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Finance titan Sam Isaly harassed women for years, former employees said

By Damian Garde, STAT

The founder of biotech’s largest and most powerful hedge fund has for years perpetuated a toxic culture of sexual harassment, former employees told STAT.

Trump hails civil rights heroes; protesters pan his record

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Donald Trump paid tribute Saturday to the leaders and foot soldiers of the civil rights movement, though protests surrounding his visit to Mississippi laid bare the stark divisions among Americans about his commitment to that legacy.

National monument eyed in Montana as others reduced by Trump

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Even as it clashes with American Indians over reductions to national monuments in the Southwest, the Trump administration is engaging with a Montana tribe over the creation of a new monument on the border of its reservation.

Alabama Senate race too close to call

By Associated Press

A look the race between Republican nominee Roy Moore, who spent the final month of the campaign denying allegations of long-ago misconduct involving teenage girls, and Doug Jones, who is seeking to break the GOP's grip on Alabama and pick…

How smoke from California’s fires is harming the most vulnerable

By John Upton, Climate Central, Kate Wheeling, Pacific Standard

Tens of thousands of homeless in Southern California are struggling to escape smoke as wildfires tear through the region.

Authorities confirm first death related to California wildfires

By Michael D. Regan

Officials late Friday confirmed the first death related to California's wildfires after a 70-year-old woman crashed her car while trying to evacuate.

2 questions loom over House-Senate talks on GOP tax bill

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

Two looming questions threaten to snag the seemingly smooth trajectory of the Republicans’ massive tax legislation now in its final leg in Congress.

Israeli strikes kill 2 in Gaza, raising death toll since Trump’s Jerusalem announcement to 4

By Kamala Kelkar

Israeli airstrikes killed two Hamas members early Saturday, raising the death toll in Gaza to four, following President Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Conyers seat won’t be filled until November

By Corey Williams, David Eggert, Associated Press

Michigan's Republican governor announced Friday that Democrat John Conyers' congressional seat won't be filled until the regularly scheduled November election, leaving it vacant for nearly a year.

Manafort drafted op-ed on Ukraine under house arrest, according to court documents

By Tom Lobianco, Associated Press

The op-ed was published this week in an English-language newspaper in Ukraine under the byline of a former Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman. Prosecutors also say that Manafort's attorney had assured them the essay wouldn't be published.