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Mexico's COVID-19 deaths average 55 years vs. 75 in Europe

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's coronavirus spokesman said Thursday the country's median age of death from COVID-19 was a shockingly young 55, as compared to an average of 75 in many European countries. Assist...

Dec 10, 2020

Performers set for TV special replacing cancelled Rose Parade

PASADENA, Calif. - There won't be thousands of people watching flower-laden floats roll through the streets of Pasadena on New Year's Day, but the show will go on. Sheryl Crow leads a long list of per...

Dec 10, 2020

US budget deficit up 25.1% in first 2 months of budget year

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government's deficit in the first two months of the budget year ran 25.1% higher than the same period a year ago as spending to deal with the COVID pandemic soared while tax reve...

Dec 10, 2020

CBS White House reporter Weijia Jiang is writing a memoir

NEW YORK - CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang is working on a memoir about her experiences as a Chinese American. One Signal Publishers, a Simon & Schuster imprint, announced Thursday...

Dec 10, 2020

Israel, Morocco to restore ties; US shifts on Western Sahara

WASHINGTON - Israel and Morocco have agreed to restore diplomatic relations as President Donald Trump, in his final weeks in office, announced the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months on Thurs...

Dec 10, 2020

Q&A: Christopher Nolan on ‘Tenet’ home release

Christopher Nolan movies almost demand another look and " Tenet " is no exception. On Tuesday, audiences will finally be able to watch, re-watch and dissect the palindromic spy thriller starring John ...

Dec 10, 2020

The Who concert memorial fundraiser plays on, virtually

CINCINNATI - For years, alumni of a Cincinnati-area high school have gathered to raise scholarship money in memory of three classmates killed in a crush of people at a 1979 concert by The Who. And the...

Dec 10, 2020

Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime

And now, for our annual look at the year in pop culture.... Oh, wait. This was 2020. The year everything stopped cold. Well, not really. Truth is, people turned to culture of all kinds in 2020 - highb...

Dec 10, 2020

Time magazine names BTS its Entertainer of the Year

NEW YORK - BTS has had more than just a "Dynamite" year - they've become such a global phenomenon that Time magazine named the South Korean group its 2020 Entertainer of the Year. The magazine announc...

Dec 10, 2020

Biden picks former Obama chief of staff McDonough for VA

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is nominating Denis McDonough, who was President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a sprawling agenc...

Dec 10, 2020