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Judge rules California law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional

A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional. Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said the law that would have required boards have up to three female directors by this year violated the right to equal treatment. The ruling was dated Friday. …

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Arizona executes Clarence Dixon for 1978 murder of ASU student Deana Bowdoin

An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 was put to death Wednesday after a nearly eight-year hiatus in the state’s use of the death penalty brought on by an execution that critics say was botched — and the difficulty state officials faced in finding lethal injection …

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Inflation slows for the first time in 9 months

The pace of inflation around the U.S. cooled in April, the first drop after eight straight months of ever-faster price increases. The Consumer Price Index, a broad basket of goods and services, rose 8.3% from a year ago, the Labor Department reported Wednesday, down from an 8.5% annual increase in …

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