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Details: Written by KEN THOMAS, Associated Press; Published: 23 July 2016

Virginia Senator is a Spanish speaker with reputation for working across parties

Details: Written by Briahnna Brown, Chicago Defender; Published: 22 July 2016

Protesters gathered outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Photos by Milbert Brown.

Most of the numerous protests that have taken place in downtown Cleveland have been relatively peaceful

Details: Written by JOSH LEDERMAN and ERICA WERNER, Associated Press; Published: 20 July 2016

New Jersey delegates cheer as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The focus on Clinton has sometimes upstaged the weeklong celebration and promotion of Donald Trump

Details: Written by DAN SEWELL, Associated Press; Published: 20 July 2016

In a Monday July 18, 2016 photo, Bishop David Thomas, Sr. leads a gospel song during the NAACP national convention at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinatti. The continued alarm over how police treat black men has been a major focus of the NAACP convention that was wrapping up Wednesday in Cincinnati. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)

The continued alarm over how police treat black men has been a major focus of the five-day NAACP national convention

Details: Written by MELINDA DESLATTE and CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press; Published: 18 July 2016

In this undated photo provided by Trenisha Jackson, her husband, Baton Rouge Police Officer Montrell Jackson poses for a photo. Montrell Jackson and two other Baton Rouge law enforcement officers investigating a report of a man with an assault rifle were killed Sunday, July 17, 2016, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police here in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests that reverberated nationwide. (Courtesy of Trenisha Jackson via AP)

Just days before he was shot and killed, a Baton Rouge police officer posted an emotional Facebook message

Details: Written by JULIE PACE and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press; Published: 18 July 2016

Protestors yell during a rally against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday, July 18, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Disaffected delegates were still pressing for a way to derail Trump