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Biden ally Clyburn brings civil rights legacy to DNC

3:02 pm August 17, 2020

Washington: In October 1960, a young James Clyburn gathered with other students and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr as frustrations mounted over civil rights protests in what was becoming a tumultuous, dangerous year. John Lewis was there. Marion Barry, too. The one-hour meeting at Atlanta’s Morehouse College stretched to 4 am Clyburn, who said he had not “bought into nonviolence,” emerged to view […]

When Kamala Harris asked aunt in India to break coconuts for her good luck at Hindu temple

2:34 pm August 17, 2020

New York: Senator Kamala Harris, the first-ever American of Indian and African descent to be the vice presidential candidate of a major political party, had at one point asked her aunt in India to break coconuts for good luck at a Hindu temple when she was in the fray for California attorney general election in 2010, according to a media report. Harris had […]

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

‘Do something:’ Harris’ rapid rise driven by call to action

11:59 pm August 15, 2020

Sacramento: Hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for the first time as Joe Biden‘s vice presidential pick, she received a text message from a childhood classmate with photos from their school days. In one of the pictures, a racially diverse group of first-graders are gathered in a classroom. Some had taken the bus from their homes […]

Trump’s counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips

11:42 pm August 14, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump is looking to counter next week’s Democratic National Convention with travel to several swing states — including Wisconsin, which was to have hosted the Democratic gathering Trump campaign announced Friday that Trump will host events aimed at attacking his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, on Monday in Wisconsin and Minnesota and on Tuesday in Arizona. Democrats moved […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Governor: New Jersey election will be done mostly by mail

11:33 pm August 14, 2020

Trenton: New Jersey will move to a nearly all-mail election this November, following the model the state used in its July primary, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday. Murphy, a Democrat, said during an interview with CNN that all voters would get a ballot, but it’s not clear if people who aren’t registered will get an application to register. “It doesn’t […]