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BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge in Boston has scheduled a hearing in a class-action lawsuit by Walmart employees who sued the retail chain for denying health benefits to their same-sex spouses. A proposed settlement of $7.5 million would pay for claims by current and former Walmart associates in the U...

The White House is making a legal argument for undertaking a military response to the use of chemical weapons against civilians in Syria, but says any action taken against the Syrian regime is not intended to depose Syrian President Bashar Assad.