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  • Univision’s Enrique Acevedo talks about Republican Marco Rubio’s rise and fall, as well as Latinos' influence on the Democratic side.
  • Senate Republicans have said they will refuse to consider any nomination by President Obama, since it is an election year.
  • Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump won multiple primary victories last night. Gov. John Kasich won Ohio and Marco Rubio dropped out.
  • People often expect a great many things out of a marriage. That can work if spouses are pragmatic about what they're really able to deliver on, a study finds.
  • The Senate failed to pass legislation on Wednesday that would have created national, voluntary standards for labeling genetically modified foods or GMOs. A coalition of environmentalists and chefs that favor mandatory labeling of GMOs applauded the action, but an industry group, the Corn Refiners Association, says it's concerned by the Senate's move.
  • The Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to hold interest rates steady. The nation's central bank is watching for signs of overheating, but for now, says the economy is growing at a sustainable rate.
  • Protests erupt across Europe, as aid groups challenge a European Union-Turkey plan to halt migrants. Under pressure, leaders will meet Thursday to try to approve the deal. But the EU has never been more divided.
  • The front-runners in the Republican and Democratic presidential races each had a good night after Tuesday's slate of primaries. But primary season is not over yet.
  • President Obama has settled on Judge Merrick Garland to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Garland was approved for confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., by the Senate in 1997, and he is widely viewed as a moderate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell repeated his pledge that the Senate would not take any steps toward confirming Obama's nominee, setting up a judicial confirmation fight that will now take center stage in the current election drama.
  • Elected prosecutors are now losing their jobs for failing to throw the book at police in shootings. Voters booted out of office the county district attorney who didn't file charges against the Cleveland officer who shot Tamir Rice. The same fate met the state's attorney in Chicago, who brought charges only after a video of an officer-involved shooting was made public by court order. Some criminologists say it also reflects a deeper shift by the public, one that is moving away from the harsh prosecutorial stances of the past.
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