Portal:Current events/2017 November 9

Summary

Armed conflicts and attacks

Law and crime

Politics and elections
  • United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017
    • Four women accuse Roy Moore, a former Alabama judge and U.S. Senate candidate, of sexual misconduct during the 1970s and early 1980s when they were between the ages of 14 and 18 and he was in his 30s. (The Guardian)
    • Some Republican politicians distance themselves from Moore, calling on him to step down from the election if these allegations are true, while some Alabama Republicans defend him. (Q13 Fox) (Time)