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A man on California's death row has died while incarcerated at a Sacramento-area prison, state officials said on Thursday. Armando Macias was found unresponsive in his cell around 7 a.m. on Thursday ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Assemblyman Gregg Hart, D-Santa Barbara, the author of ABx2-1, watches the vote tally during a special session of the as his bill ...