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Disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar removed from Michigan sex offender registry

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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…

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USCBS News

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.

USBBC News

Hawaii's iconic 550-year-old Hōlei Sea Arch collapses

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.

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