Canary in the Coal District: Democrat Conor Lamb is claiming victory in a special election for Pennsylvania’s  18th Congressional district, but with some absentee ballots still uncounted, the race is too close to call officially. Lamb leads by 641 votes. …

The Gun Beat: Thousands of people including high school students and parents protested in Fort Lauderdale yesterday, calling for tighter gun control after the Parkland school massacre in which 17 people were killed. On the steps of the federal courthouse, …