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#Breaking #News #USA NPR's Head Of News Placed On Leave After Past Harassment Allegations Surface NPR has placed its head of news, Michael Oreskes, on leave following allegations of sexual harassment two decades ago, when he worked at The New York Times. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What We Know About The Vehicle Attack In Lower Manhattan NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mara Gay, New York City Hall reporter for The Wall Street Journal. She was there on the scene in the aftermath of the attack in lower Manhattan. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Remembering The Communities Buried Under Center Field In the 1950s, residents of several Latino neighborhoods in Los Angeles were forcibly evicted from their homes, which were then razed to make way for the Major League Baseball team's stadium. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Astros Seeking To Nail Down World Series In Game 6 Houston leads 3 games to 2 over Los Angeles. The Dodgers need a win tonight in LA to stay alive. For the Astros, it would be the first Series crown in their franchise's history. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Astros Seeking To Nail Down World Series In Game 6 Houston leads 3 games to 2 over Los Angeles. The Dodgers need a win tonight in LA to stay alive. For the Astros, it would be the first Series crown in their franchise's history. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What We Know About The 'Act Of Terror' On Manhattan Bike Path NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ayana Harry from WPIX in New York about the attack in Manhattan today. At least eight people are dead and a dozen more injured after a driver plowed down a bike path. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA At Least 8 People Dead, More Than A Dozen Injured In New York City Vehicle Attack New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio called the event in Manhattan that has left at least 8 dead and more than a dozen injured an "act of terror." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Baltimore Police Overhaul Challenged By Murder Crisis Baltimore's stubbornly high murder rate is causing some residents to lose faith in efforts to change policing in the city. They say it has become an excuse for police inaction. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA FEMA Coordinator Says He's Not Sure When More Of Puerto Rico Will Have Power The oversight board that supervises Puerto Rico's indebted government met publicly today for the first-time in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The board heard sobering statistics about the extent of the damage and discussed austerity measures to fix the island's broken economy. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Venezuela's Baseball League Is Struggling Amid Country's Deep Economic Crisis In Venezuela, baseball is in crisis. The game can be a nice diversion from everyday troubles. But most of the eight teams are in financial trouble. Fans can't afford tickets. And homeless people have moved into stadiums. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly Coming Under Criticism For Recent Remarks The White House touts Chief of Staff John Kelly's military background as evidence of his credibility and apolitical nature. But Kelly's recent statements call that portrayal into question. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA A Timeline Of The Instances When The Trump Campaign Was Offered Information From Russia The guilty plea of former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos sheds more light on alleged connections between the campaign and Russia. The spring and summer of 2016 is a crucial period to examine. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA How One Group Is Monitoring Cyber Trolls Potentially Tied To The Kremlin NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Laura Rosenberger about a project of the Alliance for Securing Democracy — part of The German Marshall Fund in Washington. The group created a public dashboard to track websites, trolls and bots it suspects of being linked to the Kremlin. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Several Dead In Manhattan After Driver Plows Down Bike Path There are reports that at least six people are dead after a rented Home Depot van plowed down a bike path in New York City. Police say the driver of the van got out after hitting another vehicle and had what have been described as "imitation firearms." The suspect was shot by NYPD and is now in custody. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Dodgers And Astros Prepare For World Series Game 6 in L.A. Game 6 of the World Series is tonight as the Los Angeles Dodgers face the Houston Astros in L.A. It's been a thrilling series so far with both teams having offensive explosions and defensive stops. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA GOP Gubernatorial Candidates In New Jersey And Virginia Are Focusing On Illegal Immigration This fall in New Jersey and Virginia, Republican candidates aligned with party's business-friendly wing are campaigning against illegal immigration. The attack ads in both statewide gubernatorial elections claim their Democratic opponents wouldn't enforce immigration laws. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trump Administration Offers $60 Million To Help Several African Nations Fight Terrorism The Trump administration plans to contribute up to $60 million to help five nations in Africa's Sahel region to build up a counterterrorism force. The news comes as Congress looks more closely at U.S. military activities in a the region following an ambush that killed four American service members in Niger. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Some Indonesians Fear Country's Religious Intolerance Is Growing People who fear that religious intolerance is growing in Indonesia point to the case of Jakarta's last governor. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known by many as Ahok, was a popular leader until he lost re-election during a campaign that appealed to identity politics. Now he is in prison, charged with blasphemy against Islam. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What It's Like In The Demilitarized Zone That Divides North And South Korea Defense Secretary James Mattis went within feet of the curbstone separating North and South Korea, where grim-faced North Korean troops stared across at him. It's known as one of the scariest spots on the planet. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA A Look At The State Of Diplomatic Efforts In Afghanistan The U.S. military is sending more soldiers and marines to Afghanistan to work with Afghan forces at small combat outposts. But the State Department is largely staying behind the gates and blast walls of its Embassy in Kabul and not heading out into the field. Officials say it's because of security concerns, but critics say it prevents the U.S. from keeping an eye on how the billions of dollars in aid is being spent and improving governance across the country. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trump's Nominee To Be The Next Head Of NASA Prepares For Senate Hearing President Trump's pick for the next head of NASA, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., will have his Senate nomination hearing on Wednesday. He's been controversial because of his views on climate change. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Former CIA Official Says Attempts To Leverage Trump Campaign Is Textbook Russian Recruitment Steven Hall ran the CIA's Russia operations for years — and he says attempts to leverage Trump campaign aides was a textbook case of recruitment by Russian spies. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Hall about this week's revelations in the ongoing Russian investigation. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Where Special Counsel Robert Mueller Could Take His Investigation Next Special counsel Robert Mueller has already secured a guilty plea from former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos. Now attention is turning to who else may be on Mueller's radar. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Venezuela's Baseball League Is Struggling Amid Country's Deep Economic Crisis In Venezuela, baseball is in crisis. The game can be a nice diversion from everyday troubles. But most of the eight teams are in financial trouble. Fans can't afford tickets. And homeless people have moved into stadiums. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Dodgers And Astros Prepare For World Series Game 6 in L.A. Game 6 of the World Series is tonight as the Los Angeles Dodgers face the Houston Astros in L.A. It's been a thrilling series so far with both teams having offensive explosions and defensive stops. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA After 20 Years, Can Cornell Finally Bust Open Its Great Pumpkin Mystery? In 1997, someone speared a pumpkin on the top of a 173-foot tower. It stuck around for months, an object of fascination and speculation. And no one knows who did it ... unless you know. Wait, do you? Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA U.S. Military Withholds Key Measures Of Afghan War Basic information has been restricted in a new report from a watchdog agency, such as the number of Afghan troops that have died, the exact size of the force, and the readiness of their equipment. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Mark Zuckerberg's Big Blind Spot And The Conflict Within Facebook In whatever corner of the world Facebook is operating, it has become clear that people are using this powerful platform as a communications tool in ways that founder Mark Zuckerberg never envisioned. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA With ACA Plans A Tougher Sell, Insurers Bring On The Puppies The federal government has all but dropped out of marketing the Affordable Care Act, so states, corporations and private groups are stepping up. Some are going cute, while others get serious. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Motorist Drives Onto Manhattan Bike Path, Killing Several People "The vehicle struck multiple people on the path," police said Tuesday. Authorities say the suspect was shot and taken into custody after leaving the vehicle and "displaying imitation firearms." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA After Navy Rescue Of Sailors Adrift At Sea, The Story Gets Stranger Two sailors who said they drifted thousands of miles off course were picked up in the Pacific last week by the U.S. Navy. But it turns out the women had an emergency beacon they never turned on. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Tech Companies Testify On Capitol Hill, Detail Russian Interference Efforts Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to tell senators Tuesday that Russian election interference during the 2016 presidential campaign was broader than originally thought. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Christian Writer Banned From Liberty University Campus After Criticizing Trump Ally The Christian university says it welcomes "peaceful debate" and that Jonathan Martin was removed because officials believed he intended to hold an unauthorized event on campus. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 3 Dartmouth Professors In Criminal Inquiry Over 'Sexual Misconduct' Allegations Three professors who work in Dartmouth College's psychological and brain sciences department have been put on paid leave; their access to campus is restricted. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Separatist Catalan Leaders, Now In Brussels, Deny Seeking Asylum Abroad Catalonia's deposed president, Carles Puigdemont, said Tuesday that he and several ministers left "to avoid the threats." The day before, Spain's top prosecutor said they'd be charged with sedition. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Political Costumes This Halloween Rank Right Behind Slasher Villains, Wonder Woman More people say they will wear a political costume this Halloween in a year after an election than ever before. Hillary Clinton, for one, says she might go as President Trump. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Other Reformation: How Martin Luther Changed Our Beer, Too The protest movement Luther launched 500 years ago not only revamped how Europe worshiped but also how it drank. We'd call him the patron saint of beer except, well, he wouldn't like the "saint" part. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA John Kelly Claims Civil War Caused By Lack Of Compromise. History Shows Otherwise The White House chief of staff made the remark during an interview on Fox News. Observers were quick to point out that decades of "compromise" on slavery preceded, and did not prevent, the Civil War. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA George Papadopoulos Says He's Not 'That' George Papadopoulos "Surreal may be an understatement! Exhausting too!" says George Papadopoulos, a certified public accountant from Michigan who shares a name with a former Trump aide. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA If You're Shopping For Health Insurance, Make Sure You're Paid Up On Old Plan People hoping to get federally subsidized coverage on the marketplaces should make make sure their 2017 premiums are paid and that they filed the correct documents with their 2016 taxes. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 'None Of This Is Real': Conservative Media Reacts To Mueller Indictments Voices on the right suggested the probe reflects an unfair attack on a populist president by Washington insiders and media liberals. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA With Huge Fines, German Law Pushes Social Networks To Delete Abusive Posts Social media companies could be penalized by as much as $58.3 million if they don't remove a malicious post from their platforms soon after it is reported — in some cases within 24 hours. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Producers Guild Bans Harvey Weinstein For Life Citing Harvey Weinstein's "decades of reprehensible conduct," the Producers Guild of America rejected Harvey Weinstein from its ranks via unanimous decision. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA With Huge Fines, German Law Pushes Social Networks To Delete Abusive Posts Social media companies could be penalized by as much as $58.3 million if they don't remove a malicious post from their platforms soon after it is reported — in some cases within 24 hours. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 'Feasting and Fasting': The Remarkable Life of Patience Gray A British food writer, Gray advocated slow food and foraging long before the rest of the food world. Her work had outsized influence on chefs from Alice Waters on. A new biography tells her story. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Top Stories: Latest On Mueller's Investigation; A Russia Timeline Also: U.S. troops capture a Benghazi suspect in Libya; the U.S. northeast cleans up after a powerful storm wreaks damage; and today is the start of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Learning To Spot Fake News: Start With A Gut Check A new approach seeks to equip university students with the tools of fact-checkers. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA After A Day Of Legal Shock And Awe, What's Next For The Mueller Investigation? Months after he was named to investigate Russian interference in the election, Robert Mueller unveils charges against Donald Trump's former campaign chairman and a foreign policy aide. He's not done. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Facing Charges Of Rebellion And Sedition, Catalonia's Ousted Leader Flees Spain The former head of the Catalan government is reported to have fled Spain together with some of his ministers, ahead of charges of rebellion, sedition and the misuse of public funds. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA GOP Strategist: Manafort Played The Lobbying Game 'At A Completely Different Level' To get perspective on how unusual Paul Manafort's lobbying activities were, we turn to Republican strategist John Feehery. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Bharara: Papadopoulos Plea 'Portends More Charges To Come' What are the next steps for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation? NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Italy Takes Aim At Fake News With New Curriculum For High School Students This week, Italy added a new item to its schools' curriculum — recognizing fake news. With help from leading digital companies, the government hopes to train students how to differentiate between fake and real news stories. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA First Guilty Plea In Russia Probe: Who Is George Papadopoulos? The former Trump campaign adviser pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents. A year ago, he was in the news for reportedly embellishing his resume. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Fed Up With Uncivil Discourse Online, Lawmakers Block Their Constituents It's a challenge for officials at all levels of government, including a state lawmaker in Utah who recently had to talk it out with someone he blocked. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 2016 Under Scrutiny: A Timeline Of Russia Connections The first charges in the special counsel investigation give more details about what was said and done relating to Russia during the presidential campaign, particularly in the spring and summer. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Tillerson And Mattis Warn Against Repealing War Power Authorizations Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, senior Trump national security officials argued existing use-of-force measures are doing the job, despite being on the books for 16 years. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Mueller Investigation Brings Down A Top Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta, brother of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, blamed "right-wing media" for his decision to leave his namesake firm. The firm assisted Paul Manafort's efforts on behalf of Ukraine. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Netflix Says 'House of Cards' Will End After Six Seasons Reports say the decision to end the cable series was already in the works before allegations of sexual misconduct by lead actor Kevin Spacey surfaced over the weekend. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Brain Patterns May Predict People At Risk Of Suicide A computer program learned to identify people thinking about suicide by studying brain activity patterns associated with words like "death" and "trouble." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Facebook's Advertising Tools Complicate Efforts To Stop Russian Interference Facebook says 126 million people may have seen Russian content aimed at influencing Americans. Marketing gurus say Facebook is unlikely to solve the problem because of its ad-based business model. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA This Halloween Is Scaring Up Record Sales of Candy, Costumes And Decor Surging consumer confidence is spurring sales for Halloween. Retailers are forecasting an 8 percent increase in sales for costumes, candy and decorations. Those gains are strong given low inflation. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Not-So-Fun Run: Joggers In 'Gerrymander 5K' Must Run Oddly Shaped Route The course highlights the zigzagging line separating North Carolina's 10th and 11th congressional districts. One expert says ugly districts are a symptom of a problem, not the problem itself. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Not-So-Fun Run: Joggers In 'Gerrymander 5K' Must Run Oddly Shaped Route The course highlights the zigzagging line separating North Carolina's 10th and 11th congressional districts. One expert says ugly districts are a symptom of a problem, not the problem itself. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Dennis Banks, Native American Activist And Wounded Knee Occupier, Dies At 80 Banks was a founding member of the American Indian Movement and a leader of the armed occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA PHOTOS: Indonesia At A Crossroads Indonesia's founding philosophy includes the notions of unity and social justice for all. But there are growing concerns that the country is becoming less tolerant than it once was. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Lingering Power Outage In Puerto Rico Strains Health Care System The Puerto Rican government has prioritized getting power back to hospitals. Many clinics and doctors' offices, like other small businesses on the island, still don't have electricity. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA High Stakes As Rancher Cliven Bundy's Trial Over Armed Standoff Begins Bundy reignited a long simmering "range war" in the West when he led an standoff with federal agents in 2014. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Architecture Behind The Quintessential Haunted House When you think of a Halloween haunted house it probably has turrets, maybe a tower, probably ornate trim. The house you're probably envisioning is a Victorian, but why? NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mary Jo Bowling from the real estate blog Curbed on why Victorian architecture came to be associated with everything spooky and scary. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Aid Groups Work To Help Syria's Displaced People NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with CARE Country Director Wouter Schaap. The humanitarian organization is ramping up its efforts in Syria where thousands have been displaced by ISIS' presence, the country's civil war and other fighting. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Lawmakers Aim To Pass Bill Protecting Mueller From Trump Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller unveiled his first charges in the Russia imbroglio on Monday. Three former Trump aides were involved, and members of Congress have said they want to pass a bill protecting Mueller from being fired by Trump if the president feels threatened. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Actor Anthony Rapp Alleges Kevin Spacey Assaulted Him In The 1980s In Hollywood, over the weekend more allegations of sexual assault came to light, as actor Anthony Rapp shared his account of an incident that happened in the '80s with Buzzfeed. Actor Kevin Spacey, allegedly assaulted Rapp, then 14, when they were working on Broadway. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Adam Vary, who broke the story. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Cliven Bundy Trial Gets Started With Jury Selection Jury selection for the federal trial against Cliven Bundy begins Monday. The anti-government rancher is charged with leading an armed standoff against federal agents in 2014 that reignited a long simmering 'range war' over control of US public lands in the West. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Senate Judiciary Committee Member On What's Ahead For Mueller's Investigation Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He joins NPR's Mary Louise Kelly to talk about former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort's indictment and what else is ahead for special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. election. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Who Is George Papadopoulos, Former Adviser To Trump's Campaign? NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Post reporter Philip Bump about George Papadoupolos, an adviser to the campaign who admitted to lying to the FBI about his interactions with Russian operatives. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Apologizes For Deserting His Unit Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl spoke for the first time at his sentencing hearing. He apologized to those he harmed by deserting his unit in Afghanistan. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA White House's Sarah Huckabee Sanders Says Indictments Don't Prove Collusion With Russia The White House is trying to create distance between President Trump and the actions special counsel Robert Mueller took against several of Trump's former campaign aides in connection with his investigation. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Secretaries of Defense and State Testify On Law Used To Wage War The Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations committee on whether the Authorization for the Use of Military, passed shortly after 9/11, should be amended or repealed. The law is still the basis for U.S. wars and military operations around the globe. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA After Today's Indictments, A Look At Where Mueller's Investigation Might Be Going NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with attorney Sol Wisenberg, former deputy independent counsel under Kenneth Starr, about what the indictments handed down today tell us about where special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation might be headed. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Special Counsel Robert Mueller Makes First Charges In Investigation The Justice Department has laid out a description of how early and how often Russian agents reached out to President Trump's then-nascent campaign in 2016; a former foreign policy aide has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the matter. Separately, Trump's former campaign chairman and a top aide were charged with money laundering. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Shop Around: Subsidies May Offset Your 2018 Health Insurance Price Hike Premiums for top-line HealthCare.gov policies are going up, federal officials confirm. But higher subsidies could cut some consumers' out-of-pocket expenses enough to make coverage cheaper overall. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Toxic. Sour. Atomic. Why We Love To Hate Gross Candy Candy is supposed to be sweet and delicious. So why are we tempted by candy that pretends to be made of hazardous chemicals, that threatens to nuke our tastebuds, or that dares us to be disgusted? Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Military Judge Won't Dismiss Bergdahl Case Due To Trump Remarks Donald Trump repeatedly called Bergdahl a traitor on the campaign trail — remarks he recently alluded to when Bergdahl pleaded guilty. Bergdahl's lawyers said that constituted unlawful influence. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Orange Chicken, Panda Express' Gift To American Chinese Food, Turns 30 The concoction, crispy fried chicken tossed with a sweet and sour sauce, is an Americanized version of dishes found in China. But this top seller has developed its own authenticity over the years. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Ban On Transgender Service Members A judge in Washington, D.C., has issued a temporary injunction to prevent President Trump' prohibition on transgender members of the military from being enforced for the foreseeable future. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA For Some Catalan Officials, Coming To Work This Monday Was An Act Of Defiance Police escorted some members of the Catalan government out of their offices, as the ongoing crisis over Catalonia's independence claim continues to create uncertainty. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Police: Danish Inventor Admits To Dismembering Journalist Kim Wall Peter Madsen denies killing her, police say, maintaining that her death was an accident. Wall was researching a story in August on board a submarine he built. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 5 Things To Know When Shopping For Health Insurance This Year Open enrollment on the exchanges for health insurance created by the Affordable Care Act will be different this time around. Here are some tips on how to make the most of it. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Poll: 6 In 10 Black Americans Say They've Been Unfairly Stopped By Police A third of black Americans say they avoid calling the police when in need because of fear of discrimination. And nearly half say they or a family member have been treated unfairly by the courts. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Red Card Or Yellow? Goalkeeper Sent Off For Urinating During Match The keeper for Salford City FC apologized after the match, saying he was "in a very uncomfortable position." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trump's Former Foreign Policy Advisor Pleads Guilty To Lying To The FBI George Papadopolous has pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about meeting a professor with Russian ties who had promised to provide "dirt" on Trump's Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Kenya Declares President Kenyatta Winner Of Disputed Election President Uhuru Kenyatta received more than 90 percent of the vote in an election that has sparked violence and rekindled the deep tribal divisions that mark politics in Kenya. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Grand Jury Approves First Charges In Mueller's Russia Investigation Former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his top aide Rick Gates were charged with "conspiracy against the United States," among a total of 12 counts. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Paul Manafort Is Reportedly Told To Surrender To Federal Agents Both Paul Manafort President Trump's former campaign chairman, and a close associate were told to surrender, The New York Times reports. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Kevin Spacey Apologizes To Anthony Rapp Over Alleged Sexual Misconduct "I'm beyond horrified to hear his story. I honestly do not recall the encounter," Kevin Spacey said in response to allegations. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA With Whitefish Deal Canceled, What's Next For Puerto Rico's Recovery? Puerto Rico is canceling the controversial $300 million contract for work rebuilding the island's electric grid. How does that affect recovery efforts, and who's now going to rebuild the power lines? Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Future Of The President's Authorization For Use Of Military Force The ambush in Niger that left four U.S. troops dead has boosted calls on Capitol Hill for a new legal basis to carry out such actions overseas. An architect of the AUMF, John Bellinger III, weighs in. Read more on NPR

#Breaking NBA's Kevin Durant Gives Forgetful Reporter A Pass After a recent game, a reporter trying to ask Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant a question forgot what he was going to ask. Durant responded, "I forgot a couple of plays the other night." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Daughter Of Putin's Former Mentor Announces Presidential Run The daughter of Vladimir Putin's mentor announced her intention to run in next year's presidential election. Most observers suspect it's a Kremlin plot to make the election look more legitimate. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA House Intel Committee's Adam Schiff On Russia Developments As DOJ's investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election heats up, Rachel Martin speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, ranking Democrat on the House committee that's leading its own investigation. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Latest In The Russia Inquiry: Are Indictments Imminent? Some news organizations are reporting — but NPR hasn't confirmed — that special counsel Robert Mueller has secured his first indictment. Other developments in the Russia probes are expected this week. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Top Stories: This Week In Congress; Russia Meddles With U.S. Race Issues Also: A military sentencing hearing resumes today for deserter Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl; Senators will discuss the U.S. authorization of military force; and the Houston Astros win World Series Game 5. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Kurds' President Says They Were Betrayed As He Resigns After Independence Vote In Iraq, the president of the Kurdistan region has announced he is stepping down. His resignation follows the devastating fallout of a referendum on independence. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Harassment Scandals Shine Spotlight On Confidentiality Clauses In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal, some states are considering barring nondisclosure agreements in the settlement of claims. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA It's A Big Week For Trump's Tax Overhaul, But Russia Looms It could be a pivotal week in Washington, D.C., as Republicans unveil their bill to overhaul the tax system. Investigations into Russian involvement in the 2016 election will also be back in the news. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA How Tariffs Could Help And Hurt The Solar Industry The U.S. solar industry is bracing for possible tariffs or quotas on imported solar panels. Such action could have very different consequences on different parts of the industry. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 4 Big Stories To Watch This Week, From Taxes To The Russia Investigations To Niger The GOP's tax overhaul effort faces a consequential week, more could be learned about Russia's role in trying to influence the election through social media and the ambush in Niger comes into focus. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Russians Targeted U.S. Racial Divisions Long Before 2016 And Black Lives Matter Facebook ads and other types of racial agitation are the latest examples in a long line of information operations aimed at amplifying tensions within the U.S. that dates back to the time of Dr. King. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA A Sergeant's Mission To Return Home To Puerto Rico Six days after the storm, Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Santini caught a Boeing C-17 headed for San Juan. Bringing food, water and information to desperate residents was "deeply personal" for him. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Alexa, Are You Safe For My Kids? Talking to a device that talks back can be entertaining and educational for children. But psychologists say children can develop relationships with these devices that can be different than adults. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Cliven Bundy And Sons Face A Jury As Federal Trial Opens In Las Vegas The anti-government rancher Cliven Bundy and some of his followers go on trial in Las Vegas, three years after he led an armed standoff with federal agents over cattle grazing on public land. Jury selection starts Monday. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Houston Astros Win Game 5 And Take 3-2 Lead In World Series Houston and Los Angeles kept the score close in a game that lasted more than five hours and in which pitchers threw more than 400 pitches. Ultimately, the Astros were victorious. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Houston Astros Win Game 5 And Take 3-2 Lead In World Series Houston and Los Angeles kept the score close in a game that lasted more than five hours and in which pitchers threw more than 400 pitches. Ultimately, the Astros were victorious. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Hundreds Of Thousands Take To Streets Of Barcelona Against Catalan Independence Two days after the regional government voted to secede from Spain, demonstrators rejecting the move marched and brandished Spanish flags in Catalonia's capital. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Kurdish President Barzani To Step Down Amid Fallout From Independence Vote Since Iraq's Kurdish region voted to secede last month, Kurds have reeled from territorial losses. Now, their president and longtime leader, Masoud Barzani, has declared he'll step down Wednesday. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Are Social Media Sites Doing Enough To Combat Rumors And False News? As they struggle with disasters and other crises, police, fire and other public officials are spending an increasing amount of time and resources knocking down rumors spreading on social media. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Puerto Rican Governor Calls For Cancellation Of Controversial Whitefish Contract Scrutiny is intensifying into the $300-million contract awarded to a tiny Montana-based company to help get Puerto Rico's power grid back online. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Latest Attack On Mogadishu Ends With At Least 23 Dead Al-Shabab claimed the attack as it wages a bloody insurgency in Somalia's capital. A mother and her three children, one of them a baby, were among those killed according to police. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Is Sanctuary City Crackdown Keeping Fed Grants For Police Locked Up? The Trump administration's stance on immigration policy is being blamed for holding up federal policing money that pays for things such as training, equipment and personnel. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Bats And Tequila: A Once Boo-tiful Relationship Cursed By Growing Demands As the tequila industry surges, the early harvesting and cloning of agave are disrupting the ecosystem of some species — leading some groups to go to bat for the hardworking nighttime pollinators. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Canada's Balancing Act On Immigration Canada is taking advantage of the Trump administration's attitude toward immigration to attract foreign tech companies and workers. But there are unintended consequences to being open to immigrants. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Queen Victoria's Unlikely Bond With Indian Attendant Made Curry Classy The new film Victoria & Abdul sheds light on this extraordinary friendship, which had a spicy side effect: Curries, once a way to use up leftovers, began to simmer regularly in the royal kitchens. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA How Russian Propaganda Spreads On Social Media Experts say such propaganda sows divisions within society by confirming beliefs. Facebook, Google and Twitter officials are testifying this week about Russian influence on the 2016 election. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Prize-Winning Photos Show A Different Side Of Instagram Getty has given grants to photographers who focused on child brides in India, family members who have been out of touch and youth who have been incarcerated. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Russia Investigations: Countdown To The Big Show; Republicans Strike Back D.C. laces up for a social media marathon in Congress and an explosive Washington Post story helps the White House and GOP go on offense against Hillary Clinton. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Foreign Interference Has Bedeviled D.C. For Decades, With No Easy Reponse The debate over how to combat Russia's ongoing campaign of active measures against the West has been taking place since the Cold War. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Hunting Conservation Group Objects To Arby's Venison Arby's has "got the venison" now and is marketing these new sandwiches to hunters. But an organization of hunters, anglers and conservationists has beef with it. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Is The F-Word Ever OK In The Classroom? A new high school in Washington, D.C., brings a radical approach to discipline — including allowing cursing by students. Should that behavior be tolerated? Or punished? Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Buffalo Area Warily Eyes The Renegotiation Of NAFTA Global trade has cost the region plenty of manufacturing jobs over the years, but today a lot of companies have learned how to take advantage of the trade agreement. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Game 4: Dodgers Outlast Astros To Tie Up World Series After a mostly scoreless game, the Los Angeles Dodgers blasted ahead of the Houston Astros in the top of the ninth inning with five runs, evening up the best-of-seven series Saturday, now 2-2. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Game 4: Dodgers Outlast Astros To Tie Up World Series After a mostly scoreless game, the Los Angeles Dodgers blasted ahead of the Houston Astros in the top of the ninth inning with five runs, evening up the best-of-seven series Saturday, now 2-2. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Astros' Yuli Gurriel Suspended For Racist Gesture — But Not Until After World Series The Astros' first baseman Yu Gurriel will sit out five games next season without pay, and undergo sensitivity training. But the MLB stopped short of excluding him from the rest of the World Series. Read more on NPR