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Florida

Puerto Rican voters prized by Democrats, Republicans

Written by Sergio Bustos MIAMI (AP) — Residents of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens but can't vote for president. Yet Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton are campaigning there, following two other 2016 White House hopefuls.

hillary clinton

Worker who helped Clinton set up email server takes Fifth

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former State Department employee who helped Hillary Rodham Clinton set up her private email server said he will assert his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House committee on Benghazi. Attorneys for Brian Pagliano sent the committee a letter Monday saying their client would not

GOP

GOP candidates seeking Iowa boost look to 99-county tour

Written by Catherine Lucey NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Is it a savvy strategy or a campaign gimmick? Many presidential candidates see a path to success in Iowa by visiting all 99 counties in the leadoff caucus state.

back to school

SAT scores slip slightly; more students take test

Written by Jennifer C. Kerr WASHINGTON (AP) — Student performance on the SAT college entrance exam is lagging, continuing a mostly downward trend over the past five years.

First Amendment

Hate speech and the First Amendment

"Free speech," though one of the more ubiquitous legal terms du jour, is also widely misunderstood. There are a number of mentalities behind this ignorance, perhaps none so simply observed as in the title of the famously liberal writer Nat Hentoff's book on the subject: "

Barack Obama

Obama paints doomsday scene of global warming in Alaska

Written by Josh Lederman ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Barack Obama is painting a doomsday scenario for the Arctic and beyond if climate change isn't dealt with fast: entire nations submerged underwater, cities abandoned and refugees fleeing in droves as conflict breaks out across the globe.

back to school

Initial Common Core goals unfulfilled as results trickle in

Written by Christine Amario LOS ANGELES (AP) — Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected. But they are still below what many parents may be accustomed to seeing.

Politics

Video: Do you follow politics?

It is encouraging to find so many random people in the Boston Common articulating the importance of following politics. Some of you might have seen the bumper sticker that says "Democracy is not a spectator sport." At the NewBostonPost, we agree with that statement.