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• Andrew Cuomo threatens suit against sex-harass accuser Charlotte Bennett — before New York can pass law blocking cases targeting alleged victims

  Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo has filed new court papers threatening a defamation suit against sex-harass accuser Charlotte Bennett — before Albany could...

• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared war plans in second Signal chat: report

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• Arkansas parents handed 70-year prison sentence for trapping their 4 children in hot car — killing toddler — as another perished from malnutrition

  "This case is one of the most disturbing and heartbreaking our office has ever encountered."

• Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare

  Hackers linked to Russia's government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. At one plant in Muleshoe,...