US news
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Clinton flays Trump over attack on judgeGot a minute? ‘I’m waiting for him to say … a woman judge couldn’t preside,’ Clinton says … and everything else you need to know today on the campaign trail. By Tom McCarthy -
Republicans pile on Donald Trump for racial attacks on judge – campaign liveLive coverage from the 2016 campaign trail as Republicans address presumptive nominee’s latest controversy and Clinton closes on Democratic nomination
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Playboy mansion sold to billionaire Hostess owner who lives next doorDaren Metropoulos plans to conjoin his property with Hugh Hefner’s infamous home, which was purchased for about $200m, a spokesman confirmed
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Martin Shkreli pleads not guilty to new charge in investment fraud caseNo trial date set for former pharmaceutical executive, who now faces eight charges after prosecutors say he tried to conceal control of Retrophin Inc shares
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Stephen Curry withdraws from US Olympic basketball team citing injuriesStephen Curry has withdrawn from consideration from the Olympics, leaving the US basketball team without the NBA’s MVP
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Alarming practice of media suppression makes big-dreaming UFC look smallBy banning journalists in an obsessive desire to control the message, the world’s biggest mixed martial arts promotion comes off as petty and small-time
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The Warriors are wrecking the Cavaliers' finals ... and maybe their future tooGolden State’s dominance in this series has been so thorough that there will be serious discussion if LeBron James decides to stay on in Cleveland
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Rio 2016: behind the scenes at the Olympic Stadium – videoOlympic gold medalist Stephanie Brown Trafton takes the Guardian US backstage during a test event at the Nílton Santos Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
opinion & analysis
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BuzzFeed cancelling RNC ads masks the issue: sponsored content for politiciansCan native advertising, notorious among many readers as deceptive, sit comfortably alongside journalistic output? BuzzFeed wasn’t willing to roll the dice on Trump – but it isn’t running away from the idea
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Human-pig embryos Q&A;: how would 'chimeras' make transplant organs?Scientists have successfully created part-pig, part-human embryos. How have they done this, and could viable human organs really be grown this way?
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video & pictures
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John Oliver forgives $15m of medical debt on Last Week Tonight – videoOliver, the host of the HBO show, announced the giveaway during a 20-minute segment on the ‘grimey business’ of debt collection
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Kanye West pop-up concert causes chaos in New York City – videoThousands of people descend onto the streets of New York City on Sunday night after Kanye West announced a late-night surprise concert
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Muhammad Ali’s coffin arrives in hometown of Louisville, Kentucky – videoMuhammad Ali’s coffin arrives in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky
Clinton to Sanders: I dropped out for Obama – it was 'the right thing to do'