The University of Chicago said the suspect and victim were not students at the school. But the accusation drew scrutiny after revelations of a reported gang rape at Cornell University in New York.

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Many people in the storm’s path escaped the worst, but 4 people were killed and there was plenty of damage.

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An Ohio municipal court heard a misdemeanor case that considered the limits of political discourse in the age of the internet.

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