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More than a dozen current and former students from two fraternities were part of an operation that involved packaging drugs at fraternity houses, the authorities said.
More than a dozen current and former Penn State University students, plus one student's father, have been charged in an alleged cocaine trafficking ring. Prosecutors say two off-campus fraternities, Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi, served as hubs where cocaine was cut and packaged, sometimes by pledges. Delta Upsilon has been placed on interim probation. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the charges.
NYTimes – US More than a dozen current and former students from two fraternities were part of an operation that involved packaging drugs at fraternity houses, the authorities said.
Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi were off campus, with Delta Upsilon placed on interim probation More than a dozen Penn State University students ran a cocaine trafficking ring that cut and packaged the potent drug mainly at two fraternity houses, authorities said on Monday. The Pennsylvania attorney general, Dave Sunday, announced charges on Monday against 14 people linked to the purported operation, saying it involved…
NYTimes – US More than a dozen current and former students from two fraternities were part of an operation that involved packaging drugs at fraternity houses, the authorities said.
More than a dozen current and former Penn State University students, along with one of their parents, have been charged in a major cocaine trafficking ring. Prosecutors allege two off-campus fraternities appeared to be the hubs for the operation. Meg Oliver reports.
Thirteen former and current Penn State students, and one student's father, are facing charges related to an alleged cocaine ring. Prosecutors allege drugs were cut and packaged at two frat houses, sometimes by pledges. Michael George reports.
NYTimes – US U.S. President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and resume nuclear talks in exchange for lifting the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran would seek clarification from Washington, citing a history of contradictory U.S. messaging. Trump demurred on whether military strikes would resume after the midterm elections.
BBC News – World Madonna and Taylor Swift were among the top winners at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles. Madonna took the stage at the Peacock Theater for her first VMAs performance in over 20 years, while she and Swift won four of the six prizes awarded during the telecast. K-pop star Lisa and British newcomer Sienna Spiro also won.
NYTimes – US Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Sunday morning, Zoo Atlanta said. The pair departed Chengdu, China, earlier Sunday as part of an agreement between the Chinese and US governments following a Xi-Trump summit. China’s leader had said he would dispatch “envoys of friendship” to the United States.
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