Politics Mar 09 Alexander Butterfield, Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99 The White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office and Cabinet Room and routinely recorded his conversations, has died. By Douglass K. Daniel, Associated Press
Politics Mar 06 WATCH: Obama calls on Americans to 'step up' like Jesse Jackson for a better future “We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope,” Obama said Friday at the final public tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson. “Each day we wake up to some new assault to our democratic institutions. Another setback… By News Desk and Associated Press
Politics Mar 06 WATCH: Rev. Jesse Jackson celebrated in memorial service with Obama, Biden and Clinton From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines loomed large Friday at a celebration honoring the late civil rights leader. By Sophia Tareen, Matt Brown, Associated Press
Nation Mar 05 Bernard LaFayette, Freedom Rider and Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85 Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died. By Travis Loller, Associated Press
Mar 04 Lou Holtz, college football legend who coached Notre Dame to 1988 national title, dies at 89 By Eric Olson, Tom Coyne, Associated Press Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to the 1988 national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89. Continue reading
Feb 26 WATCH: Rev. Jesse Jackson lies in repose at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Cross-country memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. are set to begin Thursday in Chicago, the city the late civil rights leader called home. Continue reading
Feb 23 2-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton dies in car crash By Doug Feinberg, Associated Press Two-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton has died after being in a car crash in Atlanta. She was 43. Continue reading
Feb 20 Eric Dane, 'Grey's Anatomy' star and ALS advocate, dies at 53 By Maria Sherman, Associated Press Dane died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as Lou Gehrig’s disease, less than a year after he announced his diagnosis. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 5:46 A look at Jesse Jackson's decades of civil rights advocacy By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, died peacefully on Tuesday morning at the age of 84. Geoff Bennett reports on Jackson's legacy and his decades of activism. Continue watching