PHILADELPHIA — In a speech to the Democratic National Convention, Chelsea Clinton described her mother as a warm and caring mom, a playful grandmother and most of all as a tireless fighter for children.
The younger Ms. Clinton, introducing Hillary Clinton to become the first woman to accept a major ...
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PHILADELPHIA — Republican Donald Trump will lose Ohio as voters in the key battleground state reject the billionaire's "counterfeit campaign," Sen. Sherrod Brown told Democrats at the party convention here Thursday night.
In his prime-time speech, the Ohio Democrat stuck to a theme heard throughout the week: that Mr. Trump ...
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The media is passing through an awkward digital adolescence. With falling revenues and smaller newsrooms, the industry is being squeezed into an unfamiliar online space against its will. Publications with hundred-year pedigrees are having to rethink and relearn their trade from the ground up. Read More 
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PHILADELPHIA — Two people interrupted a moment of silence meant to honor slain police officers at Democrats' convention Thursday, shouting "black lives matter" as the rest of the thousands assembled were quiet.
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, whose city was the scene of the ambush that left five police officers ...
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PHILADELPHIA — Fifteen years after they concluded that gun control was a losing issue for them, Democrats say it's time for a rethink, convinced that a spate of mass shootings has changed the politics and left Americans clamoring for action.
From the stage this week, a powerful lineup of victims ...
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Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson said he is not going to pursue Sen. Bernard Sanders' supporters with the same gusto as Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
"I agree with 75 percent of what Bernie has to say. But when it comes to economics, Jill and Bernie seem to be ...
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A new study from SurveyMonkey Intelligence revealed the 30 most-downloaded, and most-used apps in the American iOS and Android app stores so far this year. Social media apps like Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram ruled over mobile games in the first six months of 2016. Because Pokémon Go was released in the US on July 6, that wildly popular new title didn't even show in the… Read More 
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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - A civil rights group says the transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for sending classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks now faces possible punishment for offenses stemming from a suicide attempt.
The American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement that Chelsea Manning, a 28-year-old transgender ...
Nothing tells the story of how the Mexican tech ecosystem is steaming ahead in Latin America quite like the rise of fintech. The financial services space ticks all the right boxes entrepreneurs look for when launching a company. On the flipside, Mexico's fintech industry has everything VCs daydream about. It's worth taking a step back to analyze the forces driving Mexico's… Read More 
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas attorney general has filed suit against Austin, accusing the state capital of violating open carry rules by displaying "no guns" signs at city hall.
Republican Ken Paxton said in a statement Thursday that the Austin municipal building is violating a law approved last year ...
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Sprig is making some changes to its delivery model, and in order to do it as efficiently as possible, the company is pausing its operations in Chicago and laying off seven team members across its marketing and operations teams. In reviewing different aspects of the logistics behind Sprig's delivery platform, the company realized that some customers are feeling frustrated with the lack… Read More 
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Actress Amber Tamblyn said reproductive rights have "zero to do w/ abortion," and accused the Washington Free Beacon of "majorly" lying about her lack of knowledge on the subject of trans women's access to women's health care.
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PHILADELPHIA — Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Thursday that President Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday propelled Mr. Obama to become the Democrats' Ronald Reagan in many ways.
Mr. Steele said Mr. Obama presented Hillary Clinton — or anyone, for that matter — with a ...
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Tech founder Gurbaksh Chahal appears to have handed over his CEO role at Gravity4 to his sister, Kamal Kaur, after a judge found last week that he violated his domestic violence probation. Chahal has been removed from Gravity4's leadership page and replaced by Kaur, who is currently listed as CEO of the company. Kaur previously held leadership roles at Chahal's other companies… Read More 
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A Democratic lawmaker scheduled to address the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Thursday evening has come out against U.S. funding for critical Israeli security needs, sparking criticism about her commitment to joint U.S.-Israeli efforts to fight terrorist.
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PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic convention has gotten less black and Hispanic compared to 2012, according to Univision, which said the party also hasn't given any major Latino leaders prime-time speaking roles.
In 2012 Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles, was chairman of the convention, and then-San Antonio Mayor Julian ...
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Despite recent positive news and a renewed interest of international investors in the country, the reality is that Brazil is suffering. The country has endured a profound financial crisis for several years. As the mess untangles and we go up from what many experts consider the bottom, the consequences for the region's overall economy are now very real. For investors, it's a… Read More 
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