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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Police say they can't confirm that the gang rape at the University of Virginia described in a Rolling Stone article last year actually occurred. The police chief in Charlottesville told reporters today that police could not confirm that a rape occurred at any fraternity house. The Rolling Stone article described the gang rape of a student identified only as "Jackie" at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house in 2012. Police say the woman did not cooperate with investigators. Soon after the article was published in November, discrepancies were found in it. Rolling Stone has apologized and said it would investigate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it is notifying 100 military members that their names and addresses were posted on the Internet by a group calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division. The group said it was posting the information to encourage Muslims in the United States to kill the military members. A Pentagon spokesman says there's no indication that the information was obtained through a government data breach. He said it could have been gathered from public records and by searching social media accounts.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologized to Israel's Arab citizens for remarks he made during last week's parliament election -- remarks that offended members of the community. Netanyahu, whose party won re-election in the vote, met with members of the Arab community at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem today and apologized. Netanyahu drew accusations of racism in Israel -- and a rebuke from the White House -- when he said a few hours before polling stations closed that Arab citizens had been voting "in droves."
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A magistrate in New Orleans has ordered millionaire Robert Durst be held without bond on weapons charges in Louisiana. The magistrate says that based on what he heard at a bond hearing today and what he read in court documents, Durst is both a flight risk and a danger to others. Durst is accused of killing a female friend in California 15 years ago, but his lawyers say his arrest was illegal and orchestrated to coincide with an HBO series about his links to three killings.
PHOENIX (AP) — The man who recently stepped down as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is going to the NFL. Two people familiar with the hiring say Todd Jones is joining the league to oversee player discipline. He'll be in charge of the league's new personal conduct policy, including fining and suspending violators. The league has had several recent high-profile issues involving player conduct.
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