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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's comments about a U.S.-born judge of Mexican heritage are the "textbook definition of a racist comment," U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday. Later in the day, Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said his remarks have
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Alabama's top court went too far when it tried to upend a lesbian mother's adoption of her partner's children. The justices threw out a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court in a dispute between two women
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Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — Former mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, convicted of participating in 11 murders during the 1970s and '80s, will not get a new trial, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit of Appeals found that Bulger had not
Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — It may seem like Mission Impossible. Still, President Barack Obama this week set out on a quest to put his third justice on the Supreme Court, hoping to overcome solid Republican opposition and difficult election-year politics in what likely will be the last major battle of his tenure.
Massachusetts
BOSTON – With Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justices Robert Cordy and Francis Spina stepping down this summer, Gov. Charlie Baker has gained the chance to make his first nominations to the state's high court. Baker also will be in position to appoint a majority of the court before the
crime
CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Chicago court. Jason Van Dyke faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in the 17-year-old's death.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Daily fantasy sports giants DraftKings and FanDuel took a hit Friday in their fight to stay in business in New York, but a scramble to an appeals court kept DraftKings in play at least through the end of the NFL regular season. FanDuel, meanwhile, had already suspended
Massachusetts
BOSTON – A program aimed at keeping ex-offenders from relapsing into drug abuse and crime shows early signs of success in Worcester, one of several communities where it's being assessed for wider adoption. The program, known as HOPE/MORR, aims to keep probationers out of prison by imposing immediate
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