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Secret Service Director Sean Curran. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Secret Service agents believe they have cracked a plot that could have crippled the telecommunications network -- and law enforcement functions -- in the nation's largest city as more than 150 world leaders descend this week on New York, officials said on Tuesday."The potential for disruption to our country's telecommunications posed by this network of devices cannot be overstated," […]

(NEW YORK) -- Tropical activity is ramping up in the Atlantic Basin.Along with Hurricane Gabrielle, which is currently tracking east of Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical disturbances in the central Atlantic for potential development this week.The first disturbance, located about halfway between the Lesser Antilles and the Cabo Verde Islands, now has an 80% chance of development within the next seven days, according to the latest […]

(NEW YORK) -- Sean "Diddy" Combs deserves a prison sentence of no more than 14 months -- a sentence that would effectively amount to time served -- after a jury convicted him earlier this year of transportation for the purposes of prostitution, his attorneys argued in a new court filing Tuesday, saying, "It is time for Mr. Combs to go home to his family."Combs, who was acquitted of more serious […]

(NEW YORK) -- Closing arguments are scheduled Tuesday in the trial of Ryan Routh, who stands accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump on Trump's West Palm Beach golf course last year.  Routh, who is representing himself despite lacking any legal education or experience, was cut off multiple times by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon while presenting his defense case Monday.Cannon ended the day with a warning for Ryan Routh […]