Our view: Alabama voters must reject Roy Moore; we endorse Doug Jones for U.S. Senate  —  There is only one candidate left in this race who has proven worthy of the task of representing Alabama.  He is Doug Jones.  —  A vote for Roy Moore sends the worst kind of message to Alabamians struggling with abuse.

Russell Simmons and Brett Ratner face new allegations of sexual misconduct  —  Keri Claussen Khalighi was a 17-year-old fashion model from a farm town in Nebraska when she met Brett Ratner and Russell Simmons at a casting call.  —  Ratner was an up-and-coming music video director and a protege of Simmons, the Def Jam Recordings mogul.

What if Ken Starr Was Right?  —  In the longstanding liberal narrative about Bill Clinton and his scandals, the one pushed by Clinton courtiers and ratified in media coverage of his post-presidency, our 42nd president was only guilty of being a horndog, his affairs were nobody's business but his family's …

Republican Sen. Susan Collins: ‘I want to see changes’ in Senate tax bill  —  A key moderate Senate Republican said the Senate's tax bill needs revisions before it is put to a vote.  —  “I want to see changes in that bill, and I think there will be changes,” Sen. Susan Collins …

The Magazine Interview: Rob Goldstone on setting up Trump Jr and Russia  —  “My email to Don Trump Jr took three minutes.  I never thought it would be read by the world”.  Interview by Philip Sherwell  —  Rob Goldstone was one of the most distinctive faces of the summer …

Bannon: McConnell ‘picking up his game’ because of our ‘insurgent movement’  —  Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News and former White House chief strategist, said that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  (R-Ky.) is “picking up his game” amid threats to his power posed by the …

Sidelined by scandal, Sen. Al Franken faces questions about ability to do his job  —  A once-bright political career now hangs in the balance.  —  WASHINGTON - A political star on the rise, Sen. Al Franken had emerged in recent months as a leading voice in opposition to President Donald Trump …

Robert Mugabe Is Ousted From His Ruling Party in Zimbabwe  —  President Robert Mugabe's own party voted to oust him as its leader on Sunday, a day after thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets to celebrate his stunning fall from power after a military takeover.

Why this N.J. Republican keeps voting for things that could hurt Jersey  —  Gallery: Rep. Tom MacArthur has town hall meeting in Willingboro  —  WASHINGTON — In just his second term in office, Rep. Tom MacArthur is helping to shape legislation in a way lawmakers who've been here a long time can only dream of.

LaVar Ball belittles Trump's role in release of son, 2 other UCLA players  —  (CNN)Days after President Donald Trump touted his role in the release of three UCLA basketball students who were arrested in China, LaVar Ball, the father of one of those players, suggested the President had little to do with the matter.

A dying vet needed CPR.  Hidden video shows his nurse laughing instead.  —  By the late winter of 2014, James Dempsey had served in a world war, raised children, buried a wife and seen the best of his health behind him.  As he prepared for a stay at a nursing home on the outskirts of Atlanta, the 89-year-old began to feel nervous.

Former Oklahoma state senator has agreed to plead guilty to a child sex trafficking offense  —  Former state Sen. Ralph Shortey has agreed to plead guilty to a child sex trafficking offense for offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for sexual “stuff” last March.

LaToya Cantrell elected first female mayor of New Orleans  —  (CNN)New Orleans voters elected LaToya Cantrell as mayor Saturday, making her the first woman to hold that position in the city's 300-year history.  —  Cantrell, a city councilwoman, got 60% of the votes over her opponent …

For Roy Moore, a Long History of Combat and Controversy  —  The current furor surrounding the Senate candidate has played out like a concentrated version of his battle-filled career.  —  GADSDEN, Ala. — It was 1982, and four circuit judges from rural Etowah County, Ala. …