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• Unconventional #10: This year’s conventions won’t be ‘contested.’ Here’s why they could still be crazy.
• John Kasich suspends presidential campaign: Reports
• Report: Prince was set to meet addiction doctor before death
• John Kasich suspends presidential campaign: reports
• Canadian wildfire forces evacuation order for entire city
• Cruz shocks his supporters with a sudden exit
• Clinton campaign on Trump becoming the likely Republican nominee: He’s a ‘bully’
• Sanders defeats Clinton in Indiana, throwing wrench in her pivot to November
• Ted Cruz ends his bid for Republican presidential nomination
• Navy SEAL killed in Iraq identified as an Arizona native
• Kerry warns Assad of 'repercussions' over truce violations
• Georgia governor vetoes 'campus-carry' concealed gun bill

Unconventional #10: This year’s conventions won’t be ‘contested.’ Here’s why they could still be crazy. Posted: 04 May 2016 12:35 PM PDT Photos: Lucas Jackson/Reuters, Joe Raedle/Getty Images  Unconventional is Yahoo News' complete guide to what could be the craziest presidential convention — or conventions — in decades. Here's what you need to know today . 1. Why this year's conventions will still be crazy — even if they aren't 'contested' May 3, 2016 will go down in history as the day that every political journalist's most feverish fantasy — the fantasy of a contested GOP convention in Cleveland — finally slipped out of reach. With his commanding win in Indiana over Texas Sen. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

John Kasich suspends presidential campaign: Reports Posted: 04 May 2016 11:08 AM PDT John Kasich speaks at the California GOP convention in Burlingame, Calif., last week. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich has ended his bid for the White House, several media outlets confirmed on Wednesday. Kasich abruptly canceled a planned press conference in Virginia Wednesday morning, sparking speculation that his White House bid was coming to an end. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Report: Prince was set to meet addiction doctor before death Posted: 04 May 2016 09:57 AM PDT Prince's representatives arranged for the musician to meet a California doctor to help him kick an addiction to painkillers shortly before his death, according to a newspaper report published Wednesday. ... This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

John Kasich suspends presidential campaign: reports Posted: 04 May 2016 09:40 AM PDT John Kasich speaks at the California GOP convention in Burlingame, California, U.S., April 29, 2016. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich has ended his bid for the White House, several media outlets confirmed Wednesday. Kasich abruptly cancelled a planned press conference in Virginia Wednesday morning – sparking speculation that his White House bid was coming to an end. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Canadian wildfire forces evacuation order for entire city Posted: 03 May 2016 10:56 PM PDT By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Alberta raced to evacuate the entire population of Fort McMurray where an uncontrolled wildfire was taking hold in the heart of the country's oil sands region, with dry winds forecast for Wednesday that could fuel the blaze. Alberta appealed for military help to battle the fire and airlift people from the smoke-filled city after authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order for 80,000, but officials said army and air force assistance would take two days to arrive. About 44,000 people were estimated to be on the roads, fleeing the city, while approximately 8,000 had reached an evacuation center outside Fort McMurray, officials said.

Cruz shocks his supporters with a sudden exit Posted: 03 May 2016 08:23 PM PDT Moments before Ted Cruz publicly ended a campaign for president that had lasted more than a year, he stood backstage and thanked his closest friends, supporters and advisers for their help and support. When Cruz finished speaking, the group of about 50 people applauded — several of them wiping away tears — and Cruz's campaign manager Jeff Roe walked away from them, looking down, and shook his head. Cruz's speech to a group of a few hundred devoted followers from the main stage minutes later was met with disbelief and anguish. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Clinton campaign on Trump becoming the likely Republican nominee: He’s a ‘bully’ Posted: 03 May 2016 08:05 PM PDT Hillary Clinton makes a stop at the Lincoln Square pancake house in Indianapolis, Indiana as she campaigns for votes on May 1, 2016. John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, reacted to Donald Trump's emergence as the likely Republican nominee on Tuesday with a statement declaring the businessman is a "bully" who is unprepared to lead the country. The Clinton campaign sent Podesta's statement to reporters after Trump won the Indiana primary. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Sanders defeats Clinton in Indiana, throwing wrench in her pivot to November Posted: 03 May 2016 07:00 PM PDT Sen. Bernie Sanders pumps his first in the air to the crowd after his wife Jane came onstage at a campaign event held during Indiana primary day in Louisville, Kentucky. Sanders spoke to thousands of supporters in Louisville, Kentucky, before Indiana's results were in. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Ted Cruz ends his bid for Republican presidential nomination Posted: 03 May 2016 06:23 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ended his presidential campaign Tuesday, eliminating the biggest impediment to Donald Trump's march to the Republican nomination. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Navy SEAL killed in Iraq identified as an Arizona native Posted: 03 May 2016 05:32 PM PDT The Navy SEAL killed in Iraq on Tuesday was identified as Charlie Keating IV, a former Phoenix high school star distance runner and the grandson of the late Arizona financier involved in the 1980s savings ...

Kerry warns Assad of 'repercussions' over truce violations Posted: 03 May 2016 04:57 PM PDT US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday of "repercussions" if his regime flouts a new ceasefire being negotiated with Moscow for the battered city of Aleppo. A February 27 truce between the Syrian regime and non-jihadist rebels raised hopes for efforts to resolve the five-year conflict. "If Assad does not adhere to this, there will clearly be repercussions and one of them may be the total destruction of the ceasefire and they go back to war," Kerry told reporters. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Georgia governor vetoes 'campus-carry' concealed gun bill Posted: 03 May 2016 03:14 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Republican governor vetoed a bill Tuesday allowing concealed handguns on college campuses, rejecting the proposal that a legislature controlled by his own party had easily approved in an election year.

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