[In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, the Alahamad family prepare to leave an apartment in Athens. Like hundreds of thousands before them, the Alahamad family from Syria risked everything to escape war and the dark brutality of the Islamic State group, embarking on a perilous and uncertain journey through checkpoints, bombs and a nightmarish sea crossing to Greece. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)]GRAY, France (AP) — Gray is a dying town, its residents lament. Big businesses have moved away, taking jobs with them. Though it still lives up to its nickname "Gray la jolie," or "Gray the pretty," many stores now lie vacant, with fading "to rent" signs in their windows.
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