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October 6: Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery as Cornell faces independent review
In U.S. elections
Republican groups are putting millions of dollars behind Representative Max Miller’s re-election bid after domestic-violence allegations prompted fellow Republicans, including his state’s two senators, to urge him to drop out, the Wall Street Journal reports. The spending comes as Republicans try to hold the seat amid a difficult midterm outlook. Miller says President Trump recently called to praise him after earlier doubting his chances.
In New Hampshire’s open Senate race, Democratic Congressman Chris Pappas leads Republican nominee John E. Sununu by seven percentage points among likely voters. The New Hampshire Institute of Politics poll, commissioned by AARP, was released Tuesday.
At Cornell
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will lead an independent review of Cornell University’s handling of rape allegations. The university faces renewed scrutiny over its response to allegations that seven Chi Phi fraternity members sexually assaulted a student in October 2024. Disciplinary records obtained by a news publication describe expulsions, suspensions, a campus ban, no-contact orders and educational requirements.
The Reflecting Pool prosecution
Lawyers for former U.S. Olympian David Hearn are asking federal watchdogs to investigate how the Justice Department built a felony case accusing him of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Prosecutors later concluded he was not responsible. His attorneys sent their request Tuesday to the inspectors general at the Justice and Interior departments.
In media business
Skydance-owned Paramount has completed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
In public health
Russia has denied plague cases following a laboratory technician’s death. The United States is demanding transparency, while the World Health Organization monitors the situation. Separately, New Mexico officials say a woman died of plague earlier this year.
Kenyan officials confirmed the country’s first Ebola case Tuesday, linked to an outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In UK immigration enforcement
Home Office immigration officers have arrested three people in a raid targeting a gang accused of helping migrants falsely claim to be gay to obtain asylum. Those targeted are accused of charging up to £4,500 for fabricated evidence.
Investment fraud allegations
U.S. regulators say alleged investment scams took at least $15.3 million from retail investors. The schemes allegedly used AI trading bots, fake Securities and Exchange Commission credentials and online relationships to make bogus platforms appear legitimate and win investors’ trust.
At the Supreme Court
Justice Samuel Alito has expressed disagreement with President Trump’s administration over its remarks about the Supreme Court, MS NOW reports. Alito said everyone has the right to criticize the court, even harshly when warranted, but distinguished that criticism from the administration’s rhetoric.
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