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stanley cup e taking to the pulpits and the streets nationwide this weekend in hopes of energizing black voters ahead of Election Day, aiming to make a difference in the presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.Many expect a drop in black voter participation this year, primarily because Barack Obama, the nation first African-American president, is not on the ballot. His historic candidacy in 2008 and re-election in 2012 helped to fuel record black turnout.Voting, for us, is both a spiritual and a political issue, said Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP and architect of the Moral Monday Movement in North Carolina. Barber will be one of several clergy at the historic Riverside Church in New York City Sunday evening for a revival service to encourage voting on Tuesday.In battleground states like Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, other black clergy are extending Souls to the Polls efforts for a second weekend to get black churchgoers to cast ballots early or on Election
stanley cup Day. Souls to the Polls events are based around black churches that encourage their parishioners to vote 鈥?although they cannot tell them who to support 鈥?and try to make it easier for elderly, busy or just reluctant v
stanley cup oters to cast ballots.The number of African-American voters has increased steadily: 12.9 million in 2000, 14 million in 2004, 16 million in 2008 and 17.8 million in 2012. In the last presidential election Horp WATCH: State Department spokesperson Ned Price speaks on Blinken s meeting with Turkey s foreign minister
BENGHAZI, Libya 鈥?The United States said Sunday it has temporarily withdrawn some of its forces from Libya due to security conditions on the ground, as a Libyan military commanders forces advanced toward the capital, Tripoli, clashing with rival militias.A small contingent of American troops has been in Libya in recent years helping local forces combat Islamic State and al-Qaid
adidas samba a militants, as well as protecting diplomatic facilities. The security realities on the ground in Libya are growing increasingly complex and unpredictable, said Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, the head of U.S. Africa Command. Even with an adjustment of the force, we will continue to remain agile in support of existing U.S. strategy. He did not provide details on the number of U.S. troops that have been withdrawn or on
adidas samba og how many remain inside the country.The self-styled Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, launched a surprise offensive against the capital last week, a move that could potentially drag the country back into civil war. Libya has been gripped by unrest since the 2011 uprising that overthrew and killed long-ruling dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and in recent years has been governed by rival authorities in the eas
adidas campus t and in Tripoli, in the west, each backed by various armed groups.Fighting was underway Sunday at the international airport, some 24 kilometers 15 miles from central Tripoli, after Hifter claimed to have seized the area. The airport was destroyed in a previ
