Cuomo resigns amid harassment allegations
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is resigning amid sexual harassment allegations
The resignation ends Cuomo's decadelong control of the state following a damning and detailed investigation that found he violated laws and created a "toxic" culture with a pattern of sexual harassment.
"The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing," he said Tuesday after a long defense of his own actions.
"Kathy Hochul, my lieutenant governor, is smart and competent; this transition must be seamless," he added, stating his resignation will be effective in 14 days. Hochul will become the first woman to serve as governor of New York. STAYING ON TOP OF THIS
Banned goods from China's Xinjiang may be entering the US
American consumers might be purchasing goods made by an organization linked to the mass detention of Muslims, according to a report released Tuesday.
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps is a vast governmental and paramilitary organization with interests in many industries, and it administers some of the mass internment camps and prisons where Muslim minorities are confined. BuzzFeed News found last month that China had built the capacity to imprison more than 1 million people in the region at any given moment.
C4ADS, a group that reports on global conflict and security, identified 2,923 subsidiaries of the XPCC and used business filings, trade records, and postings on a Chinese cotton industry trading site to investigate their business activities. SNAPSHOTS
Britney Spears shared a "Free Britney" flag on Instagram and said she'd felt "hopeless for so long" after her request for an earlier court date to remove her father as conservator was denied.
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Does It Matter If Kanye Ever Releases Donda?
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