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The Orlando United Assistance Center offers aid to people affected by the attack on the Pulse nightclub.

Orlando Plans Aid To People Hurt By Nightclub Attack

10:26pm June 24, 2016

by Greg Allen

The city has set up an assistance center and plans to begin distributing $9 million in donations to the victims of the Pulse shootings and their families. An LGBTQ group has raised nearly $6 million.

Kansas Votes More Money For Public Schools To Avert Shutdown

10:25pm June 24, 2016

by Barbara Campbell

Legislators, pressured by the state Supreme Court, passed a $38 million package for the state's underfunded schools. Justices had threatened to close all public schools in Kansas after this month.

A pickup truck destroyed by a wildfire sits on a burned property near Lake Isabella, Calif. The wildfire that roared across dry brush and trees in the mountains of Central California gave residents little time to flee.

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California Wildfire Claims 2 Lives

7:50pm June 24, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

A fast-moving blaze in the central part of the state, whipped up by hot temperatures and dry vegetation, has burned more than 1,900 acres. Officials warn conditions are ripe for more wildfires.

Motivational speaker Tony Robbins is interviewed on the Fox Business Network in March. Dozens of people were burned in a coal-walking exercise at one of his seminars.

Dozens Burned During Tony Robbins Motivational Exercise

7:08pm June 24, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Seminar participants were hoping to conquer their fears by walking over hot coals. Instead, dozens at the Dallas event were treated for burns. A Robbins representative says there was no emergency.

People watch stock prices on a digital broadcast outside the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday. Currency, equity and oil markets around the world are feeling the effects of the British vote to leave the EU.

Brexit Created Many Losers, But Some Winners Too. Which Are You?

6:51pm June 24, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

Uncertainty generated by Brexit caused many investments to head south. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 3.39 percent. Still, there were some winners, like homebuyers seeking low-interest loans.

Invisibilia: Is Your Personality Fixed, Or Can You Change Who You Are?

5:59pm June 24, 2016

by Alix Spiegel

A man committed a horrible crime. Then he decided he no longer wanted to be a bad person. It is possible to change our personalities, psychologists say, even though we like to think they're innate.

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield headquarters in Eagan, Minn., the losses on the sale of insurance plans to individuals led to a change in course.

Minnesota's Largest Health Insurer Will Drop Individual Plans

5:54pm June 24, 2016

by Mark Zdechlik

More than 100,000 Minnesotans will need to look for new insurance for 2017. Blue Cross Blue Shield is pulling back from the state's market for individual policies, citing heavy losses.

Doctors who diagnosed Shariah Vroman-Nagy with bipolar disorder wanted to keep her in the hospital for treatment, but her insurance company wouldn't cover the stay.

Depressed Teen's Struggle To Find Mental Health Care In Rural California

3:44pm June 24, 2016

by April Dembosky

After a teenager attempted suicide, her parents searched in vain for therapists who would take their insurance and were accepting new patients. The family paid for therapy with credit cards instead.

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2nd Acquittal In Freddie Gray Case Is A Blow To Baltimore Prosecutors

3:05pm June 24, 2016

by Jennifer Ludden

The police officer facing the most serious charges in the death of Freddie Gray has been acquitted on all counts. That's prompting calls for prosecutors to reconsider charges against other officers.

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Deadlocked Supreme Court Fails To Revive Obama's Immigration Plan

3:05pm June 24, 2016

by John Burnett

The court's tie vote blocked the administration's controversial attempt to help millions of unauthorized immigrant families. The case goes back to the court of a conservative federal judge in Texas.

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