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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Graham Platner has formally withdrawn from Maine's US Senate race less than a week after a former romantic partner accused him of rape. Kevin Miller with Maine Public Radio has more.

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Platner said Wednesday night that he planned to drop out, but the progressive Democrat waited two days to file the official paperwork. His withdrawal letter doesn't mention the accusations against him, which he has repeatedly denied. Instead, Platner wrote that his overwhelming primary victory shows Maine voters support the ideals at the center of his populist campaign, such as Medicare for all, ending so-called forever wars, and stopping billionaires from buying elections. And he said by withdrawing, he was seeking to, quote, "further the movement we have built." Maine's Democratic Party now has about two weeks to select a new nominee to challenge Republican Senator Susan Collins this fall. For NPR News, I'm Kevin Miller.

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A new UN report says one hundred twenty million women and girls around the world are in need of basic assistance and protection. But the aid organizations that are meant to help them are running out of money because of aid cuts from the US and other countries. NPR's Fatma Tanis has more.

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UN researchers surveyed hundreds of organizations serving women and girls in fifty-two countries, many of