What we know about the Cornell University rape investigation

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed the state's attorney general to take over an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape of a Cornell University student, after the woman filed a civil lawsuit last month saying several members of a campus fraternity drugged and assaulted her. The case has prompted public backlash over why law enforcement declined to pursue charges in 2024 after the woman, then 20, reported the incident to police. In naming Attorney General Letitia James as a special