Cornell student’s 2024 statement to police reveals new details about the night of her alleged rape

Rescue crews rushed to the Catalina Island coastline after a medical helicopter crashed in the ocean on Wednesday night. The Los Angeles County Fire Department said it dispatched helicopters and divers at around 7:50 p.m., shortly after receiving the initial reports of the crash. Five people were aboard the flight, according to LA County Fire. The LA County Sheriff's Department said two people were taken to a hospital on Catalina Island, while two other people were taken to the Ronald Reagan Medical Center at UCLA.

Witnesses to the execution of Christa Pike -- the only woman on Tennessee's death row -- said late Wednesday that authorities appeared to administer two rounds of lethal pentobarbitol but that the convicted murderer appeared to still be alive an hour later when witnesses were escorted out of the chamber. "I've witnessed five executions in Tennessee. Nothing about today was normal, typical -- at all," said reporter Tori Gessner with ABC Nashville affiliate WKRN, who was one of several journalists who witnessed the proceedings.

During a 2025 hearing at Cornell University, an unidentified female former student who alleges she was gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024 described her harrowing night at the house surrounded by multiple men: "I felt like bait. I felt like lions around me. It just was a totally debilitating place to be in." Her description is included in a heavily-redacted 99-page report, obtained by ABC News, that was prepared by the university last year as it investigated what happened.

Washington — The Senate confirmed Keith Sonderling to lead the Department of Labor on Wednesday, officially installing the nominee who has been leading in an acting capacity since Lori Chavez-DeRemer's exit in April. Sonderling served in several roles at the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during President Trump's first administration. He previously practiced employment and labor law at a Florida law firm.