Twitter may have been the dominant platform mastered by then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016, but it likely will not be the way most voters learn about the crowded field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Instead, Instagram – a photo platform focused more on storytelling through images – could be 2020′s hot social platform.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On May 7, 1901, famed actor Gary Cooper is born in Helena, Montana. Cooper’s career spanned five decades, during which the actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice for his roles in Sergeant York(1941) and High Noon (1952). Cooper started his career as a cowboy extra in a silent Western. By 1929, he was making “talkie” movies, starting with The Virginian(1929). He was noted as the one of the top ten film personalities for 23 years straight and was one of the top paid actors for 18 years. Cooper died from cancer in 1961.

There are about 50,000 licensed Indian doctors working in the United States, but many of them are getting frustrated as some have been waiting years to get a Green Card and an eventual pathway to citizenship.

China has confirmed that its top trade negotiator will travel to the United States to conduct a new round of trade talks later this week, even after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened higher tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese goods after he said the process is taking too long.

What do famous Americans such as author Edgar Allan Poe, Wild West outlaw Jesse James and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein have in common? They all reportedly married their first cousins. The legality of cousin marriage in the United States varies from state to state. The practice is illegal in 25 states.

Zimbabwe has clamored for outside investment in recent years, but villagers north of the capital are resisting a Chinese mining project they say will spoil the environment and fail to bring them much benefit.