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One of seven Cornell fraternity members accused of gang-raping a fellow student allegedly telephoned a sorority member and asked her to ensure her friend did not discuss what she believed had happened at a party. The sorority member, who had been at the Chi Phi house on the night of the alleged sexual assault, told investigators that the accused man called her the following day. She said he asked her to make sure her friend did not “say anything that she thinks might’ve happened last night”. She passed on the message. Her friend later told investigators that it “clicked” when…

Thomas Tuchel has acknowledged that the Manchester City charges have become a major topic of discussion within the England camp ahead of their Nations League meeting with Croatia. Manchester City were reported last week to have been found guilty of the vast majority of 115 charges relating to alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules. The case has dominated football discussion since, with Tuchel’s players also debating the matter during their time together. Tuchel on Manchester City charges The England manager declined to offer a detailed personal view, saying he did not know enough about the issue to comment…

A dog in Leawood, Kansas, led a police officer to its owner after finding them on the floor of an open garage, unable to get up. The incident happened on 17 September, when a Leawood Police Department officer spotted the animal standing in the middle of a residential road with its lead still attached but no owner in sight. Body-worn camera footage shows the dog barking at the patrol car. The officer initially tried to send it home, but followed when it moved away, covering about half a block to a nearby property. The animal went up the driveway towards…

Perth Wildcats beat South East Melbourne Phoenix in the NBL, overturning their earlier-season defeat despite being undermanned. The Wildcats were significantly more composed in the closing stages, managing the late minutes better than they had in their previous meeting with South East Melbourne. Perth’s improved finish proved decisive as they held on to secure the win and reverse the result from earlier in the season.

The US added just 29,000 jobs in September, far short of economists’ forecast of 90,000, while the unemployment rate edged up to 4.2% from 4.1% in August. The weaker-than-expected September jobs report suggests some businesses are delaying recruitment amid higher inflation and surging energy prices. The figures also raise questions about the strength of the labour market after the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate increase since 2023. Hiring was subdued across much of the economy. Healthcare, which has been a major source of job growth this year, added 17,000 workers, while financial services employment fell by 7,000. “Only healthcare and…

A New York Times games executive allegedly gave his daughter a children’s book about mourning a mother’s death while his wife was still alive, according to court documents filed during the couple’s bitter divorce. Candice Jang said she found Jonathan McKinsey’s choice of The Memory String “deeply disturbing and frightening”, particularly because she alleged he had previously threatened to kill her and her parents. “I cannot know what Jonathan intended by selecting that particular book,” she wrote in a restraining-order filing. McKinsey, 40, was shot dead in a California car park last weekend. His in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen,…

Paramount Skydance will be renamed Skydance when its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery closes next week, chief executive David Ellison has announced. The change marks the latest stage in a period of significant expansion for the company, which has completed two major acquisitions in the past 18 months. Mr Ellison said the new corporate name was intended to give the combined business its own identity while preserving Paramount and Warner Bros. as separate studios. “Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture,” he said. “By combining them, we aren’t rewriting history — we’re equipping these iconic studios with…

New bodycam footage of Luigi Mangione’s arrest shows police placing him in handcuffs inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a five-day manhunt. The footage captures an officer asking Mangione to remove his mask before police privately indicated that they believed he was “100%” the suspect they were seeking. Mangione initially gave officers a fake identity. When they asked whether his real name was Mark Rosario, he confirmed his identity and acknowledged that he “clearly shouldn’t have” lied. Police discover magazine during search During a search of his backpack, officers found a gun magazine wrapped in his underwear. One officer…

A suspect has been taken into custody after a mass shooting in Detroit left three people dead and four others injured, police chief Todd Bettison said. The gunfire was reported at about 7am on Sunday, September 27, at an illegal after-hours establishment on Prest Street, between Chalfonte and Eaton avenues. Detroit police said the three people killed were men aged over 30. The four injured victims, two men and two women, were taken to hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Police were alerted to the shooting by ShotSpotter technology, while the department’s Homicide Task Force and Vice Unit…

Flight captain Smit Machchha has spoken to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call following a mid-flight stabbing on a flydubai aircraft. Captain Machchha was injured by another pilot while the plane was carrying 173 other people in the skies. The conversation with Mr Modi focused on the stabbing and the captain’s fight for survival during the incident.