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Cornell Agrees to Outside Investigation of Alleged Gang Rape Case
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from NBC News · North America
Cornell University has now agreed to an outside investigation of its handling of an alleged gang rape at the Chi Phi fraternity house in 2024 which produced no criminal charges, according to New York’s Gov. Kathy Hochul. NBC’s Maggie Vespa reports for TODAY.
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