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Former Alabama Chief Justice and current U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally on Sept. 25 in Fairhope, Ala.

Woman Accuses Alabama Senate Candidate Of Sexual Contact When She Was 14

11:27pm November 09, 2017

by Miles Parks

Republican Roy Moore's campaign has denied the allegations, but GOP leaders say if they are true, he should withdraw ahead of next month's special Senate election.

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World News

Former KGB Agents On What They Think Happened With Russia In The 2016 Election

10:53pm November 09, 2017

by Lucian Kim

The U.S. intelligence community believes there was direct Russian interference in the 2016 election; the Kremlin steadfastly denies it. Two former KGB agents tell NPR what they think really happened.

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Army Reserve troops have been distributing water and other supplies in Morovis since Hurricane Maria struck more than six weeks ago.

Frustration Mounts Over Puerto Rico's 'New Normal' As Federal Troops Leave The Island

10:53pm November 09, 2017

Army officials say they're beginning a drawdown of federal troops on Puerto Rico, even as many homes still lack power and clean drinking water.

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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in a Boston courtroom days before he hanged himself in his prison cell.

Researcher Says Aaron Hernandez's Brain Showed Signs Of Severe CTE

9:40pm November 09, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Hernandez enjoyed a brilliant career on the football field and displayed a remarkable self-destructive streak off the field.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, surrounded by reporters in the U.S. Capitol. The committee will hold its hearing on its tax bill next week. Senators aim to pass it out of committee before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Politics & Government

GOP Senators Unveil Competing Tax Overhaul

8:35pm November 09, 2017

by Susan Davis

The House and Senate bills are structurally similar, but they diverge on some major policies that could be hard to reconcile before the end of the year.

Two evacuees look out from the entrance of the Luis Muñoz Marín public school last week in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Many people from Barranquitas have been living in a shelter set up in the school since Hurricane Maria destroyed their homes in Septemb

National

FEMA Offers To Transport Displaced Puerto Ricans To Mainland Hotels

8:14pm November 09, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Relatively few residents have taken FEMA up on the offer, even though nearly two months since Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, some 3,000 people are living in shelters.

Louis C.K. attends the FX and Vanity Fair Emmy Celebration at Craft in Century City, Calif., on Sept. 16.

Arts

Multiple Women Say Louis C.K. Masturbated In Front Of Them, 'New York Times' Reports

7:35pm November 09, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Two comedians say the famed comic invited them both to a hotel room and stripped naked, to their shock. Others say he asked to masturbate before them, or seemed to do so while on the phone with them.

The FBI is struggling to access the cellphone of the Texas church shooter, which is reportedly an iPhone, reigniting the debate over encryption.

Texas Gunman's Locked Cellphone Renews Debate Over Encryption

7:04pm November 09, 2017

by Samantha Raphelson

The FBI is blaming its inability to unlock the cellphone of the Texas shooter on the tech industry's encryption standard. But some experts say if the FBI had acted more quickly, it would have access.

A task force found that hundreds of households are still living in emergency housing five months after the fire at London's Grenfell Tower.

5 Months After Grenfell Blaze, 320 Households Are Still In Emergency Housing

5:36pm November 09, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

An independent task force called the pace of rehousing residents after the fire "painfully slow." More than 200 children are among those who still need a permanent home.

A algae bloom in Lake Erie contaminated the water supply for Toledo, Ohio, in August 2014. About 400,000 people were without useable water.

Algae Toxins In Drinking Water Sickened People In 2 Outbreaks

4:53pm November 09, 2017

by Greta Jochem

In Ohio, more than 100 people got sick in 2013 and 2014 when municipal drinking water was contaminated with toxins from algae blooms in Lake Erie. The CDC says these are the first known instances.