Congo’s Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths as authorities struggle to contain the deadly virus.
A senior U.N. official said an Ebola-hit displacement camp housing a transit center for infected patients was burned by soldiers earlier this week as they were looking for weapons in Kigonze, on the outskirts of Bunia, forcing 19,000 people in the camp to flee.
New York’s governor and attorney general are set to give an update Friday morning on the investigation into a woman’s allegations that she was gang raped at a Cornell University fraternity house.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday she appointed Attorney General Letitia James’ office as special prosecutor.
Hochul said she had lost faith in the local district attorney’s ability to handle the case.
The investigation was first closed without charges in 2024.
The woman filed a lawsuit last month, and the district attorney reopened the investigation.
Lawyers for two of the men she is suing deny they took part in a sexual assault.
The Professional Women’s Hockey League released its fourth-season schedule Friday.
The 180-game regular season runs from Dec. 5 to April 18.
With four new teams, the league now has 12 and is splitting into Eastern and Western conferences for the first time.
Minnesota plays in the West, along with Detroit, Las Vegas, San Jose, Seattle and Vancouver.
The top four teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs, which now add a best-of-five quarterfinal round.
Iman Mohamed can be reached at moha5348@stthomas.edu.
