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At least five people are dead and several injured after a shooting Thursday at the headquarters for the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., according to officials. identified five employees of the newspaper who were killed, including several editors, writers and a sales assistant.  cting Anne Arundel County police chief William Krampf said during a press conference. ADVERTISEMENT Authorities said they only have one suspect in the investigation at this time and they have not publicly identified the person, who is in cus

The high-stakes abortion battle looming over MORE of Alaska. The two women are viewed as potential swing votes because they’ve made a series of high-profile breaks with their party over healthcare -- voting against an ObamaCare repeal measure, a bill allowing states to deny Planned Parenthood federal family planning funding and legislation that would have banned

MORE on Capitol Hill. The five-hour hearing before the House Judiciary Committee contained plenty of fireworks as that feud spilled over into public view. By the time Chairman MORE (R-Va.) gaveled out, it was clear the GOP was still deeply unsatisfied by the department’s response to their demands. For Democrats, the message was just as obvious: Republicans, they say, are conducting an unnecessary investigation in order to muddy the waters around special counsel MORE’s probe into Russia's election interference. Here a

When the world looks at the United States, it sees a land of exceptions: a time-tested if noisy democracy, a crusader in foreign policy, an exporter of beloved music and film. But there is one quirk that consistently puzzles America’s fans and critics alike. Why, they ask, does it experience so many mass shootings? Perhaps, some speculate, it is because American society is unusually violent. Or its racial divisions have frayed the bonds of society.

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The TAKE with Rick Klein A wave, it would seem, is already crashing. And it’s not respecting seniority or party lines. The upset of the year belongs to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a first-time candidate who, at 28, just beat the No. 4 Democrat in the House. Consider: Rep. Joe Crowley, 56, is a generation younger than Nancy Pelosi and her top two lieutenants.

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Capital Source In a statewide campaign for governor, Jay Gonzalez made a quick stop at City Hall Plaza Thursday, where he earned the support of nearly half of Boston’s City Council.   One thing was missing on Thursday, when Governor Charlie Baker signed the so-called grand bargain into law: The advocates who helped craft the compromise legislation.   Moulton is also scheduled to headline an event for Merrimack County Democrats in a different congressional district during that same trip.