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Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and Washington state Governor Jay Inslee are the latest Democrats to jump into the crowded 2020 presidential field. But a lot of Democrats continue to wonder about the man who, so far, isn’t there: former Vice President Joe Biden.

Since the 17th century, when Africans were sold into slavery in the New World, they and their descendants have had a profound impact on what Americans grow and eat. Watermelon, okra, yams, black-eyed peas and some peppers are all indigenous to Africa.

VIDEO: Can the way you hold your phone help fight identity theft and fraud? Security experts think so. Biometric security measures like fingerprint readers have become more common in fighting fraud, but another layer of defense involves passive biometrics like the angle at which a smartphone is held.

Mukhtar Mai, an illiterate woman from a village in Punjab, Pakistan, has been fighting a drawn-out court battle against men in her community who gang raped her in June 2002 on the orders of the village council. She was punished to teach a lesson to her younger brother, whom the council accused of having illicit relations with a woman of a rival clan.

An estimated 300 people, including key Kurdish politicians and activists, have joined a widening hunger strike campaign to demand improving jail conditions for Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.