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Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore waves to the crowd during his election party, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. Moore won the Alabama Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating an appointed incumbent backed by President Donald Trump and allies of Sen. Mitch McConnell. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Need to know: Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Firebrand jurist Moore wins GOP primary runoff in Alabama
“We have to return the knowledge of God and the Constitution of the United States to the United States Congress,” Moore told a cheering crowd at his victory party in Montgomery.
Witch doctors are sacrificing children in drought-stricken Uganda
Despite government efforts to stop it, human sacrifice persists in Uganda, where many believe it brings quick wealth and health.
A Muslim American’s homecoming: Cowboys, country music, chapatis
Travel writer Sarah Khan crisscrossed America expecting to find “cowboys and megamalls, humble churchgoing folk and racist old grandpas.” Instead, she found it hard to distill a nation into a series of tropes. (Subscription may be required)
Valerie Plame resigns from Ploughshares Fund after tweeting anti-Semitic article
The former CIA agent apologized for tweeting an article that claimed American Jews are pushing for wars in the Middle East.
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