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New York prosecutors revive investigation into alleged Cornell fraternity assault
New York state prosecutors have reopened a criminal inquiry into allegations that a woman was sexually assaulted at a Cornell University fraternity house in 2024. The district attorney is gathering further information before presenting the case to a grand jury, which will consider whether the evidence merits criminal charges. The woman, identified in court documents…
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Horrific hospital blunder as surgeons amputate the WRONG leg forcing woman to become double amputee, lawsuit claims
An Ohio woman, Sharon Jacks, is suing a surgeon and several healthcare organisations after a lawsuit alleged that surgeons amputated her healthy left leg instead of her cancer-affected right leg in September 2025. The complaint says the error left her a double amputee and describes the incident as a serious failure of basic patient-safety procedures.…
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Lady A singer Charles Kelley reveals multiple myeloma diagnosis
Charles Kelley, singer of the Grammy-winning band Lady A, has revealed his diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer discovered following a hospital visit for rib fractures. Kelley has approached his condition with optimism, publicly discussing how openness about his diagnosis and recent sobriety journey has been empowering, and he remains committed to continuing…
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Schneider gives datacenter switchgear the software-defined treatment
Schneider Electric is piloting software-defined medium-voltage switchgear at an Equinix colocation facility. The system uses standardised hardware configured through software, which Schneider says could speed datacentre construction and let operators add capabilities through remote updates. Medium-voltage switchgear bridges the grid connection and the lower-voltage supplies to server racks, and large, increasingly complex datacentre campuses can…
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Private texts reveal family’s legal battle plan for Blue Mountains mother charged with murdering her two children
A 42-year-old mother from Kenya has been accused of stabbing her three children in the Blue Mountains, Australia, on 20 September while they were in their car seats. Two of her children died from their injuries—a five-year-old boy at the scene and a one-year-old girl four days later—whilst the mother remains hospitalised under police guard.…
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Nigerian dancer completes 168-hour marathon in Lagos record bid
A Nigerian dancer named Benjamin Daniel, professionally known as “Ben Dancer”, completed a 168-hour dance marathon in Lagos to attempt breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest individual dance marathon. The 33-year-old reached his target early on Tuesday morning but continued dancing for a further nine hours, demonstrating remarkable endurance whilst drawing on Nigeria’s…
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Kennedy proposes linking US health records for rapid AI analysis
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Health Secretary, outlined an expansive plan to collect, consolidate and analyse comprehensive health data from across American government agencies and private companies at a Maha Institute event. He proposed connecting medical records, lifestyle information, insurance claims and pharmaceutical data, then using artificial intelligence to search for patterns and potential…
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Six killed as Russian Tu-95MS bomber crashes during training flight
A Russian Tu-95MS bomber crashed during a training flight in the Amur region on Tuesday, killing six crew members and injuring another, according to Russia’s Defence Ministry. The aircraft came down in an uninhabited area, more than 3,000 miles from Ukraine; the crash matters because the Tu-95MS is part of Russia’s strategic nuclear force and…
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Meta’s AI breaches privacy; grandmother wrongly jailed by facial recognition
Meta’s shopping AI shared a seller’s address without consent, leading to an arranged visit. Meanwhile, a Tennessee grandmother spent six months behind bars after a flawed facial recognition misidentification.
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One in eight cancers are linked to infections, new study finds, including a common stomach bug linked to bowel cancer
A new international study has found that one in eight cancers worldwide are triggered by infections, with approximately 2.3 million of the 19.2 million new cancer cases diagnosed in 2024 linked to infection. Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer emphasise that many of these cases could be prevented through existing vaccinations and…