# Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in Cornell probe as outrage grows

https://mins.news/en/video/83290

- Reuters, 2026-10-02 10:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYS1s8NctQ

> New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed special prosecutor in the Cornell gang rape case. Elsewhere, a Tennessee death-row inmate is in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, the Trump administration is sending $500 Obamacare “refund” checks to nearly a million Americans with most going to battleground states, and student protests in France have turned violent.

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