said.</p><p>Cornell President Michael I. Kotlikoff specified in a Sept. 29 meeting with the student government that two of the accused were expelled, two suspended for at least two semesters, one had already graduated before any punishment could be handed down, and two were found not to be responsible for sexual misconduct.</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/09/28/80d7344b-c74c-432c-8b0f-c12c164712ab/thumbnail/620x413/b8599daceb324de61df517344c202d7c/ap26271556664976.jpg#" alt="Cornell Investigation " height="413" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/09/28/80d7344b-c74c-432c-8b0f-c12c164712ab/thumbnail/620x413/b8599daceb324de61df517344c202d7c/ap26271556664976.jpg 1x, https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/09/28/80d7344b-c74c-432c-8b0f-c12c164712ab/thumbnail/1240x826/3c531ac1e14b5bcd3fd7ba0e2ac0666b/ap26271556664976.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">People walk on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in February 2024.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>The lawsuit accuses Cornell and the other defendants of breach of contract, negligence and violations of state law. She is seeking monetary damages, including compensatory and punitive damages. The lawsuit does not specify how much she is seeking.</p><h2>Exclusive report on Jane Doe campus police interview transcript </h2><p>According to a <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-case-jane-doe-police-interview-transcript/" target="_blank">transcript of the alleged victim's interview with campus police</a></span>, obtained by CBS News New York's Mahsa Saeidi from a source, Jane Doe distinguished the initial sexual activity from what she says happened later in the night.</p><p>She described drinking and using drugs the night of the alleged rape, and said she had gaps in her memory, according to the transcript.</p><p>When asked whether she was OK with the initial encounter, she said, "Yeah, as much as I can be because, again, I was super drunk when I got there ... But I was pretty OK with all of this."</p><p>When describing what happened later in the night, the transcript says Jane Doe said, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped."</p><p>The interview began on Nov. 14, 2024 &mdash; more than three weeks after the alleged gang rape &mdash; and continued the next day.</p><p>The transcript was used as the basis for the alleged victim's written statement, and it shows the investigator read her account back to her word by word and gave her a chance to clarify or correct the record.</p><p>On the second day of the interview, Jane Doe reviewed the revised six-page statement. The transcript shows her adviser asked if she wanted her and another adviser to review the statement.</p><p>In the statement, obtained by CBS News, she detailed what she said happened the night of the alleged rape. She described being "pretty incapacitated" and things becoming a blur. <br> <br>She recalled "multiple men" coming into the room at some point when she was naked. <br> <br>"I had become extremely uncomfortable with how this night was turning out, so my thought was, if I do ketamine again, maybe I will pass out. My thought was that if I passed out and these men have sex with me, then they could have been charged with rape at this point," she said in the statement.  <br> <br>Later, she described two people walking in and saying they were "shutting it down," which caused "the group of men" to scatter.  <br> <br>She then described sexual encounters. "I remember being totally disgusted at the situation, and I felt very tired and intoxicated," she said, adding, "I would say that it was the most intoxicated I've ever been in my life. I felt like I was unable to make any decisions because of how intoxicated I was."&nbsp;</p><p>Before signing, the transcript shows Jane Doe said, "I'm very confident about this."</p><p>Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten told CBS News on Sept. 29 that he was never provided the full transcripts of those initial interviews Jane Doe conducted with Cornell police.&nbsp;</p><p>He said the sworn statement submitted to his office in November 2024 made no mention of the statements that were made in the transcript obtained by CBS News New York &mdash; specifically Doe telling school investigators, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped."</p><p>"I never saw it, never heard it until tonight," Van Houten <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-case-district-attorney-campus-police-interview/" target="_blank">said in the interview</a></span>. "If it exists, I will get it. You can be sure of that."</p><p>He added, "If that kind of thing was omitted from a statement, if it is true, it needs to be fully investigated by someone outside of Cornell."&nbsp;</p><p>Cornell University initially said its police department provided the results of the school's investigation to the DA. However, in an <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://statements.cornell.edu/2026/20260929-faq.cfm">FAQ</a> published on its website regarding the allegations, the university said in an Oct. 1 update that it "shared the victim's sworn statement and the Snapchat screenshot with the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office, which is the established protocol if the department believes it is possible a crime has occurred."&nbsp;</p><p>Jane Doe's attorney, Thomas Giuffra, remarked to CBS News, "What more did (Van Houten) need to do a thorough investigation and prosecute? He had a woman who told an officer she was raped and <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/text-messages-reveal-new-details-in-alleged-gang-rape-at-cornell-university/" target="_blank">a group chat inviting sexual assaults</a></span>. The failure to do anything is shocking.&nbsp;</p><p>"Neither I nor Ms. Doe have any confidence in DA Houten's ability to handle this investigation and prosecution. He seems more interested in protecting his reputation as opposed to seeking justice as is his duty as the District Attorney."</p><h2>Title IX investigation transcripts</h2><p><span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-alleged-gang-rape-ketamine/" target="_blank">CBS News New York obtained transcripts of Cornell's Title IX investigation</a></span>, distributed to the parties in January 2025, from a source. The documents are part of the record but do not include the Title IX panel's hearing minutes, reasoning or final findings.&nbsp;</p><p><span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-title-ix-investigation-docs-reveal-new-details-rape-investigation/" target="_blank">The records</a></span> offer a closer look at how Jane Doe described <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-doe-cornell-university-rape-allegations-text-messages-transcripts/" target="_blank">what she says happened</a></span> to her that night and in the days that followed, as well as how <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-case-jane-doe-man-accused-transcript/" target="_blank">people around her</a></span> remembered it. They include interviews with Doe, six of the seven men named in Doe's bombshell civil lawsuit, and 20 witnesses.</p><p>One roommate recalls Doe saying "Oh my goodness, isn't that crazy?" the morning after the alleged incident at Cornell's Chi Phi house in October 2024. The roommate said Doe was laughing as she recounted it, but seemed to be in shock. The roommate said Doe did not call it rape or assault that next morning.</p><p>A second roommate said Jane Doe did tell her "I wasn't comfortable."</p><p>About a week later, that second roommate said she heard Doe tell one of the men, "You had penetrative sex with me. I had so much ketamine, my eyes were crossed, and you still had sex with me."</p><p>In her Title IX interview in November, Doe said she didn't show "excitement and enthusiasm, which is kinda the basis of consent." She said she told the men she was tired and didn't want to continue, and that she was sometimes encouraged to take more substances.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>The men, now accused of rape and assault, also gave their accounts.</p><p>One said he asked Jane Doe if he could take ketamine from her body. He said she agreed.</p><p>Another, Scott Kretzschmar, said he was in the room for "tops, five minutes," did not see her naked, and did not do drugs. Kretzschmar told a Title IX investigator he asked Doe if she was OK. He said her response was "I'm good" and that "she didn't seem inebriated at all."&nbsp;</p><p>The allegation against Kretzschmar is that he snorted ketamine from Doe's body, something his attorney Jeremy Saland denies.</p><p>Cornell said its Title IX process lasted months, included a hearing before a panel of trained faculty and staff, and resulted in sanctions, including expulsions and suspensions.&nbsp;</p><p>"After investigation, and pursuant to federal law, the matter was sent to a hearing where a panel of trained faculty and staff heard evidence over multiple days," <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://statements.cornell.edu/2026/20260928-da-investigation.cfm">Cornell's statement</a> said. "The complainant and respondents had the opportunity to testify and present evidence."</p><h2>Cornell's response and internal investigation</h2><p>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Sept. 30 that <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-alleged-gang-rape-independent-investigation/" target="_blank">Cornell has agreed to bring in outside counsel</a></span> for an independent investigation. "I want answers. And I want accountability," she <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/GovKathyHochul/status/2105413800581079129">wrote on X</a>.</p><p>The fraternity chapter was closed in 2024 and remains barred from campus.</p><p>"Any suggestion that the university did not impose consequential punishments for those involved is false," Cornell 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."</p><p>The Ithaca Police Department told CBS News New York that the alleged incident was never reported to them.</p><p>Cornell said in a statement that Ithaca police were not involved initially because the "established protocol" when the school's police department believes a crime may have been committed is to share the investigation with the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office.&nbsp;</p><p>"The Cornell University Police Department is a sworn law enforcement agency and performs the same functions as municipal police, but on Cornell property. This incident occurred in Cornell's jurisdiction," the school said.</p><p>Former Cornell University police chief Anthony Bellamy, who is now deputy chief at the Ithaca Police Department, told CBS News he has no comment.</p><p>Van Houten told CBS News that the DA's office didn't have access to Cornell's Title IX records on the alleged incident, and that he's asking Jane Doe's attorney to provide those documents.</p><p>He also said "we don't have any indication" campus police at the time interviewed the seven then-fraternity brothers accused in the lawsuit.&nbsp;</p><h2>Snapchat and text messages</h2><p>CBS News New York exclusively obtained additional video of the fraternity's group Snapchat conversation from the night the woman alleges the incident occurred.&nbsp;</p><p>A message sent to the group at 1:42 a.m. suggested in crude language that a woman was available for sex.</p><p>"Shop still open?" one fraternity brother wrote later.&nbsp;</p><p>The response was "Yea."&nbsp;</p><p>Screenshots of a separate text exchange, also <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/text-messages-reveal-new-details-in-alleged-gang-rape-at-cornell-university/" target="_blank">reported exclusively by CBS News New York</a></span>, show what a source describes as messages sent two days later between Jane Doe and one of the defendants now accused in the lawsuit.&nbsp;</p><p>The man started by apologizing for "how things went down." He said his memory is "kinda fuzzy," and that he and another man feel bad for being too intoxicated to "shut it down and kick people out before it got way out of hand."</p><p>The woman in the text chain replied that her memory is "super clouded too," and said they had all been heavily intoxicated.&nbsp;</p><p>She also wrote, "non(e) of the sexual stuff was illegal." She said she liked being with him and another man. Later, she suggested they smoke together again, "but like leave out the extra 5 billion men and ketamine."&nbsp;</p><p>The woman's attorney, Thomas Giuffra, confirmed she exchanged texts with this defendant shortly after the alleged assault, but he could not confirm whether these were the specific texts.</p><p>Giuffra said she was in denial and traumatized shortly after the alleged assaults. He said she was intoxicated to the point of incapacity that night and was trying to find out what happened.</p><p>He said she felt like she should not take an aggressive tone with this defendant if she wanted answers.</p><h2>N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James appointed as special prosecutor </h2><p>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order naming New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case. </p><p>"Every New Yorker deserves to know that when they report a crime, it will be investigated fully and fairly, that they will be seen and heard," <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-case-letitia-james-special-prosecutor/" target="_blank">James said at a news conference</a></span> Friday, Oct. 2. "That is the promise of our justice system. I stand ready to lead a process guided by the facts and the law."</p><p>Hocul said in a statement that she asked James to take over the case because "[n]ewly released information continues to raise serious questions about the investigation conducted by the Cornell Police Department and the decision by the Tompkins County District Attorney not to prosecute," saying it had "undercut my faith, and the public's faith, in the District Attorney's ability to effectively investigate and prosecute the case at this time."</p><p>A Cornell spokesperson said the university supports the decision to assign the case to James' office.  <br> <br>The appointment comes less than a week after the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office said it would  reopen the criminal investigation &mdash; a decision Cornell also said it supported.</p><p>Before James' appointment, the DA, Matthew Van Houten, had told CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano that he hoped they'd be able to bring the case to a grand jury "in the next 45 days," adding, "I want to move fast." He had said the grand jury could "consider the charges that were set out in the civil complaint, and they can consider other charges."</p><p>In a statement earlier, Van Houten said the allegations made in the civil lawsuit were different from the sworn statement made by Jane Doe in November 2024. He said her 2024 statement "did not allege that she was drugged against her will or gang raped" by multiple men.</p><p>"On the contrary, Jane Doe's statement described her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual," Van Houten's statement 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."</p><p>He told CBS News, "I don't see how more could have been done at the time, given that foundation of the case being her statement."</p><p>Van Houten called the Snapchat message chain "disgusting, vulgar," but said it "had nothing to do with the issue of consent, which is the legal issue."</p><p>Cornell said the Cornell University Police Department provided a screenshot from Snapchat to the DA back in 2024, along with Jane Doe's sworn statement.</p><p>Van Houten told CBS News the officer who took Jane Doe's original statement was "an experienced investigator" who was "trained in trauma informed sexual assault cases," and "not just somebody who was manning the desk."</p><p>He had told CBS News: "We want to treat her with respect and with humanity and compassion and hear from her what's changed since November of 2024. We want to sit down with her and talk through what she knows now and what she has processed over that time so that we can put all of the evidence before the grand jury and let the grand jury decide."</p><p>Giuffra, the woman's attorney, said she was not contacted by investigators from the DA's office after she made her report to Cornell's university police.</p><p>"Interviewing a survivor is a challenging process that takes a lot of time and experience. It is never easy for a survivor to share details of an assault with a stranger. Trust must be developed and a lot of time spent learning the facts and engaging with the survivor," he said. "It is challenging for me to understand how a thorough criminal investigation could have been conducted when she never spoke with anyone other than the officer who took her original complaint."</p><p>Giuffra told CBS News they welcomed the reopening of the criminal investigation, saying it was "a step in the right direction, albeit a late one."&nbsp;</p><h2>Defendants deny accusations</h2><p>The lawsuit identifies one of the accused then-fraternity members as Scott Kretzchmar, who allegedly sent two responses in the Snapchat group.</p><p>His defense attorney, Jeremy Saland, acknowledged to CBS News that the messages were inappropriate but said they are not evidence of sexual assault.</p><p>"This is a situation where there was an ugly Snapchat &mdash; ugly, period. &hellip; But that doesn't make my client a rapist, and it certainly doesn't make anyone a sex offender," Saland said.</p><p>Saland said Kretzchmar briefly entered the room where the woman was, in response to the message "that many people have seen," and said he did not touch her "in any way, shape or form" and left in a matter of minutes.</p><p>"She was not incoherent but in fact was coherent and again left that room without touching her or having any physical interaction with her whatsoever," Saland said.</p><p>The attorney said the university found Kretzchmar was not responsible for anything that the woman alleges in her complaint.</p><p>As for the accusation of ketamine use, Saland said Kretzchmar took a hair follicle test that determined he had no ketamine in his system.</p><p>"We certainly would present evidence of the hair follicle test which demonstrably and scientifically shows that he did not ingest ketamine as alleged by the complainant," he said.</p><p>Saland said that while no one has contacted him about a renewed investigation, "we welcome the opportunity."</p><p>"We are available to present exonerating evidence. I just hope the right thing is eventually done, this case is closed, and my client can live his life and not be subject to this selfish, repugnant, vile claim by this woman about him," he added.</p><p>Andrew Miltenberg, an attorney representing Gillio Lopes, another then-fraternity member accused in the civil lawsuit, told CBS News New York that his client "unequivocally denies the allegations against him."</p><p>"Cornell previously investigated these allegations. The allegations now being made publicly differ from what was reported and investigated during that process," Miltenberg said. "These are serious accusations, but accusations are not proof. Mr. Lopes should be judged on the evidence, not prejudged based on allegations made in a lawsuit or repeated in the media. We will address these issues through the appropriate legal process."</p><p>CBS News has reached out to the other defendants named in the civil lawsuit.</p><p><em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/team/mahsa-saeidi/">Mahsa Saeidi</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/team/lilia-luciano/">Lilia Luciano</a>&nbsp;and Kinjal Patel contributed to this report.</em></p>

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        <title>Black female artists take center stage at Schomburg Center in Harlem</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Black female artists are taking the spotlight for the first time in an exhibition of its size at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library in Harlem.&nbsp;</p><p>Opening in September is a new exhibition called "<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/forging-ahead">Forging Ahead: Recent Acquisitions</a>." The idea for an all-Black women exhibition came to curators Tammi Lawson and La Tanya Autry when they noticed a gap in their collection: Black women.&nbsp;</p><p>Lawson and Autry set out to fix that, creating an exhibition of photographs, sculptures, collage art, paintings and more from 21 Black female artists from across the African Diaspora.&nbsp;</p><p>The works on display include the late Nona Faustine's "Mitochondria," an intimate photo series chronicling three generations of Black women in her own family and highlighting the power and pain of matriarchs. Faustine passed away in 2025 after a five-year battle with cancer, <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DH3YvewsQlJ/?hl=en">according</a> to her family.</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/02/08692e07-6546-42d7-8565-f19bf31618c5/thumbnail/620x498/15914e6f354672c3dec4d4baa36cc57f/scphg-faustine-mitochondria-2013-reduced-jpg.jpg#" alt="scphg-nona-faustine-mitochondria-2013-reduced-jpg.jpg " height="498" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/02/08692e07-6546-42d7-8565-f19bf31618c5/thumbnail/620x498/15914e6f354672c3dec4d4baa36cc57f/scphg-faustine-mitochondria-2013-reduced-jpg.jpg 1x, https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/02/08692e07-6546-42d7-8565-f19bf31618c5/thumbnail/1240x996/cd473c888d0aaa7cc32e5899d5628e88/scphg-faustine-mitochondria-2013-reduced-jpg.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">Mitochondria, Mitochondria series, 2013. Nona Faustine (1977-2025). Pigment print. Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library.&nbsp;&copy; Nona Faustine</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>Although much of the Schomburg Center's work is rooted in our history, curators say this exhibition is a chance to support our present and our future. Many of those featured are working artists from the New York City area.&nbsp;</p><p>Curators say Black women artists need more financial support and press coverage.</p><p>"Black women, despite all our obstacles and erasure, we forge ahead ... [Black women artists] need money, they need resources because we're underrepresented across galleries, auction houses and museums," Lawson said. "There was a study that was done, the [Burns Halpert report], and it showed that only less than 1% of museum collections have Black women artists."</p><p>Lawson is a Bertha Franklin Feder award-winning librarian and Curator of the Art and Artifacts Division at the Schomburg Center.</p><p>The exhibition is open through the end of March 2027, which is also Women's History Month.&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>"People should know more than one Black woman artist. Often they can't name one, but they should know several," Autry said. "So, I'm hoping the show is helping push in that direction and will change the world."&nbsp;</p><p>Autry is a former Yale University Art Gallery fellow and the inaugural Curator of Art and Civil Rights at Mississippi Museum of Art. She currently is the Associate Curator for the Photographs and Prints Division at the Center.</p><p>Since 1925, the Schomburg Center has operated within the NYPL system as a way to commemorate and honor the achievements and historical contributions of the Black community globally.&nbsp;</p><p>To enter, visitors will need a library card, and any New Yorker can access the original works of Black scholars and artists like Langston Hughes and James Baldwin or check out rare books, artifacts or historical documents on Black history from around the world.</p><p><em>Have a story idea or tip in Harlem? Email No&euml;lle by&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:harlemtip@cbs.com">CLICKING HERE</a>.</em></p>

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        <title>Bronx mom, baby reunite with NYPD officers who saved infant from choking</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>A Bronx mother and her baby were reunited with the NYPD officers who helped save the infant's life after he began choking at home last weekend. <br> <br>Janibel Montano said she was cooking when she noticed her son Jheyler was choking and facedown in his crib.   <br> <br>That's when Montano frantically called for help and neighbors flagged down a passing NYPD patrol vehicle.   </p><p>The officers were on their way to another call before quickly jumping into action to help baby Jheyler.</p><p>Officer Julio Arias responded and quickly helped get the infant to breathe again.&nbsp;<br> <br>"I had felt something fall off and that's when he started crying and started breathing again," Arias said. <br> <br>It's unclear what the child was choking on, but the intervention worked. The sound of Jheyler crying brought immediate relief to his family and the officers who responded.</p><p>"It was a huge relief and a godsend," Montano said in Spanish.&nbsp; <br><br>Officer Karolin Abreu Garcia, who responded alongside Arias, recalled the intense moments during the incident.&nbsp;<br> <br>"I felt like I was breathing again when I saw the baby crying. I noticed I wasn't breathing either," she said.</p><p>The NYPD's body-worn camera footage shows Arias delivering firm back blows between the baby's shoulder blades while holding him facedown on his forearm, a technique used to help choking infants. <br> <br>The officers encouraged parents and caregivers to remain calm during emergencies and seek help immediately. <br> <br>"Try not to panic. At the end of the day, someone will know what's going on and someone will help," Arias said. <br> <br>Montano and Jheyler's father called the officers heroes during the reunion at the 44th Precinct.</p><p>Officers Arias and Garcia credited their emergency training for preparing them to act quickly.&nbsp;  </p><p>Jheyler is set to celebrate his 11-month birthday on Saturday.&nbsp;</p>
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        <title>Newly unsealed footage shows Luigi Mangione&#039;s arrest in Pennsylvania</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:04:01 -0400</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Newly unsealed police body camera footage obtained by CBS News New York shows the moments Altoona, Pennsylvania, police officers placed Luigi Mangione in handcuffs, ending <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shot-manhunt/" target="_blank">a five-day manhunt </a></span>following the fatal shooting of <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/midtown-manhattan-shooting-hilton-hotel/" target="_blank">UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside of a Midtown hotel in 2024.</a></span>  </p><p>The video also captures the property search that followed, and it was played during a suppression hearing in December 2025, when Mangione's defense attorneys argued that the search of his backpack violated his rights.</p><p>This is the first time the footage is being seen publicly outside a courtroom.</p><p>Police responded to a 911 call in December 2024 reporting that a man believed to be the shooting suspect was eating breakfast at a McDonald's in Altoona.</p><p>Body camera footage shows officers questioning Mangione about a fake driver's license with the name "Mark Rosario."&nbsp;</p><p>Mangione later identified himself and told officers he "shouldn't have" lied about his identity, according to the video.</p><p>The footage also shows officers transporting Mangione to the police station, where authorities conducted a strip search. Investigators recovered a firearm from his backpack that prosecutors later linked to the crime scene.</p><p>A state judge ultimately ruled that most of the evidence obtained during the search would be allowed at trial.</p><p>Legal expert Richard Shorenstein said the police officers seen in the body camera footage do not appear concerned about safety, despite the&nbsp;<span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/luigi-mangione-court-backpack-evidence-state-trial/" target="_blank">prosecution's argument that the search of the backpack at McDonald's was necessary</a></span> for safety reasons.</p><p><span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/luigi-mangione-says-he-will-plead-guilty-in-federal-case/" target="_blank">Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges</a></span> of interstate stalking resulting in death and stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death. He also faces second-degree murder, weapons and forgery charges. A prior first-degree murder charge was thrown out last year in his state trial.</p><p>He is scheduled to be sentenced on federal charges in December. A decision on whether the state case will move forward is still pending.</p>

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        <title>Jane Doe&#039;s attorney says &quot;she was incapable of consent,&quot; accuses Cornell of &quot;cover-up&quot;</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Jane Doe's attorney argues she was "incapable of consent" because she was "completely, grossly intoxicated" when she arrived <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-doe-cornell-university-rape-allegations-text-messages-transcripts/">at a Cornell fraternity house</a></span> the night she was allegedly raped in October 2024.</p><p>"She didn't have consent from the time she walked in the door; she was incapable of consent," her lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, told CBS News.&nbsp;</p><p>Giuffra claims Jane Doe was pressured to take ketamine, which he says left her feeling as though she were "floating above herself" and like a ragdoll &mdash; unable to stop what was happening.</p><p>"And she felt like, you know, like a sex worker just being shuffled from place to place in a bit, unable to stop it," he said, referring to transcripts of Jane Doe's testimony in Cornell's Title IX investigation.</p><h2>"Convinced there was a cover-up"</h2><p>Giuffra says <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-university-rape-allegations-chi-phi-fraternity-details/" target="_blank">the investigation</a></span> into her alleged rape failed at nearly every turn, and he now believes university officials were more focused on protecting Cornell's reputation than seeking accountability. Jane Doe has filed a <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-lawsuit-fraternity-rape-allegations/" target="_blank">lawsuit</a></span> against the university as well as the seven former fraternity brothers.</p><p>CBS News New York has reached out to all of the accused and, as of Friday afternoon, heard back from attorneys for two, who denied the allegations. A third man's attorney has also publicly denied wrongdoing, <a target="_blank" href="https:/www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/nyregion/letitia-james-cornell-rape-prosecutor.html">according to The New York Times</a>. Cornell University <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://statements.cornell.edu/2026/20260928-da-investigation.cfm">said in a statement </a>that it conducted a "thorough Title IX investigation" over several months and it supports the Tompkins County district attorney's decision to reopen the case.</p><p>"I'm more and more convinced there was a cover-up. I mean, at first I thought it was just bumbling, but now I think there was a cover-up. I think they were worried about protecting the reputation of the university. They were protecting the big source of revenue in the county," he said.</p><p>The woman, who was a 20-year-old sophomore at the time, filed a report with Cornell University Police three weeks after the alleged rapes. Giuffra believes investigators failed to take basic steps, including interviewing witnesses identified in the fraternity's group chat, questioning the men involved and securing their phones and other evidence while it was still fresh.</p><p>"Any case, civil, criminal, you get the evidence as close to the event as possible, and they just blew it. I was shocked, really," he said, claiming that Cornell University Police "were in over their heads" handling a serious crime.</p><p>Gov. Kathy Hochul also said she was "deeply disturbed" by how Cornell Police and the Tompkins County district attorney handled the case, calling the department's decision to send the D.A. the victim's six-page sworn statement but not the full transcript "a failure" and criticizing the D.A. for not conducting any interviews. On Friday, Hochul named <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-case-letitia-james-special-prosecutor/" target="_blank">New York Attorney General Letitia James</a></span> as special prosecutor in the case.&nbsp;</p><p>Giuffra said the lawsuit was filed after Jane Doe went through Cornell's Title IX process and reached a point where she felt ready to move forward.&nbsp;</p><p>"We needed to make sure she was in the right space. There was a time period where she didn't feel like she would be able to handle any backlash that came out of it, and she reached a place where she felt that she was ready. And that's when we filed the lawsuit," Giuffra said, adding that it took time to put together the 101-page complaint.</p><h2>"The smoking gun"</h2><p>A screengrab included in the lawsuit appears to show one of the defendants sent a message in a <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-allegation-chi-phi-snapchat-conversation/" target="_blank">Snapchat group</a></span> with dozens of fraternity members saying there was a woman upstairs for "free" sex.&nbsp;</p><p>"Look, that group chat went out to over 50 men. Not one of those 50 men did anything to stop it," Giuffra believes.</p><p>Giuffra said the only person who did the right thing was the man who leaked the group chat, because without it, "we wouldn't have the smoking gun."</p><p>CBS News New York investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi obtained screenshots of&nbsp;<span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/text-messages-reveal-new-details-in-alleged-gang-rape-at-cornell-university/" target="_blank">text messages</a></span> between Jane Doe and one of the defendants sent just days after the alleged assault, in which Doe wrote that "none of the sexual stuff was illegal." Giuffra confirmed she exchanged texts with this defendant shortly after the alleged assault, but he could not confirm specific exchanges.</p><p>The message has drawn scrutiny, with social media users questioning how it aligns with the allegations in the lawsuit.</p><p>Giuffra said she was initially going through denial. As rumors around campus began to spread, <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-jane-doe-title-ix-investigation-transcript/" target="_blank">Jane Doe said</a></span> she "came to the realization that [she] had been gang raped," according to newly obtained records from the Title IX investigation.</p><p>Four out of the seven named in the lawsuit are specifically accused of rape.</p><p>"They're not all gang rapists. They're all sexual abusers, though," Giuffra said, adding that the others also acted inappropriately and need to be held accountable.</p>

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        <title>Legal expert weighs in on newly unsealed bodycam footage of Luigi Mangione&#039;s arrest in Pennsylvania</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ Legal expert Richard Shorenstein said the police officers seen in the body camera footage do not appear concerned about safety, despite the prosecution's argument that the search of the backpack at McDonald's was necessary for safety reasons. CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports. ]]>
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        <title>In Cornell investigation, Gov. Hochul says special prosecutor Letitia James will find out &quot;how was this woman denied justice&quot;</title>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Gov. Kathy Hochul has tapped New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the Cornell University <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-university-rape-allegations-chi-phi-fraternity-details/" target="_blank">alleged rape case</a></span>.</p><p><span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/n-y-gov-hochul-ag-james-discuss-investigation-into-cornell-alleged-rape-full-news-conference/" target="_blank">Hochul delivered impassioned remarks Friday morning</a></span> as she discussed her decision. She expressed shock and dismay at the allegations, and grave concern about how authorities handled the case after the woman initially came forward to police.&nbsp;</p><p>"At every turn, she was failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her," Hochul said.&nbsp;</p><h2>Hochul, James on the investigation</h2><p>"According to new reports, she could not have been clearer that she was 100 percent confident that she had been raped. Yet, shockingly, those words never made it into the account that Cornell police sent to prosecutors," Hochul said. "Think about that. In what world would the police learn from a victim that she'd been literally gang raped while she was intoxicated by five men in a fraternity house and not elevate those allegations to the district attorney? In what world does the district attorney not even interview her or anyone else involved or even request the full transcript?"&nbsp;</p><p>Hochul said "new reporting raises serious questions about the information [the Tompkins County district attorney's] office relied upon" when it made the initial decision not to prosecute the case.&nbsp;</p><p>James "will follow the facts. She'll examine the evidence and go wherever it leads, and if the evidence supports charges, she will pursue them," Hochul said.&nbsp;</p><p>"No institution gets to protect its reputation at the expense of a young person seeking justice. No public official gets to look the other way when the system breaks down and fails our young people. And as governor I will not allow anyone to sweep this case under the rug," Hochul said.&nbsp;</p><h2>New effort to close "a gap in state law"</h2><p>Hochul said the case exposed "a gap in state law. If someone is too intoxicated to consent, it should not matter whether they chose to use drugs or alcohol. Voluntary intoxication is not a license for sexual assault or gang rape, period."&nbsp;</p><p>Hochul said she will work with lawmakers to address that "loophole."&nbsp;</p><p>"I stand ready to lead a process guided by the facts and the law," James said. "We will review the facts, gather evidence, interview witnesses and, if warranted, pursue prosecutions. I know that you want answers. I do too. A comprehensive investigation of this nature takes time, but my office is committed to seeing it through. This is now an active criminal investigation led by the Office of the Attorney General."&nbsp;</p><h2>Questions about Cornell police and DA's actions&nbsp;</h2><p>The governor said she "deeply disturbed" by how Cornell police handled the case.&nbsp;</p><p>"Them sending a partial record over [to the Tompkins County DA] is, in my judgment, a failure. We'll have the attorney general and others find out if this is actually the case of what happened. But somebody knew more than they were letting people know," Hochul said. "But when the district attorney receives something and it has information about allegations that have happened with an encounter with five people at a fraternity, and you don't take the time to interview this young woman and ask more questions and rely on a partial record? This is what I'm talking about."</p><p>Hochul signed an executive order for James' appointment Thursday. In her announcement she said newly released information about the case "undercut my faith, and the public's faith, in the [Tompkins County DA]'s ability to effectively investigate and prosecute the case at this time."</p><p>"We don't know enough, but what is coming out beyond what everyone was told initially ... it is very contradictory and conflicting. And I want the truth. I think every parent in this state, every New Yorker, wants the truth in this case," she added. "Who knew what when? What did they do wrong? Why didn't they come forward? How was this woman denied justice?"&nbsp;</p><p>Earlier this week, CBS News New York's Mahsa Saeidi <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-case-jane-doe-police-interview-transcript/" target="_blank">obtained a copy of the interview transcript</a></span> with campus police from a source and read Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten a line.</p><p>"And she says 'I can say with 100% confidence I was raped,'" Saeidi said.&nbsp;</p><p>"That wasn't information that I had, first of all. Second of all, that's a legal conclusion," Van Houten said. "If she had said those words, we certainly would want to have explored that more."</p><p>"Well, according to the complaint, she did say those words," Saeidi said.&nbsp;</p><p>"Well, like I said, that wasn't provided to me," Van Houten said.&nbsp;</p><p>Cornall initially said its university police department shared all investigatory information with the DA, then later said it shared the victim's sworn statement and a Snapchat screenshot with the DA.&nbsp;</p><p>"The question is who is telling the truth? Are the Cornell police lying or is the district attorney lying? Somebody is, because in that statement, which I couldn't get because it was police investigation materials, she clearly said 'I was 100% raped,'" said Thomas Giuffra, the attorney for the woman known as Jane Doe who claims she was raped by multiple men at a frat house in 2024.</p><p>Hochul and James were asked whether the DA should step down. Hochul said it was too early in the investigation.&nbsp;</p><p>"Our investigation is a criminal investigation based upon on all of the facts. And so, at this point in time, we will not be focusing on the actions of the district attorney," James said.&nbsp;</p><p>"I support the appointment of Attorney General James and I trust that she will examine the facts and apply the law. It has become clear that we were not provided the full picture by the University. The focus has been and should continue to be on the victims. My office with cooperate fully with the Attorney General," Van Houten said Friday.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p>"We fully support the appointment of a special prosecutor and efforts to change New York State's rape law and are committed to an independent external review of all aspects of how Cornell has handled this case," a spokesperson for the university said.</p><h2>NYC Mayor Mamdani says he supports James as special prosecutor</h2><p>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took to social media to announce his support for Hochul's decision.&nbsp;</p><p>"The allegations in the Cornell sexual assault case are deeply disturbing and gut-wrenching. Cornell University has failed this survivor. I fully support Governor Hochul's decision to name Attorney General James as special prosecutor in this case and look forward to the complete and extensive investigation that is to come.&nbsp; Accountability and justice cannot simply be values, they must also be delivered," <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2106144307572887999">Mamdani wrote</a>.&nbsp;</p><h2>Background on the case</h2><p>A former Cornell student alleges she was drugged and raped by multiple men at the university's <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-investigation-chi-phi-statement/" target="_blank">Chi Phi</a></span> fraternity house in October 2024. The student's lawyer says after an internal investigation, two of the accused frat members were expelled and others received lesser sanctions, including suspensions, workshops or essays.</p><p>The university said the sanctions included expulsions and suspensions.</p><p>"None of the individuals charged were offered the opportunity to write essays as a sole consequence of their involvement," part of a statement read.&nbsp;</p><p>The Tompkins County DA's office said at the time, "there was insufficient evidence to support criminal charges."  </p><p>The student has now filed a lawsuit against the university and seven men, claiming they failed to protect her and prevent the alleged assault. CBS News New York reached out to all of the accused and has heard back from attorneys for two, who deny the allegations. A lawyer for a third man has publicly denied another client's wrongdoing, according to the New York Times.&nbsp;</p><p>The DA's office then announced <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/alleged-cornell-university-fraternity-rape-case-will-be-reopened/" target="_blank">it was reopening the case</a></span>.</p><p>Hochul previously&nbsp;<span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/kathy-hochul-cornell-university-gang-rape-allegations/" target="_blank">called for outside counsel</a></span> to review Cornell's response to the allegations and <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-alleged-gang-rape-independent-investigation/" target="_blank">said the university agreed</a></span> to the investigation.</p>

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        <title>Christa Pike unconscious, on a ventilator after botched execution, attorneys say</title>
        <link>https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/christa-pike-status-ventilator-unconscious-lawyers-latest/</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p><span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christa-pike-botched-execution-attorneys-commutation/" target="_blank">Christa Pike</a></span> is unconscious and using a ventilator to breathe two days after a <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-to-know-christa-pike-first-woman-executed-tennessee-200-years/" target="_blank">botched execution</a></span> by <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christa-pike-botched-execution-lethal-injection/" target="_blank">lethal injection</a></span> in Tennessee, her lawyers said Friday in a new statement and court filing.&nbsp;</p><p>Pike "remains critically ill," is intubated and is receiving medical care at a Nashville-area hospital, her attorneys said.</p><p>The new court filing requests an order requiring the Tennessee Department of Correction to "protect and preserve all evidence related to the State's failed attempt" to execute Pike on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p><p>Pike's attorneys said in the court filing that the Tennessee Department of Correction IV team used at least seven needles to try to carry out the execution. At one point, Pike offered guidance on a potential access site, her attorneys said.</p><p>One needle was bent at a 90-degree angle when it was removed from her body, according to the filing. Pike could be heard crying, whimpering and breathing loudly throughout the procedure, the filing said, and made comments including saying that her arm felt "like it's about to burst open" and asking "does this happen like that?"&nbsp;</p><p>The request noted that Pike and her lawyers had previously informed the state she had a blood condition that would make it harder for the lethal injection process to be carried out. She had also noted a history of medical professionals struggling to find veins and place IVs.&nbsp;</p><p>Pike also has significant injuries to her arms following the botched execution, her attorneys said. The filing notes that both her arms were found to be "swollen, burned and blistered" when she arrived at the hospital. Pentobarbital can cause burns to the skin and other tissue if it leaks out of the veins, according to experts and Pike's attorneys.&nbsp;</p><p>Pike's lawyers said that the Tennessee Department of Correction IV team did not seem to realize that IVs were not correctly placed or that the veins had blown, causing pentobarbital to enter Pike's body. "Instead of remedying this failure," the execution team administered the second dose of pentobarbital, her lawyers said.</p><p>"The botched execution of Ms. Pike makes it abundantly clear that TDOC failed to correctly place or maintain IV lines," they said in the filing.&nbsp;</p><p>Pike's attorneys said that hospital staff are working to save her life and clear the pentobarbital from her system.&nbsp;</p><p>"We are working closely with those closest to Christa to respect her wishes, safeguard her privacy and protect her rights as a patient during this extraordinarily difficult time," said Luke Ihnen, one of Pike's attorneys.&nbsp;</p><p>Pike's lawyers <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christa-pike-botched-execution-attorneys-commutation/" target="_blank">previously called the botched execution</a></span> "cruel," "torturous" and "predictable."&nbsp;</p><p>"The state of Tennessee has shown us again that they are not capable of carrying out an execution consistent with basic human dignity," attorney Randy Spivey told reporters Thursday.&nbsp;</p><p>Spivey has called on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to commute Pike's sentence. Her execution is currently on hold after Lee <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-to-know-christa-pike-first-woman-executed-tennessee-200-years/" target="_blank">called off the remaining executions</a></span> scheduled in the state for the rest of the year. He has ordered a "comprehensive, third-party review to determine exactly what happened."&nbsp;</p><p>Pike was set to become the <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-christa-gail-pike-execution-woman-death-row/" target="_blank">first woman executed</a></span> in Tennessee since the 1800s after the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a428_4f15.pdf">Supreme Court ruled</a>&nbsp;that her execution could proceed. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of her former classmate, Colleen Slemmer. &nbsp;</p><p>According to court records, Pike and Slemmer were students at the Job Corps Center in Knoxville when Pike, then 18, tortured and killed her, allegedly over comments Slemmer, 19, had made about her relationship. Pike is now 50.&nbsp;</p>

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        <title>Picture of Jane Doe shared in Snapchat group on night of alleged Cornell rape</title>
        <link>https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/jane-doe-photo-cornell-rape-snapchat-group/</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:29:04 -0400</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p><em>Editor's warning: Some of the details in this story are graphic.</em></p><p>Chi Phi fraternity members shared a photo of the <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-doe-cornell-university-rape-allegations-text-messages-transcripts/" target="_blank">alleged victim</a></span> in the Cornell University gang rape on Snapchat the night of the alleged assault, according to social media images obtained by CBS News.</p><p>In the photo, obtained through Jane Doe's attorney, she appears to be smiling with another man.</p><p>The photo was shared <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-university-rape-allegation-chi-phi-snapchat-conversation/">in a Snapchat group</a></span> with dozens of Chi Phi fraternity brothers on the night Jane Doe was allegedly assaulted at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in October 2024.</p><p>Just before the photo was sent, one man wrote, "Like you can walk in and whip it out."</p><p>Right after the photo, someone in the chat asked, "Shop still open?" Another responded, "Yeah."</p><p>The alleged victim in the case, identified only as a then-20-year-old Jane Doe, has sued seven Cornell students and the university.</p><p>Two of the accused in the case were expelled, two suspended for at least two semesters, one had already graduated before any punishment could be handed down, and two were found not to be responsible for sexual misconduct, Cornell President Michael I. Kotlikoff said on Sept. 29. No one was arrested.</p><p>Two of those accused have denied responsibility through their lawyers. &nbsp;Others have not shared statements.</p><figure class="embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-feed_phone_image" data-ads='{"extraWordCount":50}'><span class="img embed__content "><img src="https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/02/46846931-7d3e-49b6-9b2d-69d46488e678/thumbnail/620x413/77a321c2f04990fb6ae27d48ac52aabe/ap26274551014467.jpg#" alt="Cornell Investigation " height="413" width="620" class=" lazyload" srcset="https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/02/46846931-7d3e-49b6-9b2d-69d46488e678/thumbnail/620x413/77a321c2f04990fb6ae27d48ac52aabe/ap26274551014467.jpg 1x, https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/02/46846931-7d3e-49b6-9b2d-69d46488e678/thumbnail/1240x826/31c01458448090a9a4e1201aa8bce484/ap26274551014467.jpg 2x" loading="lazy"></span><figcaption class="embed__caption-container"><span class="embed__caption">The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The chapter was shut down in 2024.</span><span class="embed__credit">
            
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                          </span></figcaption></figure><p>The Tompkins County, New York, district attorney who decided not to press charges announced last month he was <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/alleged-cornell-university-fraternity-rape-case-will-be-reopened/">reopening the case</a></span> in the wake of the lawsuit. Then on Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Attorney General Letitia James as <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-case-letitia-james-special-prosecutor/">a special prosecutor</a></span> to replace Van Houten amid criticism over how the case was handled.&nbsp;</p><p>CBS News has obtained the findings of Cornell University's monthslong <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-title-ix-investigation-docs-reveal-new-details-rape-investigation/">Title IX investigation </a></span>into what happened that night. At a university hearing in May 2025, the then-sophomore said she "felt like bait" on the night of the alleged attack. She added, "I felt like lions around me. It just was a totally debilitating place to be in."&nbsp;</p><p>According to the report, she told campus investigators she took the drug ketamine and described it as feeling like the "lights are on, but nobody's home. Your brain is not functioning at its proper level."&nbsp;</p><p>CBS News New York also obtained hundreds of pages of interviews with Jane Doe, 20 witnesses and six of the seven men named in the lawsuit. In them, the men and Jane Doe share conflicting accounts of what happened.&nbsp;</p><p>Some of those men stated Jane Doe didn't appear to be intoxicated and that she gave consent. But Jane Doe describes a night that turned to horror, with multiple men coming in and out the room, stating at one point she felt "cornered," saying she "was a sex doll for all intents and purposes."</p><p>Later that night, she said was ushered into a closet by two of the men, calling it the worst experience she had the whole night, saying, "It was just raping." She said she was in and out of consciousness.&nbsp;</p><p>According to the Title IX investigation, one student who had been at the frat house the night of the alleged assault said she got a call the next day from one of the accused men who asked her to make sure a friend of hers didn't "say anything that she thinks might've happened last night."</p><p>In the days after the alleged assault, Jane Doe said three men apologized to her.</p><p>According to a transcript of her interview with campus investigators, she said she collected evidence, including the dress she wore that night. Two days after the alleged sexual assault, she went to a campus clinic to treat a urinary tract infection, according to her lawsuit.&nbsp;</p><p>Her attorney says she told doctors it was contracted in a "traumatic way," and instead of being referred for a rape kit, she was advised to "speak with somebody."</p><p>On Thursday night in a fiery <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-gang-rape-allegations-student-assembly-town-hall/" target="_blank">town hall</a></span>, Cornell students demanded change.</p><p>"Survivors need to know that when they come forward with their stories, somebody will listen and a broader institution will act upon it. Through this event, we have witnessed the complete opposite," said Jane Wang of the Cornell American Civil Liberties Union chapter.</p>

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        <title>Employers across the U.S. added 29,000 jobs in September, short of forecasts</title>
        <link>https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/september-jobs-report-us-hiring-labor-market/</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:52:16 -0400</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>Employers across the U.S. added 29,000 jobs in September, below economists' forecasts and signaling that some businesses are holding off on hiring amid headwinds such as surging energy prices and higher inflation.&nbsp;</p><p>Economists had forecast the economy would add 90,000 new jobs last month, according to financial data firm FactSet. The unemployment rate stood at 4.2% in September, up slightly from 4.1% in the prior month.</p><h2>Cooler hiring in July and August</h2><p>Recent data suggest the labor market has picked up since last year, when employers added an average of just 10,000 new jobs per month. But the September report suggests that hiring may be flagging after August's strong employment report and the Federal Reserve's first interest rate hike in three years.</p><p>"September's nonfarm payroll gain of just 29,000 jobs raises questions about the durability of the labor market after the Federal Reserve's first interest rate increase since 2023," Jerry Tempelman, vice president of economic and fixed income research at Mutual of America, said in an email.</p><p>Hiring was muted across industries, with even healthcare, this year's bright spot in job growth, adding just 17,000 new hires, experts noted. Financial services firms, meanwhile, shed 7,000 jobs last month.&nbsp;</p><p>"Only healthcare and construction were hiring, and it was weak," said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. Americans are frustrated by the lack of opportunities right now. "Across America, people don't like this labor market. It's not hard to see why. There's still not much hiring going on."</p><p>The Labor Department on Friday also revised down the payroll gains for July and August by a combined 60,000. The downward revisions put August's "rebound into perspective," said Steve Rick, chief economist at financial services firm TruStage, in an email. "One month doesn't make a trend, and monthly payroll numbers can bounce around quite a bit. What matters more is whether the three-month trend continues to show a labor market that is gradually cooling rather than falling off a cliff."</p><p>Economists are closely watching other measures of labor market strength, such as wage growth, which has lagged inflation for five consecutive months. In September, wages rose at an annual rate of 3%, below the August Consumer Price Index reading of 3.4%. The September CPI data will be released on Oct. 14.</p><p>September's wage growth is "the lowest since May 2021," Long said. "Inflation has wiped out wage gains since March. That's a real financial squeeze."</p><p>Data released Thursday by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray &amp; Christmas shows that job cuts have&nbsp;<span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-layoffs-drop-four-year-low/" target="_blank">fallen sharply in 2026</a></span>. Layoffs through September have declined 40% from the same period a year earlier, its report found. On a monthly basis, layoffs dropped 20% compared with September 2025, marking the lowest level in four years.&nbsp;</p><h2>What it means for interest rates</h2><p>The increase in the nation's unemployment rate "warrants close attention," Tempelman said. Rising joblessness combined with softer hiring could signal that additional Fed interest rate hikes could constrain economic activity, he added.</p><p>The weaker-than-expected September jobs data could cause the Federal Reserve to hold off on an additional rate cut at its October meeting, said Ken Mahoney, CEO of Mahoney Asset Management, in an email.</p><p>"For the Fed, these numbers do not make a case for a rate increase in October," he said. "A hike would have to come from the inflation data, not from a labor market that produced 29,000 jobs against a 90,000 estimate and then subtracted 60,000 from the prior two months."</p><p>A stable labor market gives the Federal Reserve more room to raise interest rates in the coming months, according to economists. The central bank is focused on driving inflation down to its 2% annual target and last month <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fed-rate-hike-interest-rates-impact/" target="_blank">raised its benchmark interest rate</a></span>&nbsp;for the first time in more than three years.&nbsp;</p><p>In August, U.S. inflation rose at an annual rate of 3.4%, as soaring energy costs pushed up consumer prices.&nbsp;</p>

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        <title>Man accused in Cornell rape case allegedly asked sorority member not to &quot;say anything that she thinks might&#039;ve happened,&quot; Title IX investigation transcript says</title>
        <link>https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-case-jane-doe-man-accused-transcript/</link>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>More information is coming to light about what the people at the center of the Cornell University <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-university-rape-allegations-chi-phi-fraternity-details/" target="_blank">alleged rape case</a></span> said in the days and weeks after the incident.</p><p>CBS News New York obtained a Title IX record from a source that includes Jane Doe's account, interviews with six of the seven men named in the lawsuit, and 20 witnesses.</p><p>According to the record, a student who had been at the Chi Phi house the night of the alleged assault in 2024 says she got a call the next day from one of the accused men. She said the call took place right before an event at her sorority.</p><p>The student alleges the man asked her to make sure a friend of hers didn't "say anything that she thinks might've happened last night," and he added that another fraternity member was "really concerned."</p><p>The student said at the time, she didn't think much of it and assumed he was just embarrassed and didn't want a rumor to spread.</p><p>The record says the student said she passed the message along to her friend, who was also later interviewed by investigators.</p><p>That friend said the man's alleged comments "clicked" weeks later when Cornell sent out a campus crime alert.</p><p>"It makes a lot more sense," she told the investigator. "And it was very concerning."</p><p>The friend and a third woman, her roommate, said they went to Cornell Police. She says she wrote a witness statement, but added, "I'm pretty sure I don't know what they did with that."</p><p>What happened to that witness statement is not referenced in the 565 pages of the Title IX record obtained by CBS News New York.</p><p>Online, Cornell originally said it shared all investigatory information with the Tompkins County district attorney's office, but has since changed <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://statements.cornell.edu/2026/20260929-faq.cfm">its FAQ</a> to say it shared "the victim's sworn statement and the Snapchat screenshot." The DA told CBS News New York he only received Jane Doe's 2024 statement and a Snapchat video.</p><p>According to the record, the investigator asked the accused man if he ever had a phone call with the first student about that night. He said, "No."</p><p>A month later, in written corrections, he said that he "did talk to her at one point when she visited about not spreading any rumors."</p><p>Earlier in that same interview, the record shows when asked how the fraternity brothers handled the rumors, he said, "We were just in the idea of just deny."</p><p>The district attorney initially declined to bring charges against any of the accused men, but has now <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/alleged-cornell-university-fraternity-rape-case-will-be-reopened/">reopened the investigation</a></span>.&nbsp;</p>

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        <title>Cornell Title IX investigation docs reveal new details on rape investigation</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                      <![CDATA[ <p>CBS News has examined hundreds of pages of transcripts obtained by CBS News New York of the Title IX investigation conducted by Cornell University <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-university-rape-allegations-chi-phi-fraternity-details/">into the allegations made</a></span> by a former student <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-doe-cornell-university-rape-allegations-text-messages-transcripts/">who claims she was</a></span> drugged and gang-raped at a fraternity house in October 2024.</p><p>The 565 pages of <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-rape-case-jane-doe-police-interview-transcript/">transcripts</a></span> were obtained by CBS News New York from a source.</p><p>The woman, who was 20 years old at the time and has been identified only as Jane Doe, was interviewed over two days by campus police in mid-November 2024, about three weeks after the alleged incident occurred.&nbsp;</p><p>The interview was used as the basis for a six-page statement that was then provided to Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten, who told CBS News this week that he was never provided the full transcripts of that interview.</p><p>No criminal charges have been brought.&nbsp;</p><p>A Title IX investigation was also conducted by Cornell in 2025, during which about 50 interviews were conducted with 32 witnesses.&nbsp;</p><p>Last month, Jane Doe <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-lawsuit-fraternity-rape-allegations/">filed a lawsuit</a></span> against the university and seven members of the Chi Pi fraternity in connection with the alleged sexual assault.&nbsp;</p><p>Since then, Van Houten has said he will reopen the investigation, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order assigning New York Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor into the incident. Cornell said it supports the governor's decision. CBS News has reached out to Van Houten for comment on the assignment of a special prosecutor.&nbsp;</p><p>In the room during the two-day interview on Nov. 14, 2024, was a Cornell police investigator who led the questioning, along with a Title IX investigator, a victim advocate and a personal adviser to Jane Doe.</p><p>Here are some of the takeaways from the Title IX transcripts.</p><h2>The events leading up to the alleged sexual assault</h2><p>Jane Doe told campus police investigators the night started on Oct. 19, 2024, in her sorority house as part of a "date night," a sorority event in which sisters bring friends or plus-ones for a night out. She said she and her sisters started drinking and went to a bar downtown, where they proceeded to drink further.</p><p>She described having barely eaten anything that day and became quickly inebriated. Doe was looking forward to meeting up with a person &mdash; who is named in the transcripts but who CBS News is identifying as Male 1 &mdash; after he invited her to his fraternity, Chi Pi.</p><h2>Jane Doe says she initially had a consensual sexual encounter at the fraternity</h2><p>When she arrived at Chi Pi, Jane Doe told campus police that she had a consensual sexual encounter in a room of the fraternity house with both Male 1 and a second person, Male 2. &nbsp;</p><p>Asked by investigators if she was OK with that sexual encounter, Jane Doe responded, "As much as I can be because, again, I was super drunk when I got there," according to the transcript. But she added she felt she was "really off-guard the entire night. The whole night, I was just completely caught off-guard."</p><h2>Male 2 says Jane Doe initially declined to take ketamine</h2><p>When Male 2 was questioned by campus police investigators, he told them that during the initial sexual encounter, they discovered ketamine in the room.</p><p>Male 2 said that both he and Male 1 ingested ketamine, but that Jane Doe declined.</p><h2>Group Snapchat message sent out to the entire fraternity</h2><p>It was at that point that the situation deteriorated, according to interviews with Jane Doe and several fraternity members. &nbsp;</p><p>At 1:42 a.m. on Oct. 20, 2024, according to the lawsuit she filed, a message was sent in the fraternity's Snapchat group suggesting that a woman was available in the frat house for sex. CBS News New York <span class="link"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cornell-university-rape-allegation-chi-phi-snapchat-conversation/#link22label2222Exclusive20video20obtained20of20Cornell20frats20text20chain20in20alleged20gang20rape20investigation2222assetType2222article2222uuid22221ee08bda-8dc0-4a86-8648-3dd874f28c992222slug2222cornell-university-rape-allegation-chi-phi-snapchat-conversation2222linkText2222Snapchat20group20chat2222href2222httpswwwcbsnewscomnewyorknewscornell-university-rape-allegation-chi-phi-snapchat-conversation2222role2222content_link2222target2222_blank2222edition2222ny22">obtained</a></span> video of that conversation.</p><p>"Shop still open?" one fraternity brother wrote in reply to the Snapchat message, and he received the response, "Yea."</p><p>A person, Male 6, told campus police investigators that about 50 fraternity members were on that particular Snapchat thread. He recounted receiving the initial message while he was in another part of the fraternity house and being "befuddled" by it.</p><p>Another person, Male 7, told police investigators the first Snapchat message in the chain was sent by Male 1.</p><p>"We saw the text and were somewhat concerned but thought it could be just crude humor," Male 7 said.</p><p>Cornell University has said its police department shared the victim's sworn six-page statement and a screenshot of the Snapchat thread with the DA's office.&nbsp;</p><h2>Jane Doe says she felt "cornered"</h2><p>Jane Doe told investigators that as several more men entered the room, and the alleged sexual assault began, she felt "cornered."</p><p>"I was like literally cornered," she said. "&hellip; I'm a naked woman and they are getting in bed with me."</p><p>In the interview, she told campus police investigators: "I was a sex doll for all intents and purposes, which is sad but, unfortunately, something I'm not used to, or something that I haven't experienced before."</p><p>At another point that night, she said she was taken out of the room, placed in a closet and given ketamine.</p><p>"I didn't remember the very end of the event where I was raped," Jane Doe told campus investigators, according to the transcripts. "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped."</p><p>Van Houten previously told CBS News New York that he was never specifically shown the transcripts of Jane Doe's interview. When told Jane Doe had said she was confident she was raped, Van Houten told CBS News New York, "That wasn't information that I had, first of all. Second of all, that is a legal conclusion."</p><p>"If she had said those words, we certainly would want to have explored that more," Van Houten continued. "Like I said, that wasn't provided to me."</p><p>According to her lawsuit, Jane Doe alleges the sexual assaults continued until she lost consciousness at about 5:45 a.m.</p><h2>The aftermath of the alleged sexual assault</h2><p>Jane Doe told campus investigators that two days after the incident, on Oct. 22, she made an appointment at Cornell Health. In that appointment, she told the doctor she had contracted a urinary tract infection in a "traumatic way," but Jane Doe said she chose not to follow up. Her attorney told CBS News in a statement that the doctor advised her to "speak with somebody."</p><p>"I know that certain drugs &hellip; with the hair test &hellip; only live three weeks, so I was like I need to really rush to get this done," Jane Doe said in her interview. "I still have the dress from the night. I have not washed it &mdash; not in a gross way, just in an evidence way."&nbsp;</p><p>Jane Doe told campus investigators she also later visited <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="/essentials/n95-like-masks-for-kids/">GreekRank</a>, a website that ranks fraternities and sororities, and under Chi Pi's listing, saw a comment that appeared to make mention of the alleged sexual assault.</p><p>"And that's kind of when I came to the realization that I had been gang-raped," she said, according to the transcripts.</p><p>She also told campus investigators that three men from that night, including Male 1 and Male 2, had sent her text messages apologizing.</p><p>One of Jane Doe's sorority sisters told campus investigators that Jane Doe had told her sorority big sister "that she had moments where she would come in and out throughout the night of remembering things."</p><p>Jane Doe eventually left Cornell without graduating. The university later shut down the Cornell chapter of the Chi Pi fraternity.&nbsp;</p><p>CBS News has reached out to the seven defendants named in the lawsuit for comment. Attorneys for two of them have denied the allegations.&nbsp;</p><p>In a Sept. 29 meeting, Cornell President Michael I. Kotlikoff disclosed that two of the accused were expelled, two suspended for at least two semesters, one had already graduated before any punishment could be handed down, and two were found not to be responsible for sexual misconduct.&nbsp;</p>

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