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WASHINGTON (AP) - A generation gap among black voters could be critical for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday. Older black voters, a reliable primary voting bloc, are coalescing around Clinton. Millennial black voters appear torn between the former secretary of state and her opponent, Bernie Sanders. For Sanders to have any hope…

NEW YORK (AP) - As Bernie Sanders headed toward victory in New Hampshire, pundits noted the barrier he was about to break. With a win, Sanders would become the first Jewish candidate to win a major party presidential primary. He did win the Feb. 9 primary, but the response from American Jews has been muted.…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says he's split between backing Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and Republican candidate Donald Trump. It may seem like an odd choice between candidates at opposite ends of the political spectrum. But Ventura told The Associated Press on Monday that he sees echoes of his own underdog…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump is stepping back from comments he made over the weekend when he claimed to know nothing about former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Today, Trump tells NBC's "Today" that he couldn't clearly hear the questions posed by CNN host Jake Tapper because he was given a "very bad earpiece."…

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Oscar night belonged to host Chris Rock, who launched immediately into the uproar over the lack of diversity in this year's nominees, and he didn't let up. Rock called the Oscars, "The White People's Choice Awards." In his much anticipated opening monologue, he asked "Is Hollywood racist? He said "Hollywood is…