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Pathologist to present findings questioning whether Epstein killed himself

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A professor of forensic medicine who reviewed Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy records plans to present findings that call into question the official conclusion that the disgraced sex abuser's death by hanging was a suicide , according to Epstein's brother.

"They looked at this whole thing, they looked at it scientifically, they truly investigated this," Mark Epstein told CBS News Friday.

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Newly released footage shows Luigi Mangione's arrest in Pennsylvania

Newly unsealed police body camera footage obtained by CBS News New York shows the moments Altoona, Pennsylvania, police officers placed Luigi Mangione in handcuffs, ending a five-day manhunt following the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside of a Midtown hotel in 2024. The video also captures the property search that followed, and it was played during a suppression hearing in December 2025, when Mangione's defense attorneys argued that the search of his backpack violated his rights.

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Jane Doe's attorney says "she was incapable of consent," alleges cover-up

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.

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Partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard found dead in Louisiana home

Kenan ‘Ken’ Urker, 34, who died of apparent drug overdose, was partner of woman convicted of murder of mother The on-and-off partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard , who spent time in prison for her role in the murder of her abusive mother, was found dead inside his Louisiana home on his 34th birthday on Thursday in what authorities described as an apparent drug overdose. The sheriff’s office in Lafourche parish, Louisiana, confirmed Kenan “Ken” Urker – the father of Blanchard’s daughter – was discovered on Thursday after relatives asked police to conduct a…