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NBA mourns death of Gregg Popovich's wife, a 'real star'

SAN ANTONIO — LeBron James fought back tears. Former President Bill Clinton offered condolences. Craig Sager's daughter tweeted that she was "just sick" over the news.

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Syrian rebels give up Damascus area town to government

BEIRUT — The Syrian government took control of a town northeast of Damascus on Thursday after rebels evacuated to north Syria — the latest in a string of handovers by rebels to the government.

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High winds delay opening of Coachella festival camping

INDIO, Calif.

Apr 19, 2018 4:36 PM Read more >

'60 Minutes' report details progression of Alzheimer's

NEW YORK — Filmed over 10 years, a "60 Minutes" report this weekend shows in startling detail the progression that Alzheimer's disease takes on a patient. CBS medical correspondent Dr.

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'Dance Moms' star Miller has cancer, underwent spine surgery

PITTSBURGH — Former "Dance Moms" reality TV star Abby Lee Miller has been diagnosed with cancer. Doctor Hooman Melamed tells People.com she contracted what they thought was a rare spinal infection and nearly died this week.

Apr 19, 2018 4:34 PM Read more >

Women take fall in Nobel scandal for man's alleged misdeeds

STOCKHOLM — Thousands of protesters called Thursday for the resignation of the secretive board that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature after a sex-abuse scandal linked to the prestigious Swedish academy forced the ouster of its first-ever woman hea

Apr 19, 2018 4:26 PM Read more >

Trump's divisive pick to run NASA wins narrow confirmation

WASHINGTON — NASA's latest nail-biting drama was far from orbit as the Senate narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's choice of a tea party congressman to run the space agency in an unprecedented party-line vote.

Apr 19, 2018 4:23 PM Read more >

Prosecutor: Prince thought he was taking common painkiller

MINNEAPOLIS — Prince thought he was taking a common painkiller but instead ingested a counterfeit pill that he probably did not know contained fentanyl, a Minnesota prosecutor said Thursday as he announced that no charges would be filed in the musici

Apr 19, 2018 4:17 PM Read more >

Tall sailing ships herald New Orleans' 300th anniversary

NEW ORLEANS — Old-style, tall-masted sailing ships resembling vessels in a pirate movie eased up to the New Orleans riverfront Thursday as part of the city's 300th anniversary celebration.

Apr 19, 2018 4:08 PM Read more >

A willingness to fix the euro's flaws is fading fast

FRANKFURT — When Angela Merkel was re-elected as Germany's leader in March, the way looked open for European nations to finally patch the remaining cracks in the euro — the structural flaws that threatened to break apart the shared currency in 2010-1

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