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A glass ceiling is shattering at the Democratic National Convention as Hillary Clinton ascends to the presidential nomination with Tuesday's roll call of the states, making her the first woman to lead a major party into a White House race. Clinton's campaign hoped to use the achievement to bolster the candidate's popularity - mindful that while many voters are happy to be nominating a woman, they're not wild about this particular woman candidate.
A police car patrols at night in front of the Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a facility for the mentally disables where a number of people were killed and dozens injured in a knife attack in Sagamihara, outside Tokyo Tuesday, July 26, 2... . A hearse leaves the Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a facility for the mentally disabled where a number of people were killed and dozens injured in a knife attack Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Sagamihara, outside Tokyo.
Two attackers seized hostages in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen on ... . In this grab made from video, police officers close off a road during a hostage situation in Normandy, France, Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
A Russian presidential spokesman on Tuesday accused U.S. politicians of being paranoid after Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign blamed Russia for an email hack and suggested the goal was to help Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race. Hacked emails posted by Wikileaks Friday suggested the Democratic National Committee was favoring Clinton over her primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
19, 2015 file photo, Willie Nelson performs at Farm Aid 30 at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago. Nelson is launching a new music festival in Pennsylvania this fall, ... Sen. Bernie Sanders urged supporters to rally behind Hillary Clinton at the Democratic convention, but ardent followers who marched for hours in punishing heat Monday and planned to do so again seemed intent on... Unpersuaded by Sen. Bernie Sanders' plea to unite behind Hillary Clinton, Sanders supporters and others geared up for more demonstrations in the streets Tuesday on Day 2 of the Democratic convention.
Democrats beat Republicans in the TV ratings, according to early data on Tuesday for the first night of the Democratic National Convention ratings. Preliminary data from the three main TV networks ABC, NBC and CBS showed some 10.6 million Americans watched Monday evening's 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. hour when first lady Michelle Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders were among the key speakers.
Donald Trump took to Twitter late Monday night to bash Bernie Sanders for selling out to Hillary Clinton and calling it "sad to watch" the Vermont Senator "abandon his revolution." Sanders threw his weight behind Clinton during a prime-time speech on Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, saying, "I am proud to stand with her tonight" and "our revolution continues."
A glass ceiling is shattering at the Democratic National Convention as Hillary Clinton ascends to the presidential nomination with Tuesday's roll call of the states, making her the first woman to lead a major party into a White House race. But as history is being made, hostility is being heard, too.
Two attackers seized hostages in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen on ... . In this grab made from video, police officers close off a road during a hostage situation in Normandy, France, Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
On Monday night, Bernie Sanders finally did what all runners-up for a presidential nomination are tasked with doing. It is not easy and it certainly is humbling .
Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pumps his fist in the air as he addresses the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pumps his fist in the air as he addresses the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016.
A delegate cheers during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016, in Philadelphia. The 2016 Democratic National Convention is underway, and the factual inaccuracies on the first night focused on income, college tuition and something the Republican ticket had said or done.
Sen. Bernie Sanders headlined the first night of the Democratic National Convention, urging supporters to keep the party together. However, many of his most ardent supporters oppose the idea of voting for Hillary Clinton.
Supporters of independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential runner-up Bernie Sanders have been making headlines all day by vocally expressing their displeasure with Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, but at least one prominent Sanders supporter has had enough. Comic actress and stand-up superstar Sarah Silverman did a few of her least-edgy minutes of comedy ever, and when she got to the part where she told the crowd she was voting for a "kick-ass woman" named Hillary Clinton, the room swelled with applause.
Sanders' campaign emailed delegates at about 4:50 p.m. Monday, half an hour after the opening gavel fell in Philadelphia. USA TODAY Sen. Bernie Sanders asked his supporters not to boo or make other protests on the floor of the Democratic National Convention - after delegates had already been expressing discontent.
Silverman, herself a fan of the Vermont senator, on Monday night brought the crowd at the Democratic National Convention to its feet with a rousing speech calling for party unity. Hillary Rodham Clinton FULL SPEECH: Cory Booker addresses delegates in Philly Sanders aide dismisses challenging Kaine VP spot Dem Senate nominee calls Toomey an 'a--hole' MORE "Not only did Bernie wake us up," Silverman, 45, said, "he made us understand what is possible and what we deserve.
The first day of the Democratic convention included an FBI investigation, senior party figures getting booed and fears of a Russian plot to defeat Hillary Clinton. If indeed Vladimir Putin's Kremlin intended to sow chaos in this U.S. presidential campaign, that mission was surely accomplished Monday.
When he addressed Keystone State delegates at their first breakfast of this week's Democratic National Convention on Monday morning, Gov. Tom Wolf reminded them that, as the home state, they had a responsibility to play the gracious host. "I want you to leave this breakfast proud that you are Pennsylvanians and leave this city [at the end of this convention] proud that you are Democrats," Wolf said during a brief address at the Doubletree Hotel in Centre City.