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College freshman Lauren Hill has a rare form of brain cancer. One of her dying wishes was to play college basketball, and the NCAA allowed a game to be moved up by two weeks so she could.

Conserving water in California, as the state endures its fourth year of drought, is mandatory. But just who has to save how much can vary.

Lt. Hunter Hill of the U.S. Coast Guard is one of the coordinators of the flood response team and gives an overview of rescue efforts.

For freelancers and artists living in expensive cities like New York, the home-sharing site Airbnb has become a way to subsidize their rents. It's also often illegal. With the site's users in the crosshairs of New York's attorney general, and questions elsewhere, some now wonder if the good times are going to end.

Casinos is Las Vegas are reopening Thursday, after being shuttered for more than two months. Workers there are eager to start getting paid again, but they're also worried about their health.

Idris Elba returns as the world's most unlucky traveler in Season 2 of the Apple TV series Hijack. And Tom Hiddleston is back as a hotel worker/intelligence agent in The Night Manager on Prime Video.

Bay Area couple Shonnece Hill and Elizabeth Cheeves created a song for their newborn through The Lullaby Project, a Carnegie Hall initiative that connects underserved communities with musicians.

Robert Rippee of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, tells Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson about how the city is continuing to grow and respond to changing demographics.

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- In Turkey, Ibrahim Tatlises, known as Ibo, is one of the most popular singers. He has reportedly sold 100 million records and has now branched out into the world of business with a chain of Turkish pizza restaurants. Daniel tries to meet Ibo on one recent afternoon at the opening of another of Ibo's restaurants in downtown Ankara, Turkey's capitol. As Daniel discovers, getting anywhere near Ibo is virtually impossible as crowds of devoted fans jam the street in front of the restaurant. But, eventually he does meet the star himself at his hotel later where he learns more about one of Turkey's most popular icons.