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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday exhorted his millions of supporters to fight to implement progressive policies to transform America, saying the general election was more than about beating Donald Trump. In a speech lasting more than an hour, the 74-year-old from Vermont, who challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination from the left, failed to mention the victorious secretary of state even once. Instead, he insisted that the popularity […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump said Sunday he is open to racial profiling, touching another raw nerve on the issue of race in America. African-Americans, Latinos, Muslims and other minorities in the United States have complained bitterly for decades about the practice in which police use a person’s race, religion, national origin or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting them of committing a crime. Trump, the free-talking presumptive Republican presidential nominee, came close to […]
by Daniel WOOLLS ORLANDO, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama will come face to face with the heartbreaking aftermath of America’s deadliest mass shooting when he visits Orlando Thursday to comfort grieving families and thank emergency medical crews. Obama, traveling with Vice President Joe Biden, will offer his condolences to families of 49 people killed in Sunday’s shooting at a gay nightclub in the central Florida city. Another 53 people were wounded. The White […]
Water sommelier Martin Riese has seen the eye-roll and heard it before: “Water tastings? Only in L.A.” Los Angeles, birthplace of many food trends, may prove the perfect setting for the next phase in Riese’s campaign to make people think about water in the same way they think about wine. U.S. consumers spent $18.8 billion on bottled water last year, more than any other nation, according to Euromonitor International. And, the residents of drought-stricken California […]
