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Political Gunfight, Death at Disney

Thursday, June 16, 2016

The Firing Line: The front page of today’s Boston Globe features a life-size picture of an assault rifle with the headline, “Make It Stop.” It won’t happen soon. The Senate yesterday was unable to move forward on what might seem …

Gator Snatches Boy, Obama Attacks Trump

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Vacation Horror: Searchers spent the night looking for a two-year-old boy who was dragged into a lagoon at a Disney resort hotel outside Orlando. The boy’s father tried to fight off the alligator, but it disappeared under the water. Searchers …

Mentally Unstable With Legal Weapons

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Orlando: Despite warnings that he was mentally unstable and interested in Islamic terrorism, the Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, was able to legally buy the assault rifle and semi-automatic pistol he used in the massacre at the Pulse nightclub. Mateen had …

Orlando: The Worst Mass Shooting

Monday, June 13, 2016

Orlando: Recovery workers spent last night removing dozens of bodies from the Pulse nightclub. As police cleared the scene, the club echoed with ringing cellphones that would never be answered. Fifty people including the gunman are dead, and 53 were …

Many Dead in Orlando Club, Press After Trump

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Orlando Nightclub: A shooting at an Orlando, Fla. nightclub this morning turned into a hostage situation and a police gun battle that resulted in “mass casualties,” according to investigators. The gunman is reported to be dead, as well as roughly …

Ali Goes Home, Gawker Goes Bankrupt

Saturday, June 11, 2016

The Greatest: Mourners in Louisville yesterday threw flowers on the hearse that carried the body of Muhammad Ali through the city where he grew up. Ali was buried in the town where he fought his first fights both as a boxer …

Warren Attacks, Bernie Moves to the Door

Friday, June 10, 2016

Gloves Off: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren broke her leash last night as the attack dog for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats, calling Donald Trump “a thin-skinned racist bully.” Attacking where he’s proudest, Warren said, “Trump tells everyone who will listen …

Bernie Pressured, Monkey Trips the Lights

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Berned Out: Under heavy pressure to quit the presidential race, Bernie Sanders is scheduled to meet today with President Obama, who will lean on Sanders to throw his support to Hillary Clinton and allow the president to endorse her as …

The First Woman, Sticking With Donald

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

The First Woman: Ninety-four years after women won the right to vote in the United States, Hillary Clinton last night won enough delegates to become the first woman to be a major party’s nominee. Reaching to mark a moment in …

Hillary Over the Top, Sentencing Outrage

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

2,383: As voters go the polls in California and five other states this morning, Hillary Clinton is just a handful of elected delegates from the number that assures her the Democratic nomination for president. But the Associated Press reports that …