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Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to oversee an investigation into allegations of a sexual assault involving multiple men at a Cornell University fraternity house in 2024, saying recent developments had weakened her confidence in the local district attorney’s ability to handle the case. The decision has brought renewed...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Clay Travis is attempting to build a new chapter in his career at the intersection of sports, politics, digital media and sports betting, launching Sport & State as a new platform aimed at an audience that has followed his work across conservative media and American sports commentary. The venture, which launched in August, represents Travis’s return to building...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Calls for a pause in executions across the United States have intensified after Tennessee failed to carry out the lethal injection of Christa Pike, leaving the 50-year-old prisoner alive and in critical condition after two doses of the execution drug were administered. The incident has renewed scrutiny of the reliability of lethal injection and the wider use of...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Four astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station after an unusually fast journey from Earth, with NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins making history as the first Black woman to lead a crew into orbit. The SpaceX mission reached the orbiting laboratory in less than eight hours on Thursday, setting a new record for the fastest journey by a...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The second Trump administration is facing a series of legal, political and electoral controversies as the president continues campaigning for Republican candidates ahead of the US midterm elections. Immigration enforcement, the possible presence of federal agents at polling places, restrictions on media access and the use of artificial intelligence in campaign advertising have all emerged as prominent issues,...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A deeply sensitive religious dispute has become a major feature of Brazil’s final presidential campaign days, after claims surrounding the country’s patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida, spread rapidly online and triggered concern among Catholics. The controversy has drawn President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his conservative challenger Flávio Bolsonaro into an increasingly intense debate over religion,...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United States is moving a third aircraft carrier strike group toward the Middle East as the conflict with Iran enters a more uncertain phase, with President Donald Trump indicating that further American military action against Tehran remains possible after the November midterm elections. The deployment adds thousands of sailors and Marines to an already substantial US military...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Democratic senators have called for detailed information from the Trump administration about the condition of the US childcare system, arguing that a combination of funding changes, regulatory revisions and pressures on providers could leave families facing higher costs and fewer affordable childcare places. The request, led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and joined by six other Democratic senators,...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Former US election-security officials and researchers are raising concerns that the federal government has sharply reduced its focus on investigating threats against election workers and election infrastructure, even as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to identify alleged voting by noncitizens. The concerns centre on the apparent decline of a Department of Justice taskforce that previously investigated threats, intimidation...

Published: 01 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton clashed over taxes, immigration, artificial intelligence and the influence of Donald Trump during a tense televised debate that offered California voters a direct comparison between two sharply different approaches to governing the state. The hour-long CNN debate on Wednesday came just days before election officials begin sending ballots to voters for the 3...