CBS News poll finds voters split on state v. national focus in Maine Senate race

Gov. Kathy Hochul has tapped New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the Cornell University alleged rape case . Hochul delivered impassioned remarks Friday morning as she discussed her decision. She expressed shock and dismay at the allegations, and grave concern about how authorities handled the case after the woman initially came forward to police. "At every turn, she was failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her," Hochul said.

Jane Doe's attorney argues she was "incapable of consent" because she was "completely, grossly intoxicated" when she arrived at a Cornell fraternity house the night she was allegedly raped in October 2024. "She didn't have consent from the time she walked in the door; she was incapable of consent," her lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, told CBS News. Giuffra claims Jane Doe was pressured to take ketamine, which he says left her feeling as though she were "floating above herself" and like a ragdoll — unable to stop what was happening.

Convicted offender among 20,000 people removed from list after state supreme court ruling on Sora registration law Larry Nassar , the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics physician convicted of sexually abusing girls and women over a period of decades while claiming to provide medical treatment, has been removed from Michigan’s sex offender registry thanks to a legal technicality. Thousands of other offenders were also taken off that list after a court ruling involving how the state’s registration law can be applied. Information and…

Hawaii's famous Hōlei Sea Arch, a 90-foot-tall (27.4m) lava rock structure that formed about 550 years ago, has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean. The collapse's exact time is not known. The arch was still projecting into the water from the coast of Volcanoes National Park on 23 September, but was gone by 27 September, the National Park Service (NPS) said. "The coastline flanking the sea arch has shown signs of instability for years," NPS, which warned in 2021 that the arch would eventually crumble, said in a statement.