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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Says Roy Moore Should 'Step Aside'

8:46pm November 13, 2017

by Susan Davis

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore should step aside amid allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor decades ago. Republicans are also considering a write-in campaign for the Dec. 12 special election.

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Roy Moore's Sexual Misconduct Allegations Testing White Evangelicals Tolerance

8:46pm November 13, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

White Evangelicals have been more willing to overlook Republican moral transgressions than those of Democrats. But the recent allegations against Roy Moore may be testing that tolerance.

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Keurig got caught up in a social media backlash after tweeting that it was pulling its advertising from the Hannity show on Fox News .

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Twitter Storm Lashes Keurig After It Pulls Ad From 'Hannity' Show

7:29pm November 13, 2017

by Amy Held

The coffee company faced its own boycott after it announced it stopped an advertisement from airing, following controversial remarks a TV host made about embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore.

Muslim and civil rights groups and their supporters gather at a rally against what they call a "Muslim ban" in Washington in October.

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Trump Travel Ban Allowed To Take Partial Effect

6:55pm November 13, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Travelers from six Muslim-majority nations may be temporarily barred entry into the United States if they don't have a close "bona fide relationship with a person or entity in this country."

Health And Human Services Department Grappling With How Doctors Should Be Paid

6:25pm November 13, 2017

The Trump administration is rolling back Obama-era changes in how doctors are paid. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with New York Times health care reporter Abby Goodnough about physician payment models.

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Penn State's shuttered Beta Theta Pi fraternity house, seen last week in State College, Pa.

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Penn State Student Given 18 Drinks In 82 Minutes Before Hazing Death, Prosecutors Say

5:19pm November 13, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The district attorney filed new charges against members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity Monday, saying recently recovered video shows them giving Timothy Piazza massive amounts of alcohol.

Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, has been accused of previous sexual misconduct with teenagers, which he has denied.

5th Woman Comes Forward With Assault Allegations Against Roy Moore

5:01pm November 13, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee said Moore should be expelled if he wins the Alabama Senate race. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Moore should "step aside."

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FBI Data Shows The Number Of Hate Crimes Are Rising

4:58pm November 13, 2017

by Ryan Lucas

Data released by the FBI on hate crimes in the U.S. shows that 58 percent of the hate crime incidents last year were motivated by a victim's race. FBI data is based on voluntary reporting from more than 15,000 local law enforcement agencies, but civil rights groups argue the study is flawed because it undercounts the number of hate crimes.

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Sean Hannity's Losing Advertisers After Showing Support For Roy Moore

4:58pm November 13, 2017

by David Folkenflik

Sean Hannity is getting increasingly lonely in his defense of Roy Moore after accusations that the Senate candidate initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl in 1979. Critics are calling for a boycott of Hannity — with some success.

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In Puerto Rico, The Crisis After Hurricane Maria Is Taxing Residents' Mental Health

4:58pm November 13, 2017

by Quil Lawrence

Most of the island of Puerto Rico is still in the dark since hurricane Maria struck the island in September. Beyond the physical damage and the slow recovery, Puerto Ricans are accessing the psychological toll from a devastating storm.

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