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Proof: DA reopens probe into 7 Cornell frat bros who allegedly drugged, gang-raped student — and were given essay to ‘mitigate conduct’

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2546ccf920303e641adf96aab4a76a60aa0ebbb41b50aaf372029c421e999336

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968926, mined 2026-09-28 03:27 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 02:47 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 03:13 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2546ccf92030.json prints 2546ccf920303e641adf96aab4a76a60aa0ebbb41b50aaf372029c421e999336. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-2546ccf92030.json and headline-2546ccf92030.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-2546ccf92030.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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