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The mayor of San Jose criticized both sides of the political aisle following an evening of rowdy, and sometimes violent protesting, during a Donald Trump campaign stump. “There is absolutely no place for violence against people who are simply exercising their rights to participate in the political process," Mayor Sam Liccardo said Friday of the Thursday night rally, where a police officer was assaulted, a woman was egged, and others were bruised outside the San Jose Convention Center. At the same time, Liccardo also lashed out at Trump, saying in part: “It’s a sad statement about our political discourse that...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (KRT) - Hurricane Katrina might have battered New Orleans and the Gulf Coast as a considerably weaker system than the Category 4 tempest initially reported.

The following is a partial transcript of an interview between Garland Robinette of WWL radio in New Orleans and the city's Mayor, Ray Nagin. Robinette: Have you talked to the President? Nagin: I've talked directly with the President. I've talked to the head of the Homeland Security. I've talked to everybody under the sun. I've been out there, man. I flew these helicopters, been in the crowds talking to people crying, don't know where their relatives are. I've done it all, man, and I tell you, man, Garland, I keep hearing that it's coming. This is coming. That is coming....