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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) used his remarks Wednesday during the formal dedication of a statue honoring Frederick Douglass to voice support for making the District of Columbia a full-fledged state.

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A newly leaked Republican poll shows Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) faces a steep uphill battle in his quest for reelection, and even many Republicans are unhappy with him.

The Public Opinion Strategies poll, which was obtained by the Philadelphia City Paper and conducted from April 30-May 2, shows Corbett trailing Rep. Alyson Schwartz (D) 46 percent to 34 percent.

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Update: Heat forward Chris Bosh had a message today for the fans who left game 6 early: "For all those...    

A 21-year-old Northeastern student pleaded not guilty today to the second of two alleged sexual assaults that took place Friday in Mission Hill, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.A judge set $20,000 bail and imposed a 9 p.m. curfew for Patrick Barry, who was arraigned in West Roxbury District Court on charges of assault with intent to rape and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.    

The uncle of a Dorchester man said that his nephew might be the person whose body was found in a North Attleborough industrial park. The death drew State Police to the North Attleborough home of New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez. The uncle said his nephew, Odin Lloyd, has lived with him for many years in their Fayston Street home, and that the fact that he has not seen his 27-year-old nephew since Sunday has upset him and other relatives.    

The Senate is on the verge of considering another 10 amendments to the bipartisan immigration bill, four from Democrats, five from Republicans and one bipartisan proposal.

Every time that the Senate plans to vote on amendments, we'll provide a summary of each proposal and handicap its prospects for passage. Here's a look at what's up next on the docket:

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So you're telling me there's a chance! On the same day we finally got to see a real trailer for...    

Here's the truth about President Obama's job approval numbers: They don't move around all that much.

New numbers from Pew Research Center tell that story. Forty nine percent of respondents approved of the job President Obama while 43 percent disapproved. Those numbers are remarkably unchanged from where Obama stood in a January Pew poll despite the fact that the past five and a half months have seen the failure of the White House's attempt to change gun laws, the IRS scandal, evidence of an improving economy, the NSA revelations and plenty of other "major" news events.

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Federal Reserve policy makers, more confident about the economic recovery, said they intended to reduce their monetary stimulus program later this year if unemployment continues to decline.    

ATLANTA (AP) -- Researchers say a vaccine for a sexually spread virus has cut infections in teen girls by half.    

    

The fight over post office closures is hitting close to home for members of Congress and Hill staffers — the U.S. Postal Service is finally shutting down three Capitol Hill facilities.

Lawmakers and other Hill denizens may now have to (gasp!) walk to the next building to buy their stamps, now that the USPS on Wednesday issued “Final Determination to Close notices” (which means what you’d assume it does) at the post offices in the Rayburn, Cannon, and Capitol buildings.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and top legislators have agreed to ask voters in November to amend the State Constitution to allow seven nontribal casinos.    

 654321The price of bad habits A cigarette here, a few drinks there and choosing potato chips over baby carrots all add up. Indulging in vices is often portrayed as the fun part of life, but letting bad habits go unchecked can have a deleterious effect on your wallet -- not to mention your health.    

Two-time Olympic 200 meter champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance.

Adam Levine's prediction came true on the season finale of “The Voice” Tuesday: 16-year-old Texan Danielle Bradbery took home the title. Before Carson Daly announced Bradbery had won, she thanked her coach Blake Shelton for being an “amazing person” who...    

Boston.com will have a live pregame show at TD Garden at 6 p.m. tonight, featuring Chad Finn and Kevin Paul Dupont previewing Game 4 of the Bruins-Blackhawks Stanley Cup Finals series.    

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) has a problem with the Senate's sweeping immigration overhaul proposal: it "disadvantages women."

In a conversation with The Washington Post's Brook Silva-Braga on The Fold, the freshman senator decried the bill for moving immigration policy to a two-tiered system that reduces people to points. Awarding foreigners for their level of education or work experience "institutionalizes and sets in concrete the unequal opportunities that women have in these countries," she said.

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