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Utah inmate's son sues after father misses dialysis, dies

- The son of an inmate who died at the Utah state prison has sued corrections officials and health care providers, accusing them of violating his father's civil rights by failing to give him dialysis...

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Here are some ways you can soon pay with your phone

- Big tech companies are competing to help you pay for a store purchase with your phone. Here are some options:

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Attacked in places most sacred, congregations struggle on

American church in Charleston, South Carolina, begin searching for a path forward after the massacre of their pastor and eight others, history provides far too many examples for them to follow -- from...

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California tempers backlash while embracing Common Core

- While the Common Core education standards provoked political backlash and testing boycotts around the country this year, the state that educates more public school children than any other --...

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Ex-White House chef Scheib remembered for magnificent meals

- From spending more than a decade preparing food for some of the world's most influential people as the White House executive chef to appearing on the Food Network's "Iron Chef America" show in 2006,...

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Need reason to pay by phone? Apple, Google add new features

- The tech industry has been saying for years that smartphones would make traditional wallets obsolete. But most people still use cash or plastic when they shop in stores.

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Colorado teen death blamed on hidden form of plague

- When a Colorado teen came down with a high fever and muscle aches, his family thought he had the flu. But he was dead within days and the rare cause was only revealed later.

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Church shootings a reminder of homegrown extremists

- Confronting extremists, law enforcement in the U.S. has been focusing on aspiring jihadists who align with the Islamic State, overshadowing longstanding concerns about avowed racists, neo-Nazis and...

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Hundreds of firefighters join battle against fire near Tahoe

- Air tankers and helicopters were helping hundreds of firefighters battle a wildfire south of Lake Tahoe where no structures have been damaged but the California mountain town of Markleeville remained...

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Bill Cosby's lawyers ask judge to toss out defamation suit

- A federal judge should throw out a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby filed by three women accusing him of decades-old sex crimes because the remarks were personal opinions protected under the...

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7 students who survived balcony collapse remain hospitalized

- The seven Irish students who survived a deadly balcony collapse in the college town of Berkeley remain hospitalized in varying states of recovery nearly a week later.

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Family killed in murder-suicide missed Father's Day visit

- A Utah man shot and killed his wife and two young children before turning the gun on himself on Father's Day, stunning neighbors and relatives who said the family missed an outing that day but...

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Republicans return donations from white supremacist

- Republican presidential candidates, GOP lawmakers and the lone black Republican in the House are returning donations from the leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder...

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White House: Action needed now to slow climate change

- Failure to act on climate change could cause an estimated 57,000 deaths a year in the United States from poor air quality by 2100, the Obama administration argued in a report released Monday that...

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Latest on church shooting: Lawmaker backs Miss. flag change

to-1 margin in 2001 to keep the state flag used since 1894. One of its corners has a Confederate battle emblem.

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