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CHICAGO — The Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday afternoon to rows and rows of empty seats — at least in part caused by pro-Palestine protests that stranded some delegates attempting to travel from downtown Chicago to the United Center, several miles away.

Pro-Palestine protesters, some of whom attempted to break through security barriers ringing the United Center, clashed with law enforcement officers in the hour before the convention was scheduled to begin.

At least 20 buses filled with members of Democratic National Convention state delegations stopped about a half mile short of the United Center and idled....

Washington (AFP) - When the richest haul in the US presidential primary race arrives on "Super Tuesday," millions of Americans will cast their votes -- and many of them will count for nothing. In the primary system it is the number of allocated delegates that matters more than the popular vote count. The Republican and Democratic nominating contests that play out across the United States every four years serve to elect delegates to the national conventions, where they formally select their party's presidential nominee. Most of the 15 states holding primaries on "Super Tuesday" award them on a ......