2016年4月20日星期三

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Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager doesn’t understand Bernie Sanders’ rationale for a delegate fight

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 09:56 AM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign rally at Penn State University, Tuesday, April 19, 2016 in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Fresh off Hillary Clinton's victory over Bernie Sanders in the New York Democratic primary, her campaign manager, Robby Mook, says he believes she'll soon have the magic number of delegates needed to secure the nomination — and doesn't understand the Sanders campaign's vow to take its fight to the convention. "I don't see a clear path for them at this point," Mook told Yahoo News' Katie Couric on Tuesday night. Clinton, Mook pointed out, is winning both the popular vote and has the edge on the Vermont senator among pledged delegates.


The new, old Trump brings back ‘Lyin’ Ted’

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 02:21 PM PDT

The new, old Trump brings back 'Lyin' Ted'Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Indianapolis, April 20, 2016. The real estate mogul and Republican frontrunner revived his favorite nickname for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at a rally here, repeatedly using it to trash his rival for his alleged close ties to special interests and for his efforts to outmaneuver Trump in the race for delegates to the party convention. "I'm millions of votes ahead of 'Lyin' Ted,'" Trump boasted, slamming the Texas senator for trying to exploit a "rigged" and "corrupt" delegate system.


What Colorado has learned from legalizing marijuana so far

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 10:33 AM PDT

Legal marijuana is now a billion-dollar industry in ColoradoER visits are up, and heavier use among young adults reported, but the decreased stigma surrounding recreational pot blunts findings.


Three Michigan officials charged in Flint toxic water crisis

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 09:31 AM PDT

A woman with a "Flint Lives Matter" shirt walks toward a hearing room where Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will testify on Capitol Hill in WashingtonThree Michigan state and local officials were criminally charged on Wednesday in connection with the state attorney general's investigation into dangerous lead levels in Flint's drinking water, a crisis that has fueled widespread public outrage, according to local media reports. Genesee District Judge Tracy Collier-Nix authorized charges against Flint employee Michael Glasgow and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality employees Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby, The Detroit News and Mlive reported. Attorney General Bill Schuette in January named a special prosecutor to lead a team to probe whether criminal charges should be filed in the water crisis.


Unconventional #4: Trump’s real magic number; Sanders’ Gary Hart-Ted Kennedy conundrum (and more!)

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 10:09 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks after winning the New York state primary.  (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images) Unconventional is Yahoo News' complete guide to what could be the craziest presidential convention — or conventions — in decades. Here's what you need to know today. 1. Does Trump really need to win 1,237 delegates?


Obama in Saudi Arabia on fence-mending visit

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 10:31 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia at Erga Palace in Riyadh, on April 20, 2016President Barack Obama held talks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday as he began a two-day visit hoping to ease tensions with the historic US ally. Riyadh and its Sunni Arab Gulf neighbours have bristled at what they see as Washington's tilt towards their regional rival Shiite Iran after Tehran's landmark nuclear deal with world powers. Obama, making probably his last visit to Riyadh as president, attends a summit of Gulf leaders on Thursday hoping to focus on intensifying the fight against the Islamic State group and resolving the wars in Syria and Yemen.


Ecuador death toll keeps rising as new jolts cause jitters

Posted: 20 Apr 2016 03:51 PM PDT

Neighbors Carlos Bardales, left, and Cesar Filay, share a mattress as they sleep outside their collapsed homes damaged by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in Manta, Ecuador, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Ecuadoreans began burying loved ones felled by the country's deadliest earthquake in decades, while hopes faded that more survivors will be found. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)MANTA, Ecuador (AP) — A magnitude-6.1 aftershock Wednesday set babies crying and sent nervous residents pouring into the streets, fearful of yet more damage following the deadly earthquake over the weekend.


Ted Cruz debuts new campaign theme: ‘Yes we will’

Posted: 19 Apr 2016 07:07 PM PDT

Ted Cruz debuts new campaign theme: 'Yes we will'While awaiting his disappointing results in the New York Republican primary, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz unveiled a new campaign theme that seems to be looking ahead to the general election as a response to Barack Obama's famous 2008 campaign slogan. "They are the words that when Americans come together they say with conviction, they change the world," Cruz said at a watch-party in Philadelphia on Tuesday night hours before the polls in New York closed. Cruz also made an unusual analogy to wrestling or yoga, depending on which mat you prefer.


Trump trounces in New York primary, pushes toward 1,237

Posted: 19 Apr 2016 08:33 PM PDT

Trump trounces in New York primary, pushes toward 1,237Donald Trump easily won New York's Republican presidential primary Tuesday, a significant home state victory that is likely to give new momentum to the GOP frontrunner's campaign after weeks of turmoil. "It's just incredible," Trump declared, as he spoke inside the atrium of Trump Tower in Manhattan surrounded by his family and at least 100 cheering friends and supporters. Though the results were still being tallied, Trump appeared to be in a strong position to win close to the 95 delegates at stake Tuesday, expanding the real estate mogul's already sizable delegate lead over his closest rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.


Sanders has no clear path to victory after his loss in New York

Posted: 19 Apr 2016 06:48 PM PDT

Sanders has no clear path to victory after his loss in New YorkSen. Bernie Sanders fell short in New York's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday as he was defeated by his rival, Hillary Clinton. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton won by over 15 percent, a clearly decisive margin. Clinton spoke to supporters at a hotel in Times Square shortly after the results were announced.


AP: S. Korea covered up mass abuse, killing of 'vagrants'

Posted: 19 Apr 2016 06:15 PM PDT

ADVANCE FOR THE STORY SLUGGED: SOUTH KOREA TORTURED CHILDREN - In this undated image provided by the Committee Against Institutionalizing Disabled Persons, a civic group representing the former inmates, child inmates line up for morning assembly at the Brothers Home in Busan, South Korea. An Associated Press investigation shows that rapes and killings of children and the disabled three decades ago at a South Korean institution for so-called vagrants, the Brothers Home, were much more vicious and widespread than previously realized. It also reveals that the secrecy around Brothers has persisted for decades because of a cover-up orchestrated at the highest levels of government.(Committee Against Institutionalizing Disabled Persons via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEThree decades ago, a policeman tortured Choi Seung-woo over a piece of bread he found in the boy's schoolbag.


Sanders calls New York’s closed primary ‘wrong’

Posted: 19 Apr 2016 05:13 PM PDT

Sanders calls New York's closed primary 'wrong'STATE COLLEGE, Penn.—Bernie Sanders told thousands of his supporters Tuesday evening that the believed New York's closed primary system is "wrong." He also predicted he will perform better than expected in the state. Sanders tried to play down Clinton's likely victory in New York Tuesday to the packed crowd on Penn State's campus. Sanders has done better in open primary states.


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