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London home Freddie Mercury bought in 1980 is for sale, minus his 'exquisite clutter'

Mar. 18, 2024 20:59 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Freddie Mercury ’s sanctuary in London, where he lived the last decade of his life, is on sale for the first time in nearly half a century — minus his “exquisite clutter.” Garden Lodge, as the neo-Georgian brick home in the posh Kensington neighborhood is...

A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America. To qualify, facilities must close their beds

Mar. 16, 2024 08:57 AM EDT

As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural emergency hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal funding a year and higher Medicare reimbursements in exchange for closing all inpatient...

Pope appears unable to climb a few steps as respiratory and mobility problems take their toll

Mar. 06, 2024 09:06 AM EST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis again asked an aide to read his remarks and was unable to get back onto his popemobile Wednesday, as lingering respiratory and mobility problems continued to take their toll on the 87-year-old pontiff. Francis presided over his weekly general...

Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos is in hospital with pneumonia

Mar. 05, 2024 07:28 AM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, the mother of the incumbent president and widow of an ousted dictator, has been hospitalized with pneumonia. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday that his mother, who is 94, was suffering from a slight...

Bears great Steve McMichael returns home after more than a week in hospital

Feb. 23, 2024 21:33 PM EST

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who is battling ALS, is back home after spending more than a week in the hospital with several ailments, publicist Betsy Shepherd said Friday. The 66-year-old McMichael, who went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago, was...

Bears great Steve McMichael contracts another infection, undergoes blood transfusion, family says

Feb. 17, 2024 17:17 PM EST

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael has contracted another infection and was undergoing a blood transfusion days after being admitted into intensive care at a suburban Chicago hospital, his family said in a statement Saturday. The family said the 66-year-old...

Belarus political prisoner dies after authorities fail to provide him with medical care, group says

Jan. 15, 2024 11:39 AM EST

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A political prisoner has died in prison in Belarus after authorities failed to provide him with proper medical care, a human rights group said Monday, a death that spotlighted cruel conditions in Belarusian prisons. Vadzim Khrasko died of pneumonia in a...

Mary Lou Retton says she's a 'fighter' as she recuperates at home following pneumonia scare

Jan. 08, 2024 12:19 PM EST

Olympic gymnastics great Mary Lou Retton said she faces a long battle recuperating at home from a rare form of pneumonia in which doctors weren't sure whether she would survive. In an interview that aired Monday on NBC’s “Today” show, Retton said while wearing a breathing tube...