Nov 12, 2017

Five advertisers back away from Sean Hannity's show

Fox News' Sean Hannity. Photo: Rick Scuteri / AP

Realtor.com and Keurig are pulling their advertisements from Sean Hannity's Fox News show. Both faced criticism on Twitter about continuing partnerships with Hannity after his controversial coverage of the sexual assault allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. Biotech company 23 and Me, retailer Eloquii and Nature's Bounty will also stop sponsoring the show, USA Today reports.

None of the companies explicitly cited the Moore coverage as its reason for backing out.

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Updated 17 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Coronavirus dashboard

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Global: Total confirmed cases as of 9 a.m. ET: 7,678,125 — Total deaths: 426,309 — Total recoveries — 3,647,602 — Map.
U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 9 a.m. ET: 2,048,986 — Total deaths: 114,669 — Total recoveries: 547,386 — Total tested: 22,517,262 — Map.
States: New York is making the U.S.' coronavirus trends look better than they are — Coronavirus curve rises in Florida and Texas, as states reopen.
World: Brazil reports most coronavirus deaths outside of U.S.
Education: Dozens of Catholic schools shutter due to the pandemic and many more are expected to follow.

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Rashaan Ayesh

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Trump pushes rally date originally set for Juneteenth amid pressure

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President Trump announced via tweet that he's rescheduling his first rally since the coronavirus lockdown from June 19 to June 20, following criticism that it was set for Juneteenth, a holiday marking the end of slavery in the U.S.

Why it matters: Trump told Fox News earlier this week: “The fact that I’m having a rally on that day, you can really think about that very positively as a celebration.” But Democrats used the rally's originally assigned timing to call out the president amid nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd.

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Marisa Fernandez

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Catholic schools are closing as coronavirus pandemic exacts economic toll

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The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating economic hardship for Catholic schools across the U.S., as dozens closed their doors this month and many more may have to do the same.

Why it matters: The loss of private schools — about one-third in the U.S. are Catholic — could narrow the education market, especially in low-income and high-minority communities, federal estimates show.

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