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Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States, suspends all fraternity parties and social events for the remainder of the 2026–27 academic year following allegations that seven Chi Phi members drugged and gang-raped a student in 2024.
The Houthis claim to have shot down a Royal Saudi Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft over Saada Governorate, Yemen. Saudi authorities did not comment on the claim.
Democrats and Republicans alike are coming out against data centre development, amid growing backlash across the US.
Generative AI chatbot Character.ai files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing costs and litigations including those linked to teen suicides.
Six deaths are confirmed in Florida, United States, from Hurricane Isaias.
The rise of cashless prompt screens is compelling customers to tip to avoid awkwardness rather than reward service. But who actually pockets the gratuity? Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email In an increasingly cashless society, wherever you spend money, there is often a prompt to spend more. Pubs, cafes, beauty
LIV Golf accuses the DP World Tour of a "clear attempt to interfere" with its restructuring process, after the European tour said it would refuse membership to anyone playing on the breakaway LIV circuit next season.
The Clark County District Court in Nevada, United States, sentences former Crips gang leader Duane "Keffe D" Davis to a minimum of 40 years in prison for orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.
Two cargo ships, the Singapore-flagged container ship GFS Pride and the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged dry bulk carrier Cape Dao, sink after both are attacked by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz while trying to navigate through what Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps called an "illegal and dangerous route." At
With Christmas on the horizon, we trace children's toys from factories in China to US shelves.
Graduates are increasingly using AI to misrepresent themselves in job applications, research suggests. But some say their peer group has no choice.
One person is killed and four others are injured after an accident on the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton, Georgia, United States.
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