LAS VEGAS (AP) — As Oregon and Kentucky queue up to vote in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, the pall of a divisive state party convention in Nevada hangs over the race.
Supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders were accused of throwing chairs and making death threats against Nevada Democratic Party chairwoman Roberta Lange. They contended that the party leadership rigged the results of the convention, which locked in seven more delegates who pledged to support Hillary Clinton, compared with the five Sanders gained. The raucous affair ended Saturday night when security at the Paris Las Vegas casino said they could no longer ensure an orderly event.
CAMBRIDGE — Three out of five members of the slate of candidates running for seats on the Harvard's second most powerful governing board on a platform of free tuition and greater transparency in admissions are adding another issue to their platform: freedom of association.
Led by conservative businessman Ron Unz, the slate also includes liberal icon and former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader; Stuart Taylor, a scholar at the Brookings Institute and a former legal affairs reporter for the New York Times; Michigan State University physics professor Stephen Hsu; and Lee C. Cheng, chief legal officer at Newegg, a prominent patent watchdog agency.
