In an emotional convention speech, President Barack Obama told Democrats he's ready to 'pass the baton' to Hillary Clinton, and urged America to vote for her and for an optimistic future.
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Mexico's López Obrador sees Lincoln Memorial, Juarez statue
Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador began his trip to the United States — his first foreign trip as president — with visits Wednesday to the Lincoln Memorial and the statue of Benito Juarez, a former president and national hero in Mexico.
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Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration's decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall.
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Malaysian palm oil giant hit with forced labor allegations
An anti-trafficking organization has filed a petition to ban the importation of palm oil produced by one of the world's largest suppliers, saying it found evidence of child and forced labor on plantations that supply American food and cosmetics companies.
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Coppola and Henson companies get loans for winery, puppetry
From a godfather of cinema to Kermit the Frog, the U.S. government's small-business lending program sent money into unexpected corners of the entertainment industry.
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Monuments and statues are falling. But what comes next?
The dusty town of Tierra Amarilla perches in the shadows of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Here, five decades ago, this poor northern New Mexico community saw one of the most violent clashes in civil rights history when armed Mexican American ranchers raided a courthouse in a dispute over land grants. It shocked the nation and helped trigger the Chicano Movement.
