The Daily Populous

Wednesday March 4th, 2020 evening edition

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Early exit polls appear to show that Bernie Sanders' promise to bring young voters to the polls is falling flat.

But according to early exit polls, the Vermont senator’s hopes appear to be falling flat across — at least in 12 of the 14 states casting ballots — on March 3.

That is 10 percentage points fewer than the second-least likely voters — the 30-44 age group, which made up 23 percent of Tuesday’s electorate, according to the NBC News poll.

The exit poll was conducted across all of the Super Tuesday voting states barring Utah and Arkansas.

In South Carolina, where Biden won in a landslide, the youngest voting demographic made up only 11 percent.

Sanders won the Nevada caucus, where young voters made up 17 percent of the turnout.

In Nevada, popular vote numbers were not available, but in the caucus, Sanders’ support declined 13 percent from 2016. »

Trump says he spoke to a Taliban leader, had ‘good talk’

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Trump said the United States has a shared interest with the Taliban, which harbored al-Qaida before the 9/11 attacks.

Asked if Tuesday was his first conversation with a leader of the Taliban, Trump said, “I don’t want to say that.”.

Today, many of those fighters make up the Taliban leadership, while others are in power in the U.S.-backed Afghan government. »

Nicolas Cage blew $150 million on a dinosaur skull, pygmy heads and 2 European castles

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Actor Nicolas Cage was once a top earner in Hollywood, worth around $150 million, but he didn't hold onto the fortune for long.

What really put Cage in the red financially weren't the eccentric items, however, but his overstuffed real estate portfolio.

You're not going to go into dire straits buying an octopus," he told the New York Times during a recent interview. »

Congo has no known Ebola cases for 1st time since July 2018

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The last patient being treated for Ebola in Congo was discharged on Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, bringing the 19-month-old outbreak closer than ever to an end.

In that period, the virus has killed 2,264 people and infected nearly 1,200 more, making it the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history.

"As I am the last survivor, I say thank you very much and praise be to God," she told Reuters. »