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NFL Network has suspended the analysts Marshall Faulk, Heath Evans and Ike Taylor “pending an investigation” into allegations of sexual harassment and assault, the network announced late Monday. The allegations were made in a lawsuit by a former NFL Network employee, Jami Cantor, who sued NFL Enterprises, the league’s media arm that operates the network, in Los Angeles Superior Court in October, alleging age and sex discrimination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment, and wrongful termination, among other complaints. Eric Weinberger, the president of the Bill Simmons Media Group and

WASHINGTON — President Trump has escalated his fiery attacks on the news media, seizing on a recent string of mistaken reports to bolster his case that he is being persecuted by a left-leaning establishment out to bring him down and fueling a national debate over truth, accountability and a free press. In a series of broadsides reflecting his own profound grievances while also resonating with his populist conservative base, Mr.

WASHINGTON — When Lauren Greene, a former communications director for Representative Blake Farenthold, sued him claiming sexual harassment, among her complaints was that he “disclosed that a female lobbyist had propositioned him for ‘a threesome.’” Mr. Farenthold, in legal documents, said that Ms. Greene had it wrong. The woman wasn’t a lobbyist, he said. As allegations of sexual misconduct rock Capitol Hill — three lawmakers announced their resignations last week alone — Mr. Farenthold, Republican of Texas, stands out as the survivor.

WASHINGTON — Several women who came forward during the 2016 campaign to accuse Donald J. Trump of sexual misconduct renewed their allegations publicly on Monday, betting that recently aggressive attitudes against harassment will give their stories new life and demanding that Congress investigate the president’s actions. The women said that they were frustrated that their stories about what they described as Mr. Trump’s actions did not have a greater effect on his campaign.

Updated on Dec. 11. That a Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama would cruise to victory seemed almost a foregone conclusion. But after a series of women came forward to accuse that candidate, Roy S. Moore, of sexual misconduct, less is certain in an unlikely nail-biter of a race that could have major implications for the party’s ability to govern in Washington. President Trump has gone from largely avoiding mention of Mr. Moore, a former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, to unequivocally endorsing him.

HALEYVILLE, Ala. — The hospital here, the only one in the county, is planning to close this month. The 9,000 or so people who are seen in Lakeland Community’s emergency room each year will have to go dozens of miles to Jasper or Russellville or Winfield. Eighty-seven people will need new jobs.

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — Roy S. Moore rallied rural conservatives, and Doug Jones made his closing argument to a diverse crowd in Birmingham as Alabama’s most unpredictable, volatile and off-the-rails Senate race in memory shuddered to a close ahead of Tuesday’s special election. “It’s difficult to drain the swamp when you’re up to your neck in alligators, and that’s where we are,” Mr. Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct against teenage girls, said Monday night at an event in Alabama’s Wiregrass region, near the Florida border. “We’re up to our neck in alligators.

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — Roy S. Moore rallied rural conservatives, and Doug Jones made his closing argument to a diverse crowd in Birmingham as Alabama’s most unpredictable, volatile and off-the-rails Senate race in memory shuddered to a close ahead of Tuesday’s special election. “It’s difficult to drain the swamp when you’re up to your neck in alligators, and that’s where we are,” Mr. Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct against teenage girls, said Monday night at an event in Alabama’s Wiregrass region, near the Florida border. “We’re up to our neck in alligators.

Pipe bombs, generally easy to build and simple to operate, are the most commonly used explosive device in the United States. The one that was detonated in a pedestrian passageway in Midtown Manhattan on Monday was a crude example, constructed by stuffing match heads into a narrow length of pipe and securing both open ends, several people with knowledge of the device said. A Christmas tree light with the bulb broken was used as the initiator, which ignited the match heads when the bulb was turned on, one of th

Velcro. Zip ties. A pipe bomb. And, after the smoke cleared and the commuters ran, a man slumped over in a tunnel beneath Midtown Manhattan, his midsection blackened and bloodied from the force of an explosive device strapped to his own body. Of all the terrorist threats that loomed in New York in the aftermath of Sept.