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NC, Justice Department exchange legal fire over ‘bathroom’ law
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, facing a Monday ultimatum from President Barack Obama's Justice Department over enforcing…
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Obama’s new OT rules could further harm businesses
Small business owners, many of whom are currently adapting to recent state and local increases to the minimum wage and facing the…
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Trump VP guessing game heats up as final votes near
After Ted Cruz, running a distant second to Donald Trump in the race to secure the Republican presidential nod, picked Carly Fiorina…
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Trump’s clinch throws GOP insiders into disarray
When Ted Cruz withdrew Tuesday night, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus took to Twitter to proclaim Donald Trump the GOP'…
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Yale dumps ‘master’ title, preserves ‘triggering’ Calhoun name
NEW HAVEN — Yale University will keep the name of a residential college named after a 19th century alumnus and statesman, best known…
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Harvard steps may lead down a thorny path
CAMBRIDGE – The latest call by students at Harvard University for the school to purge terms or symbols deemed offensive by a vocal…
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Affirmative action battle brewing at Harvard
CAMBRIDGE — An organization currently suing Harvard, alleging that the university discriminates against qualified Asian applicants, is now fighting the Ivy League institution&…
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Harvard Final Club fights back
CAMBRIDGE – Harvard College's Final Clubs, the exclusive social institutions unaffiliated with the Ivy League university but targeted by administrators over…
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Tax proposals from 2016 candidates offer stark contrasts
Here's what we know: Roughly 60 percent of taxes paid in the U.S. go to the federal government, with…
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Trump rally sparks violent protest in Southern California
LOS ANGELES – In what may unfortunately provide a sign of what to expect in Cleveland when it hosts the Republican National Convention…
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Walsh suggests City Hall changes may underlie probe report
BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh has spent much of the past few days fending off an attack from foes he cannot see: Specifically,…
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Challenge to union campaign-finance loophole set for trial
BOSTON – A trial date has been set in December for a lawsuit challenging a Massachusetts campaign-finance law that lets unions contribute…
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Sexual assault surveys: Coming to a Massachusetts college near you?
BOSTON — Campus climate surveys, which supporters say can help schools identify the best practices for curbing sexual assault on campus, but which…
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Harvard Law student’s anti-Semitic remark sparks uproar
CAMBRIDGE – A Harvard Law School student, who mocked a former Israeli foreign minister with what has been denounced as an anti-Semitic…
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Bay State GOP caucuses preview Cleveland nomination fight
BOSTON — Saturday's Massachusetts Republican caucuses could prove crucial to who emerges at July's Republican National Convention to claim…
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Hamilton to remain on $10 bill — for now
Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury and the man chiefly responsible for establishing a national bank, will likely remain on the $10 bill
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Glen Doherty family gets death benefit years after Benghazi
BOSTON – At long last, the family of Glen Doherty, a former U.S. Navy SEAL from Winchester who died during the September…
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Harvard Law debate confronts abortion levels among blacks
CAMBRIDGE – A discussion at Harvard Law School on Tuesday featured a black, pro-life activist talking about the disproportionate rate of abortions…
