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Tennessee prison system head to resign after failed Christa Pike execution

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The head of Tennessee's prison system is set to resign after the botched execution of Christa Pike earlier this week, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday.

Lee said that Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will step down this month, but did not offer any other specifics.

Strada said in a statement that he believes "the Department carried out its responsibilities in accordance with the established protocol," but that "stepping aside is in the best interest" of the state's residents as an independent review ordered by Lee begins.

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Cornell president says school "must do better" amid criticism of its investigation

Cornell University President Michael I. Kotlikoff said Saturday his school's administration "must do better" amid the criticism and fallout of its investigation into allegations made by a former student that she was gang-raped at a fraternity in 2024. "I believe we as an administration and we as a community must do better," Kotlikoff said in a video message posted online Saturday. "We must do everything we can to prevent what happened to Jane Doe and everyone before her and anyone after her from ever happening again."

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US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts

The plane was undertaking a medical evacuation from Bermuda with six people onboard when it lost contact The US Coast Guard said late on Saturday it had found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of ⁠Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island and ⁠was searching for ​the six people who were on board. The jet lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a flight from Bermuda to Boston on Saturday morning. In a statement to the Guardian, an FAA spokesperson said that the agency issued a search-and-rescue alert notice for a…