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• Amazon still expanding in NYC with Bryant Park lease

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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

  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother...

• 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."

• How Piastri-Verstappen incident led to McLaren's Saudi win

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