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Alabama Media Group Condemns Senate Candidate Roy Moore

The Alabama Media Group came out with strong condemnation of Roy Moore, prompting a legal threat from the U.S. Senate candidate. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alabama Media Group's Vice President of Content Michelle Holmes about that decision.

Democrats Lack Votes To Block Trump's Federal Judge Nominees

Two more of President Trump's nominees for important federal judge spots will have hearings this week. This comes as Republicans are putting the American Bar Association rating process under scrutiny.

U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan.

Alcohol Banned For U.S. Forces In Japan After Fatal Car Crash

A Japanese man was killed early Sunday in a car crash involving a U.S. service member and alcohol was likely a factor. U.S. forces in Japan are now banned indefinitely from consuming alcohol.

Policemen charge on protesters in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico, in May 2006, in efforts to reestablish order in the city. Two people died and many were abused in the battle that broke out when police attempted to remove peddlers from the city and neighboring Texcoco.

Women Testify Against Mexican Police For Sexual Torture In International Court

In 2006, police sexually abused and beat women following a confrontation between protesters and state forces. Eleven years later, the Women of Atenco have taken the case to an international court.

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, some of whom were teenagers at the time. He holds up a copy of his handbook, <em>One Nation Under God.</em>

11 Scenarios For How The Roy Moore Saga Could Play Out

Republican power brokers in D.C. are devising lots of schemes to try to edge out Roy Moore, the GOP Senate nominee in Alabama who has been accused of sexual misconduct and sexual assault.

A lineman from the Electric Power Authority repairs distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

Chief Of Puerto Rico's Power Authority Resigns Under Fire

A continuing controversy over a $300 million contract with a small Montana electrical firm to restore power in Puerto Rico was one of many "distractions," says the island's governor.

Head Of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Step Down

Richard Cordray, the head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is stepping down at the end of the month. The bureau was created in the wake of the financial crisis and has recovered $12 billion from financial firms on behalf of consumers, but Republicans have fought Cordray and the bureau, claiming its very existence is illegal and that it has harmed consumers by stifling lending.

Richard Cordray, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, is stepping down as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Richard Cordray Stepping Down As Head Of U.S. Consumer Protection Agency

The embattled director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says he will resign by the end of November. Cordray was a frequent target of Republican lawmakers for his tough stance on banks

Joe Biden and his son, the late Beau Biden, embrace at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Beau Biden delivered the keynote address that year. He died seven years later from brain cancer.

'Promise Me': Joe Biden On Loss, Grief And Recovery

The former vice president is out with a book that recounts in heart-wrenching detail his son Beau's diagnosis and death from brain cancer — and his deliberations about running for president.

Utah Supreme Court Nominee Gets Glowing Reviews From Senate

Gov. Gary Herbert’s pick to fill a vacancy on Utah’s Supreme Court, Paige Petersen, was unanimously approved by the Judicial Confirmation Committee on…

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