Walker Wins First Nonpartisan Election to the W.Va. Supreme Court
After losing a close race in 2008, Morgantown attorney Beth Walker has come back to win the first nonpartisan election to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. She did it with substantial backing from outside groups. Beth Walker and her immediate family watched the results from her lakeside home just outside Morgantown. She held a strong lead from the beginning but was hesitant to call the race until it was clear her lead wasn’t going to fade. That’s when her phone began dinging steadily..>> view originalMan stabs 2 to death, then shot, killed by police officer 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..>> view originalSanders beats Clinton in West Virginia, CNN projects
Sanders' victory serves as a reminder to Clinton that despite her looming showdown with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, she has yet to formally wrap up her own party's presidential nomination."We now have won primaries and caucuses in 19 states," Sanders said at a rally in Salem, Oregon Tuesday evening. "Let me be as clear as I can be. We are in this campaign to win the Democratic nomination."Sanders acknowledged, however that he faces an uphill climb. And he added a subtle hint tha..>> view originalLawsuit: Off-duty cop tossed Tacoma girl like a 'doll'
TACOMA, Wash. -- A Tacoma girl whose violent run-in with mall security was caught on camera has sued Tacoma Mall and the off-duty police officer she claims assaulted her.Video of her May 2014 arrest shows Monique Charlene Tillman, then 15, thrown into the side of a parked car, pulled down by her hair and shocked with a Taser stun gun. Her attorneys say Tacoma Police Department Officer Jared Williams manhandled her during an unwarranted arrest.In a lawsuit filed Tuesday against Williams, Tacoma M..>> view originalCuomo 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...>> view originalNavy 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 ..>> view originalFort 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..>> view originalLimbaugh 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..>> view originalKamala Harris is focus of California's final US Senate debate before primary
U.S. Senate hopeful Kamala Harris found herself under attack Tuesday night during a fiery debate where she was accused of putting her political ambitions ahead of serving Californians as state Attorney General and pressed about why she hasn’t investigated police shootings.Harris was put on defense almost immediately when former state Republican Party Chairman George “Duf” Sundheim, in his opening statement, accused her of siding “with her donors” over the state’s most vulnerable. “Kamala is fai..>> view original
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