Man arrested in foiled ISIS-inspired mass shooting plot at Mall of America: Feds

More than seven months after the former Cornell University student known as Jane Doe reported being raped at the school's Chi Phi fraternity house, she gave a university hearing panel a detailed account of the October 2024 incident, saying she was "raped and tormented." And she pleaded with the panel to "make Cornell a better and safer place" by removing from campus the men she alleged attacked her, according to school records reviewed by ABC News.

Christa Pike 's attorneys said she has pneumonia, a blood clot, couldn't swallow, and is unable to move her arms or hands once she regained consciousness in a Tennessee hospital, days after the death row inmate survived a botched execution by the state. "Her hands looked like if you were to blow up a surgical glove," said one of Pike's attorneys, Randy Spivey, at a Wednesday news conference. "It was extraordinary." Spivey said he and Pike's other attorneys were told she was brain-dead on Monday and expected her to be removed from life support. But by the next day, she had woken up and started talking, he said.

Tropical Storm Isaias has formed in the Gulf and is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday before approaching the U.S. northern Gulf Coast on Friday, according to forecasters.

One startup uses artificial intelligence to help winemakers better predict crop yields. Another uses insights gleaned from AI to enable earlier detection of skin cancer, while a third develops a seaweed-based hydrogel fire suppressant that's free of "forever chemicals." The entrepreneurs behind these tech-forward startups have one thing in common: They started the companies from their college dorm rooms to participate in "America's Startup," a government-backed collegiate innovation competition that's part of America250 , the congressional commission behind the U.S.'s 250th anniversary celebration.