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Senate may expel Roy Moore, as new teen accuser produces 'Love, Roy' note and Cornyn drops support
Late Monday afternoon, Texas Sen. John Cornyn joined a growing number of Republicans scrambling to distance themselves from Alabama Republican Roy Moore.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he believes the women accusing Moore of sexual contact when they were underage teens.
"He should step aside," McConnell told reporters in Louisville. "I believe the women."
The head of the party's campaign arm said the Senate should expel Moore if he manages to win a Dec. 12 special election — the most dramatic step yet as Republican leaders try to minimize the collateral damage from a nominee accused of illegal sexual contact four decades ago.
"He is unfit to serve in the United States Senate," said Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "He does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the United States Senate."
Cornyn, the deputy Republican leader and a former judge, revoked his endorsement following Gardner's statement, but in a way that suggested he might not back a move to expel Moore. Sen. Ted Cruz has not rescinded his support.
New Bush accusation: A woman says George H.W. Bush groped her in 2003, when she was 16.
State politics: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has plunged into Texas House primaries, opposing a key ally of Speaker Joe Straus.
Sherin Mathews' 4-year-old sister will soon leave foster care to live with extended family
A family court judge ruled Monday that the 4-year-old sister of Sherin Mathews, the Richardson girl found dead in a culvert last month, will soon leave foster care to live with extended family.
Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales said the change won't happen today but could at any time. It wasn't publicly clear Monday which relatives would have custody of the child or what kind of visitation the girl's mother, Sini Mathews, would have with her.
The cause of death is still pending for Sherin, 3, who was missing for two weeks before her body was found Oct. 22.
Commentary: A Dallas prosecutor's Uber rage reminds us hubris is nothing new in the D.A.'s office.
Pension reform could force dozens of Dallas cops and firefighters to retire in January
At 64, Jim Aulbaugh has long been eligible to retire from Dallas Fire-Rescue. He loved working too much to call it quits, but he says he might have to now.
A new state law aimed at fixing the ailing pension fund contains a provision — a vestigial part of the original proposed fix — that could cause him and dozens of other police and firefighters to finally leave their shrinking departments in January.
The provision limits the amount of time police and firefighters can continue to receive credit in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, known as DROP, to 10 years as of Jan. 1. That means first responders like Aulbaugh, who has 12 years in DROP, will continue to pay a chunk of their paychecks into the pension while receiving no additional credit for it.
Hoping for a miracle: The Children's Health Holiday Parade made a last-ditch effort Monday to bring in new donors to save this year's event.
Photo of the day
A guard stands by as visitors are allowed into First Baptist Church on Sunday to pay their respects a week after the shooting in Sutherland Springs. The church could be demolished, but for now it has been transformed into a memorial to honor those who died.
Pastor Frank Pomeroy wasn't there when Devin Patrick Kelley took the lives of 26 people — including an unborn child — but now it falls to him to lead his congregation forward. Here was Pomeroy's message in his first sermon after the worst mass shooting in Texas history: "I say we choose life."
Watch the sermon here.
Around the site
Music: Taylor Swift will be stopping at Dallas-Fort Worth's largest music venue in 2018 to tour for her newly released album, Reputation.
Dwellings: A new apartment project is going up at downtown Dallas' Farmers Market.
Books: The twin daughters of George W. Bush explain what made theirs a "wild and wonderful" life.
Spirits: A Dallas brewery has made the leap into liquor with new vodka and local distillery.
Autos: You can drive a different Cadillac each month with a new service rolling out in Dallas.
Finally,
Here's what not to do at the Thanksgiving potluck: Don't make a dish you've never cooked before that requires 37 ingredients and a kitchen gadget you bought in the middle of the night on Amazon Prime.
Your coworkers want stuff covered in Velveeta. Green bean casserole made with canned cream of mushroom soup. Regular pumpkin pie.
We asked everybody we know for their must-make recipes. Here's our crowdsourced list of fool-proof Thanksgiving potluck ideas.
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