GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA’s controversies are far from over.
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May 24
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a “big puff of dust.”
Text of President Barack Obama’s speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House:

