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“Grey’s Anatomy” star Eric Dane said Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a rare degenerative condition that causes progressive muscle paralysis. Dane opened up about his diagnosis in an exclusive statement to People magazine. “I am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this
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An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens. “Denisovan fossils are very scarce,” with only a few confirmed finds in East
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CBS has lost distribution rights to “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!,” with a Los Angeles court rejecting the network’s bid for a preliminary injunction that would have blocked Sony from taking over. Sony, which produces the two iconic game shows, filed a complaint in October 2024 alleging that CBS entered into unauthorized licensing agreements. Specifically,
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Apple wants to get its iPhones into the hands of U.S. customers before tariffs could lead to hike prices. The iPhone maker shipped about 1.5 million iPhones, a cargo weighing roughly 600 tons, by air from India to the U.S., Reuters reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. The technology giant has taken a
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Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Thursday morning that they now “believe they have the votes” to adopt a budget blueprint for President Trump‘s agenda after failing to muster a majority Wednesday night. He plans to move forward later in the morning with a vote in the lower chamber. Negotiations had continued into Wednesday night,
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Drug lord Ernesto “Don Neto” Fonseca Carrillo, who was convicted in the 1985 killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, was freed from prison after completing his 40-year sentence, a federal agent confirmed late Wednesday. Fonseca, 94, had been serving the remainder of his sentence under home confinement outside Mexico City since being moved
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Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out teams working on research about adults with cognitive disabilities and sickle cell disease. Work likely to be halted by the cuts includes the collection of data
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When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote “The Great Gatsby” at the height of the roaring ’20s, he couldn’t possibly realize that the book would emerge as one of the very top contenders for “the great American novel.” In fact, when Fitzgerald – a St. Paul, Minnesota native whose debut novel “This Side of Paradise” launched him
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Russia has released Ksenia Karelina, a dual U.S.-Russian national who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason in August last year, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a social media post early Thursday, offering no information about the terms of her release. The Wall Street Journal first reported Karelina’s release, saying she
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A Maryland tourist who was found dead on a beach in the Bahamas drowned, officials said Wednesday, but his family is seeking answers about what led to his death. The man was identified by the Royal Bahamas Police Force as 23-year-old Dinari McAlmont. McAlmont was from Bowie, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., and had
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