| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Sanders booed by supporters | | Bernie Sanders made a last-ditch effort Monday to cool anger among his supporters against party leaders and Hillary Clinton, as the Democratic convention opened in Philadelphia amid new threats to party unity. |
| Violent crime rising in US, study finds | | Violent crime is on the rise so far this year in major cities across the US compared to the number of homicides, rapes, robberies, assaults and shootings that occurred in the same cities by this point in 2015, a new report has found. |
| Sen. Cory Booker: America will rise | | New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will go to bat for Hillary Clinton Monday night, using his primetime speech on the convention's opening night to attempt to heal the party after a divisive primary and a dramatic weekend. |
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