US Presidential Contenders Chase Votes Ahead of New York Primaries

U.S. presidential candidates made last-minute appeals for votes Monday in New York, a day ahead of the state's crucial Democratic and Republican presidential nominating elections. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, trailing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Democratic contest, is throwing a night-time concert in a park with dramatic views of New York City's skyscrapers, a day after 28,000 people turned out for another of his rallies elsewhere in the...

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