Obama at Hiroshima calls for world with no nuclear weapons

Obama at Hiroshima calls for world with no nuclear weapons

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — With an unflinching look back at a painful history, President Barack Obama stood on the hallowed ground of Hiroshima on Friday and declared it a fitting place to summon people everywhere to embrace the vision of a world without nuclear weapons.

As the first American president to visit the city where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb, Obama came to acknowledge — but not apologize for — an act many Americans see as justified to hasten an end to a brutal war that Japan started with a sneak attack at Pearl Harbor.

Trump cools to TV debate for charity with Sanders
Donald Trump

Trump cools to TV debate for charity with Sanders

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Republican Donald Trump says he's not interested in debating Democrat Bernie Sanders after all.

The billionaire former reality television star, who had previously said he'd "love to debate" the Vermont senator on TV, said in a statement Friday that he's now decided a one-on-one showdown between the pair would be "inappropriate," despite interest from broadcast networks.

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