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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic presidential primary in New Jersey and rival Bernie Sanders has won in North Dakota. Clinton came into today with more than enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination and plans to give a victory speech tonight in Brooklyn. The big prize in today's six primaries is delegate-rich California.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has further cemented his hold on the Republican presidential nomination with wins in New Mexico, New jersey and South Dakota. Trump, speaking at a golf course in suburban New York, says he understands the pressure of 'carrying the mantle' and vowed never to let supporters down. The pledge came on a day of scathing criticism from Republicans about his comments about the Mexican heritage of a federal judge hearing the Trump University fraud trial.
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The director of the FBI says that the Islamic State group is currently the main threat facing the United States. Director James Comey (KOH'-mee) says the extremist group is a threat in its efforts to recruit fighters to join its members overseas and to have others carry out violence in America. Comey says the group also poses a third potential threat: a "terrorist diaspora" that will eventually flow out of Syria and Iraq and end up in Western Europe, where members will have easy access to the U.S.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board says it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court decision allowing a transgender student to use the boys restrooms at his school. The Gloucester (GLAH'-stur) County School Board divulged its plans in papers filed today. It calls the case "one of national significance."
CAMP MURRAY, Wash. (AP) — The Pacific Northwest has kicked off a massive earthquake and tsunami drill as part of a multiday event to rehearse scenarios on how the region would deal with a dual natural disaster that could kill thousands, cut off coastal communities, and collapse phone and internet service. The event is called Cascadia Rising. It's built around the premise of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake 95 miles off of the coast of Oregon that results in a tsunami.
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