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Floor fights, boos and a too-long kiss. How the dramatic and the bizarre define convention history

CHICAGO (AP) — In 1948, the Republican and Democratic parties did something unthinkable in today’s climate of ferocious political animosity: They not only held their national conventions in the same city but also shared some of the props.Both gathered in Philadelphia, largely because its Municipal Auditorium had already been fitted with the wiring needed for…

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Ukraine fights to hold Bakhmut as U.S. accuses Russia of crimes against humanity

It has been nearly one year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and today for the first time, the United States has labeled Russian actions in Ukraine as crimes against humanity. Meanwhile, Ukrainian soldiers are barely holding Bakhmut, the epicenter of the fighting. Nick Schifrin reports from Kramatorsk, Ukraine, near the front line…

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