Priebus slams ‘Never Trump’ movement, calls for GOP unity  —  Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus on Friday called for Republicans to unite ahead of the general election, striking back against the “Never Trump” movement.  —  “It is essential to victory in November …

Eight dead after shootings in Pike County, whereabouts of suspect unknown  —  PIKE COUNTY, OH (WCMH) — Police are responding to multiple scenes near the Pike and Adams county line where at least eight people are dead.  —  WLWT reports that an eighth body was discovered just before 2 p.m. Friday.

EXCLUSIVE WTHR/HPI Poll: Trump, Clinton have small leads in Indiana, overall tight race  —  INDIANAPOLIS -  —  The results of the first statewide poll for Indiana's upcoming primary show a small lead for party front runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, with a tight race on both sides of the aisle.

Prince Once Wrote A Donald Trump Song And It Is Spectacular  —  It is a ‘90s romantic ballad and it is called “Donald Trump (Black Version).”  —  Outside of his own hits, the late Prince was famous for having writing, instrumental, or production credits on other artists’ albums.  —  Mike Blake / Reuters

Boris Johnson has criticised the US president Barack Obama and suggested his attitude to Britain might be based on his “part-Kenyan” heritage and “ancestral dislike of the British empire”.  —  Writing a column for The Sun newspaper the outgoing Mayor of London recounted a story about a bust …

Virginia Governor Restoring Voting Rights to Felons  —  WASHINGTON — Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia will use his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons, circumventing his Republican-run legislature.  The action will overturn a Civil War-era provision …

Hillary's primary success is a sham: Bernie Sanders will remain the true Democratic front-runner until the FBI finishes its Investigation  —  It's not over until the FBI clears Hillary Clinton— which it absolutely shouldn't  —  Bernie Sanders is the only Democratic candidate for president not linked to an FBI investigation.

U.S. Suicide Rate Surges to a 30-Year High  —  WASHINGTON — Suicide in the United States has surged to the highest levels in nearly 30 years, a federal data analysis has found, with increases in every age group except older adults.  The rise was particularly steep for women.

Prince — Treated for Drug Overdose Days Before Death  —  TREATED FOR DRUG OVERDOSE DAYS BEFORE DEATH  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Prince was treated for a drug overdose 6 days before his death ... multiple sources tell TMZ.  —  We broke the story ... Prince's private jet made an emergency landing in Moline …

Inside Prince's bizarre life at Paisley Park: This is what happened when we visited the music icon  —  When the Daily Mirror's Peter Willis went to interview the music legend at his Paisley Park mansion in 2010 it was even weirder than he could have imagined

Donald Trump's More Accepting Views on Gay Issues Set Him Apart in G.O.P.  —  Elton John and his longtime boyfriend, David Furnish, entered a civil partnership on Dec. 21, 2005, in England under a law the country had just enacted granting recognition to same-sex couples.

Growing and growing up  —  Today we announced a settlement in two important class-action lawsuits: O'Connor (California) and Yucesoy (Massachusetts).  The key issue at stake in both cases is whether drivers using the Uber app should be classified as independent contractors or employees.

New England ISIS suspect ‘tried to organize beheadings of non-believers from behind bars’ while awaiting terror charges  —  A New England ISIS suspect tried to organise the beheadings of ‘non-believers’ from inside jail while awaiting trial on terror charges, prosecutors claim.

Google's Remarkably Close Relationship With the Obama White House, in Two Charts  —  When President Obama announced his support last week for a Federal Communications Commission plan to open the market for cable set-top boxes — a big win for consumers, but also for Google …

Secretive group of Hollywood conservatives suddenly dissolves  —  The announcement by the Friends of Abe fueled speculation that infighting over Donald Trump's candidacy had drained commitment  —  The Friends of Abe has acted as a clandestine club for Hollywood conservatives for more than a decade …

Politicians' Promises and #NeverTrump's Evolution  —  1. Yup, politicians usually attempt to keep their promises, and they often succeed.  Timothy Hill at FiveThirtyEight looks at the research.  (My old item on this is here.)  —  2. Andrew Rudalevige at the Monkey Cage on the Supreme Court arguments …