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Rubio visits Charleston church where 9 worshippers killed

Written by Sergio Bustos NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Before attending a town hall meeting Monday night in South Carolina, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio — without television cameras or any other media in tow — visited the Charleston church where nine African-American worshippers were shot to death earlier this year.

Barack Obama

Obama ‘offended’ by attacks on Jews who back Iran deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said people who attack Jews who support the Iran nuclear deal are like African-Americans who differ with him on policy and then conclude he's "not black enough." Obama, in an interview with the Jewish newspaper The Forward, was asked whether it