KEY TAKE-AWAYS FROM DEMOCRAT JONES' VICTORY IN ALABAMA

WASHINGTON -- Doug Jones' defeat of Roy Moore in Tuesday's bitterly fought special Senate election was one of the most unlikely upsets in recent campaign history... READ MORE›

DEMOCRAT DOUG JONES DEFEATS REPUBLICAN ROY MOORE IN STUNNING ALABAMA SENATE UPSET

But Trump lent his name and the national Republican Party's resources to Moore's campaign in recent days... READ MORE›

6 THINGS TO WATCH IN ALABAMA SENATE RACE

Huntsville is Republican territory but not Roy Moore territory, said Joseph Smith, chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama... READ MORE›

MOST ALABAMA GOP LEADERS SAY THEY WILL VOTE FOR ACCUSED SEXUAL PREDATOR ROY MOORE

Most Republican leaders in Alabama say they plan to vote for Roy Moore on Tuesday despite sexual misconduct allegations against the former judge that have... READ MORE›

ALABAMA'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER HAS DEEMED ROY MOORE 'GROSSLY UNFIT FOR OFFICE'

Three of Alabama's largest newspapers have published an editorial calling Senate candidate Roy Moore grossly unfit for office ... READ MORE›

SENATE CHIEF MITCH MCCONNELL, ROY MOORE EACH INSIST THE OTHER SHOULD QUIT AS GOP SHOWDOWN LOOMS

The Senate's top Republican said Monday that GOP candidate Roy Moore should quit his Alabama race amid allegations he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old... READ MORE›

WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS SHOW CAUTION IN MOORE SENATE RACE

But a Moore victory also would pose risks if he were to join the Senate GOP with a cloud of sexual misconduct allegations... READ MORE›

AP FACT CHECK: TRUMP FALLS SHORT ON PROMISES TO VETERANS

Shulkin subsequently revealed an emergency shortfall in June that threatened medical care for tens of thousands of veterans... READ MORE›

NFL ROW INTENSIFIES AS PLAYERS KNEEL AND RAISE FISTS

Professional American football players continued their protests against police brutality on Sunday despite ongoing blowback from right-wing US President Donald Trump and other politicians... READ MORE›

'TAKE A KNEE' ANTI-RACIST PROTESTS MOVE BEYOND THE NFL

American footballers' campaign of protests against police brutality and racism is rippling throughout the United States and sparking demonstrations beyond the National Football League NFL ... READ MORE›

LAWYERS WANT SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK TEXAS FROM EXECUTING MAN

They are also questioning whether a prisoner who claims actual innocence, as Pruett does, can be put to death... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP HUMILIATED AS SENATE CANDIDATE HE BACKED LOSES TO MAN WHO CLAIMED 9/11 WAS GOD'S PUNISHMENT

Mr Bannon declared Mr Moore's win a victory for the President, and Mr Moore said he supported Mr Trump, despite the President's support for Strange... READ MORE›

ALABAMA INSURGENT'S VICTORY EMBOLDENS U.S. ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS

Congratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican Primary win in Alabama... READ MORE›

TRUMP BRISTLES AT CRITICISM HIS ANTHEM COMMENTS ARE RACIALLY MOTIVATED

The anthem protest started when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand during the anthem on Aug. 26, 2016... READ MORE›

ALABAMA ELECTION PITS TRUMP AGAINST HIS BASE

A Republican Senate primary in Alabama is twisting Donald Trump and his party in knots and turning the president's supporters against each other... READ MORE›

TRUMP HANGS ON TO FEUD WITH NFL, REVIVES ISSUE WITH TWEETS

WASHINGTON AP -- President Donald Trump is indulging in his favorite kind of drama -- personal, aggressive, culturally volatile and entirely of his own making... READ MORE›

TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS 15% CORPORATE TAX RATE DESPITE PLAN FOR 20%

Republican tax negotiators are targeting a corporate tax rate of 20 percent, according to two people familiar with the matter... READ MORE›

PRESIDENT'S CRITICISMS SPARK MORE PROTESTS AT NFL GAMES

A handful of NFL players have refused to stand during the anthem to protest several issues, including police brutality... READ MORE›

TRUMP CRANKS UP NORTH KOREA THREATS AS PYONGYANG HOLDS ANTI-U.S. RALLY

Trump cranks up North Korea threats as Pyongyang holds anti-U.S. rally... READ MORE›

TRUMP SAYS NFL SHOULD FIRE PLAYERS WHO KNEEL DURING ANTHEM

AP -- President Donald Trump says National Football League owners should fire players who kneel during the national anthem... READ MORE›

TRUMP TAKES CENTER STAGE IN FRACTIOUS SENATE RACE IN ALABAMA

McConnell has strongly supported Strange, viewing him as a reliable vote to further the Republican Party's legislative agenda... READ MORE›

'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST' IS BACK

Russia urged to ban 'Beauty and the Beast'... READ MORE›

GRADING TRUMP HAS IT ONLY BEEN 100 DAYS?

And, I'm happy to say, I expect President Trump to go on not being Hillary Clinton for the next four or eight! years... READ MORE›

HAS TRUMP ALREADY SIDELINED HIS SECRETARY OF STATE?

Of the 44 highest-ranking positions at the State Department, the Trump administration has filled one Tillerson's... READ MORE›

STAY OF EXECUTION GRANTED FOR DAD WHO MURDERED KIDS

John Battaglia was scheduled to be executed Wednesday night for the 2001 murders of his daughters -- ages 6 and 9... READ MORE›

MILLENNIALS' AGENDA FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON -- Millennials have a message for the next president... READ MORE›

KAEPERNICK-STYLE PROTESTS GROW BUT UNLIKELY TO AFFECT NFL'S BOTTOM LINE

Hundreds of people demonstrated outside NFL headquarters in New York City... READ MORE›

RUBIO JOINS BATTLE OF TAUNTS AS GOP RACE GROWS CRUDER

On Sunday, the hits were more substantive, but no less aggressive Mr. Rubio scoffed at Mr. Trump's clothing line... READ MORE›

CLINTON'S LEAD OVER TRUMP NARROWS TO 5 POINTS

Clinton's lead over Trump narrows to 5 points in an election that's alarming voters... READ MORE›

Sympathy for Mr. Patel moved Indian-Americans to set up a crowdfunding page to raise money for his medical bills, which has already drawn nearly $200,000 in support... READ MORE›

TED CRUZ'S FAVORITE TEMPERATURE DATA JUST GOT A LOT HOTTER

He and his hearing witnesses claimed that the satellite data from RSS represent our best measurement of global warming... READ MORE›

INMATE LESTER BOWER JR. SET TO BECOME OLDEST TEXAS PRISONER PUT TO DEATH

Lester Bower Jr. faces lethal injection for the 1983 fatal shootings at an airplane hangar on a ranch near Sherman, about 60 miles north of Dallas... READ MORE›

HIT MAN IN SAN ANTONIO MURDER-FOR-HIRE SLAYING SET TO DIE

Evidence showed Mark Rodriguez already had paid him 1,000, then gave him another 1,000 three days after the killing... READ MORE›

SCOTT PANETTI: US APPEALS COURT GRANTS STAY OF EXECUTION FOR MENTALLY ILL DEATH ROW INMATE

Those who oppose capital punishment in the case have claimed that executing Mr Panetti would violate the US constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment... READ MORE›

TEXAS EXECUTES INMATE FOR KILLING DALLAS POLICE OFFICER

About a half-dozen Dallas police officers stood at attention and saluted as relatives of the slain officer entered the prison in Huntsville ahead of the execution... READ MORE›

WE WENT TO NASA TO FLOAT ON THE WORLDS FLATTEST FLOOR

If the flight of NEA Scout proves successful, Johnson believes solar sails have tremendous potential for future exploration of the Solar System... READ MORE›

MESSAGE TO DONALD, BLACKS DON'T LOVE YOU

Yes, African Americans know what we are seeing in the Trump campaign... READ MORE›

SKY'S THE LIMIT IF SPACE PROGRAM REVIVED UNDER TRUMP

In the meantime, NASA is building the SLS and Orion for deep space exploration... READ MORE›

TEXAS TOWNS CLEAN UP AFTER TORNADO

LINDALE, Texas -- The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down Saturday in this town 90 miles southeast of Dallas, causing significant damage... READ MORE›

FRENCH, U.S. LIGHTNING BOLTS DEEMED TO BE WORLD'S LONGEST

A 2007 storm in Oklahoma produced a lightning bolt nearly 200 miles 320 km long... READ MORE›

ADSURDLY HOT OCTOBER AS EARTH SETS 8TH HEAT RECORD THIS YEAR

WASHINGTON - Even in a record-breaking hot year for Earth, October stood out as absurdly warm... READ MORE›

FORT WORTH MAN TIED TO 4 KILLINGS SET FOR EXECUTION TUESDAY

Bigby confessed to shooting Trekell, 26, and suffocating Trekell's infant son Jayson at their Arlington home... READ MORE›

ALABAMA INMATE EXECUTED FOR 1994 CONVENIENCE STORE KILLING

Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, was pronounced dead at 11 05 p.m., about 30 minutes after the procedure began at the state prison in southwest Alabama... READ MORE›

CAN DONALD TRUMP BE STOPPED? AHEAD OF SUPER TUESDAY, ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES GO ON ATTACK

After gaining support from the public in the polls despite very little backing from GOP leadership, Trump recently picked up key endorsements from Alabama Sen... READ MORE›

GETTING PHOTO ID SO YOU CAN VOTE IN THE US IS EASY. UNLESS YOU'RE ELDERLY, POOR, BLACK, OR LATINO

What he does not have is the one thing that he needs to vote this presidential election a current Texas photo ID... READ MORE›

ETHNICITY SHAPES YOUNG AMERICANS' FEARS OF FOREIGN AND WHITE EXTREMISTS

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups... READ MORE›

LIGHTNING BOLTS IN OKLAHOMA, FRANCE DEEMED WORLD'S LONGEST

A 2007 storm in Oklahoma produced a lightning bolt nearly 200 miles 321.85 kilometers long, while a 2012 storm in southern France produced a single flash that lasted 7.74 seconds... READ MORE›

'DON'T TOUCH ME. I'M DYING.' HARROWING HARVEY STORIES EMERGE

Al and JoDell Pasek want to scatter their son's ashes at Mount Rushmore, where they had long planned to take a family trip... READ MORE›

EX-NASA ASTRONAUT CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER 2 GIRLS KILLED IN CAR CRASH

Halsell led NASA's return-to-flight planning team for the space shuttle after Columbia disintegrated during re-entry in 2003... READ MORE›

CONFEDERATE FLAG SALES SEE SPIKE AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE PROTESTS

An Alabama flag retailer claims the Charlottesville, Virginia, controversy has increased its Confederate flag sales... READ MORE›

TEXAS EXECUTES JAMES FREEMAN WHO FATALLY SHOT GAME WARDEN IN GUNFIGHT

James Freeman, 35, was pronounced dead at 6.30pm after receiving a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville, a prisons official said... READ MORE›