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• Limbaugh Says This Graduation Message Obama Sent to Black Students at Howard University Is 'Hideous'

  

  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh today criticized President Barack Obama’s commencement address to black students graduating from Howard University over the weekend, calling it “hideous.” First, Limbaugh recalled in utter bafflement a statement the president made downplaying the fact that many assumed he would be a post-racial leader. Sauk Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) “Be confident in your blackness” Obama said in the speech, adding, “That’s a pet peeve of mine, people who’ve been successful and..

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• Navy SEAL trainee dies during basic training

  SAN DIEGO –  A 21-year-old Navy SEAL trainee died last week during his first week of basic training in Coronado, California, a Navy spokesman said Tuesday. Seaman James "Derek" Lovelace was pulled out of the pool Friday after showing signs he was having difficulty while treading in a camouflage uniform and a dive mask, Naval Special Warfare Center spokesman Lt. Trevor Davids said. Lovelace lost consciousness after being pulled out of the pool and was taken to a civilian hospital, where he was ..

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• Motive remains a mystery in Taunton slayings Google logoMy Maps

  

  This story was reported by Travis Andersen and Jan Ransom of the Globe staff, and Globe correspondents Olivia Arnold, Lauren Fox, and George Rizer. . . .TAUNTON — Two people were stabbed to death, including an 80-year-old woman, and their assailant was killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy in a spree of violence that began at a home in Taunton and spilled over into the Silver City Galleria mall Tuesday evening, State Police said. Advertisement In all, four people were stabbed in the a..

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• Cuomo Aide Left to Make More Money Amid Home Upgrade

  

  Last year, a few months before saying he would exit Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration, longtime aide Joseph Percoco and his wife set out to do some work on their Westchester County home. In July 2015, they received a permit to construct a home theater in the basement of their residence in South Salem, N.Y., according to public records. The cost...

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• School funding reform measure passes Senate; fate in House uncertain - The State Journal

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• 5 takeaways from West Virginia and Nebraska

  

  Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, captured two states -- West Virginia and Nebraska -- as voters continue to flock to the New York billionaire. Exit polls in both states painted a picture of conservative voters eager for outsiders in Washington. Clinton defeated Barack Obama here in 2008, but didn't come close to a victory on Tuesday, losing to Sanders by a wide margin. Sanders won handily in nearly every demographic, according to exit polls. He fared strongly among the many vot..

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• In senate debate, Kamala Harris on the hot seat

  

  Photo: Nick Ut, Associated Press Kamala Harris was the target of her opponents in Tuesday’s Senate debate. Kamala Harris was the target of her opponents in Tuesday’s Senate debate. Photo: Nick Ut, Associated Press In senate debate, Kamala Harris on the hot seat California Attorney General Kamala Harris wa..

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• Newest Virginia high court justice to be sworn in this month

  

  By Associated Press May 11 at 1:35 AM RICHMOND, Va. — Court of Appeals Judge Stephen McCullough will be sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia later this month. McCullough’s investiture will be held in Richmond on May 23 at 3 p.m. Virginia lawmakers voted in March to elevate McCullough to the high court, ending a bitter months-long political battle over the vacant high court seat. Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Democrats wanted to elect Justice Jane Marum Roush, whom the governor a..

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• Fort Worth superintendent rejects call to resign over transgender bathroom guidelines

  

  A gender-neutral restroom in the Los Angeles school district. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) FORT WORTH — The Fort Worth school superintendent said Tuesday he will not heed Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick‘s request for his resignation over school district guidelines that allow transgender students to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. Patrick renewed his call during a press conference after traveling to Fort Worth Tuesday, but supporters of schools Superintendent Kent Scribner and the p..

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