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Microsoft co-founder, pro sports team owner Paul Allen dies

Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist who invested in conservation, space travel, arts and culture and professional sports, died Monday. He was 65.

With wind, fire danger, California utilities cut power to customers

Concerned about downed power lines sparking wildfires, two major California utilities for the first time cut power to some customers amid high winds — and another power provider was considering similar action.

Police to file criminal complaint after fetus remains found

Police in Detroit said they would file a criminal complaint against the owners after the remains of 10 fetuses and one infant were found hidden in a former funeral home that had lost its license when decomposing embalmed bodies were found there earlier this year.

Death sentence vacated for man who threw children off bridge

An Alabama man convicted of killing four children by throwing them off a bridge had his death sentence reduced by a judge Monday to life imprisonment, after tests showed the man had an IQ of 51.

Obama, Biden to campaign for Democrats in Las Vegas

Former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden are heading to Las Vegas within the next week for a pair of separate campaign events to stump for Democrats and rally voters as early voting begins, the state Democratic Party announced Monday.

San Francisco to vote on taxing rich businesses for homeless

San Francisco has come to be known around the world as a place for aggressive panhandling, open-air drug use and sprawling tent camps, the dirt and despair all the more remarkable for the city’s immense wealth.

US stock indexes fall further as technology continues to drop

The S&P 500 and other major U.S. indexes are coming off their worst week since late March as investors worry about rising interest rates and trade tensions between the U.S. and China.