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The four-day-long Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago, with headline speaker President Joe Biden – August 19, 2024

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  • Democrats gathered in Chicago for the Democratic Convention, where President Joe Biden, Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris, and other party leaders are set to speak, while earlier in the day, Democratic groups held press events to boost enthusiasm and present views they hope the ticket will carry forward in the November elections.
  • More than 30,000 people gathered in the streets of Chicago to march on the Democratic National Convention.
  • The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in central Gaza over the weekend, warning Palestinians of planned military action in response to what it says was Hamas rocket fire; at least 17 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza town of Zawayda, according to Palestinian health officials.
  • Congo will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States.
  • British tech magnate Mike Lynch and several other people are missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily.
  • California human rights advocates called on Governor Gavin Newsom to take action and limit what they describe as the harmful practice of solitary confinement in jails, prisons, and private immigration detention facilities.
  • Pro-Palestine activists asked to intervene in a lawsuit that could affect the rights of UC Berkeley students to protest.
  • Hundreds of immigrant rights activists today completed a three-day, 48-mile walk, a feat they hope will raise awareness of the plight of undocumented immigrants and the need for the country to offer a path to citizenship.

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