revealed that Democrats have yet to heal the wounds from last year’s presidential primary campaign. Mr. Perez, buoyed by activists most loyal to formerPresident Barack Obamaand Hillary Clinton, won with 235 votes out of 435 cast on the second ballot.

Mr. Ellison, who was lifted primarily by the liberal enthusiasts of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, captured the remaining 200 votes. But that was only after he had pushed the voting to a second round after Mr. Perez fell a single vote short of winning on the first ballot.

According to the New York Times, Perez appointed Rep. Ellison as the deputy chairman of the DNC, as a sign of unity needed by the Democratic Party.

Perez used his victory speech to address the importance of unity within the Democratic party.WEST ALLIS, WI — A 9-year-old child suffered injuries including second-degree burns after the plastic playground slide he slid down exploded, and nobody knows why it happened.

According to a WTMJ report, Giuseppe Storniolo was with his sister and parents at Reservoir Park in West Allis last week when the explosion rocked the otherwise relaxing playground. Storniolo's mother was nearby and told WTMJ that she heard "a big explosion as though something fell."

A playground slide in West Allis, Wis. spontaneously exploded, injuring a 9-year-old boy She ran to see what happened, only to find that the circular slide her son had been playing on exploded, with her son injured nearby. Her son suffered burns to his right leg but was recovering in the hospital.

Instead of a green plastic spiral