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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders hospitalized

Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was taken to a hospital Tuesday night.

A statement from his senior adviser, Jeff Weaver, said that at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Sanders, 78, “experienced some chest discomfort. Following medical evaluation and testing he was found to have a blockage in one artery and two stents were successfully inserted.”

Weaver said Sanders was “conversing and in good spirits,” and is “canceling events and appearances until further notice.”

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to ݮý, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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