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A war court convenes this morning in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where five Middle Eastern men face death penalty charges for allegedly plotting and facilitating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"There's no point pretending that this isn't deeply personal," Australian Member of Parliament Tim Wilson said during debate on same-sex marriage. He ended his speech by proposing to his partner.

A week before Alabama's special Senate election, President Trump is urging voters to back Republican Roy Moore, despite allegations Moore pursued sexual encounters with teenage girls.

CVS announced it will buy health insurer Aetna for $69 billion, an acquisition that would be one of the largest such mergers in the history of health care.

The opioid epidemic is ravaging large parts of the American population. But some races are being hit harder than others. Dr. Andrew Kolodny, a drug abuse expert, explains why that might be the case.

Republican lawmakers unveiled a new tax plan this week. While the rollout went well — much better than healthcare — there are a handful of issues at stake that the GOP will have to answer for.

Thousands of text messages between two FBI employees give a peek at the Russia probe. The Wall Street Journal's Del Quentin Wilber talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the texts.

For our Missed Connections series, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro reunites Linda Walker, who was struck by lightning at Girl Scout camp in 1967, with Laurie Luna, the "buddy" who saved Walker's life.

Congressional Republicans are shifting their focus to legislation to overhaul the federal tax code. They want to send a bill to President Trump by Thanksgiving.

In 1961, Wally Funk trained to be an astronaut. But she never got to go to space. Fifty years on, she still dreams of flying among the stars.