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Two Cornell students told investigators that a woman who has alleged she was raped by several men at a fraternity party appeared coherent and not visibly distressed during the night in question. Interview transcripts concern an October 2024 party at the Chi Phi fraternity house. One witness was a fraternity member who said he lived in the room where Jane Doe alleges the rape took place; the other was his girlfriend. The fraternity member, who is not a defendant in Doe’s civil lawsuit, spoke to police on 21 November. Doe went to Cornell University Police Department on 8 November and…

Trainer David Hayes is confident Ka Ying Rising can win The Everest for a second consecutive year, despite rain being forecast in Sydney. Hayes believes the wet conditions will not prevent the star sprinter from producing another strong performance in the major race.

A further 650 prisoners are due to leave jails across England and Wales under Labour’s early release scheme, in the second tranche of a programme designed to ease overcrowding. The group includes inmates serving sentences of up to two and a half years for offences including violence and domestic abuse. They will become eligible for release after serving one-third of their sentence, rather than half. The scheme began on October 1, when about 700 prisoners serving terms of less than 19 months were released. Its scope is being expanded each month, with the tenth and final stage due in early…

BlackRock has cooled on US stocks and turned bullish on short-dated US Treasuries, signalling a shift in its investment stance.

Australian model Emily Sears has showcased a series of provocative Halloween costumes, offering fans a selection of glamorous looks ahead of the celebrations. Her costumes include interpretations of Princess Peach, Billy the Puppet and a black cat, each presented as a deliberately sultry take on familiar Halloween characters. The collection highlights Sears’s ability to bring a striking style to a range of costume ideas, from video-game royalty to horror-inspired dress. Images of the looks have been gathered in a gallery, while Sears’s costume for this year’s Halloween remains unknown.

Jamie Carragher has ranked Elliot Anderson among the Premier League’s leading midfielders after the Manchester City player’s commanding display in the 3-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield. Anderson, who joined City from Nottingham Forest in a £116 million summer move, played a key role as Pep Guardiola’s side maintained their perfect start to the league campaign. Carragher places Anderson just behind Declan Rice The former Liverpool defender believes Anderson is already challenging Arsenal’s Declan Rice for the status of the country’s best midfielder. “You’re now looking at arguably the best midfield player in the country alongside Declan Rice,” Carragher said…

The San Francisco Bay Area is set for a chilly start on Tuesday, October 13, before mostly sunny skies bring milder conditions through the afternoon. Temperatures are expected to reach the mid-60s to upper 70s Fahrenheit, equivalent to around 18C to 26C, with the warmest readings likely inland. The National Weather Service forecast sunny conditions across much of the region, with afternoon winds developing in some areas. ([forecast.weather.gov](https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?format=TXT&glossary=0&issuedby=MTR&product=FWF&site=TWC&version=1&utm_source=openai)) Inland communities could see early temperatures fall into the 40s Fahrenheit, while areas along the Bay are expected to remain closer to 50F. Coastal locations will be cooler, with daytime highs mainly…

Tasmania secured a rain-interrupted One-Day Cup win over New South Wales, with unlikely opener Will Prestwidge guiding his side to victory. Prestwidge made his maiden half-century as Tasmania outplayed NSW in a challenging contest affected by the weather. His innings proved decisive in steering Tasmania to a tricky one-day success.

A major study of Australian women has found no difference in work ability or days off between premenopausal and perimenopausal women, challenging the evidence behind the UK Government’s plans for compulsory workplace menopause policies. Professor Susan Davis, a leading menopause researcher at Monash University in Melbourne, said policy should be based on “strong data” and warned that the Government’s approach was not. Under the 2025 Employment Rights Act, UK businesses with more than 250 employees will have to create and publish a Menopause Action Plan by next spring. Companies will be required to select at least two measures from an…

Matthew McConaughey has described how he spent a weekend in the West Texas desert reading two decades of negative reviews of his work, separating personal hostility from criticism he could use to improve. The Oscar-winning actor, whose net worth is estimated at $200 million, gathered the harshest assessments of his performances into a single volume before taking them with him near Marfa. “I took them on as a thick book… not all the positive, the negative ones—and I sat with them,” McConaughey said in an interview with Build or Break. “It’s all I took, and I spent two days looking…