World Nov 03 Spanish police investigating after soccer player dies following on-field collision By Joseph Wilson, Tales Azzoni, Associated Press
Arts Oct 29 Patrick Stewart, star of stage and 'Star Trek,' dies at 86 Stewart was a classically trained stage actor who scaled the Shakespearean canon and added gravitas to a “Star Trek” franchise and the “X-Men” films. By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press
Nation Oct 28 Watch 5:45 Remembering pioneering labor leader and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta Dolores Huerta, the pioneering labor leader and civil rights icon, died Wednesday from cancer at her home in Bakersfield, California. Amna Nawaz looks back at Huerta's life and legacy. By Amna Nawaz, Solveig Rennan Sandbulte
Politics Oct 28 Alvin Hellerstein, federal judge who handled cases on Trump, Maduro and 9/11, dies at 92 Just two weeks ago, Hellerstein presided over the arraignment of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, on torture charges that were added to their ongoing narco-terrorism conspiracy case. By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
Nation Oct 28 Dolores Huerta, labor and civil rights icon, dies at 96 Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry. By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
Oct 26 Eric Bauza, modern voice of Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters, dies at 46 By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Bauza's career gave voice to beloved Looney Tunes characters in "Puss in Boots," "Muppet Babies," "Avatar: The Last Airbender," and countless others. Continue reading
Oct 22 Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in 'Alien', 'Top Gun' and 'Picket Fences,' dies at 93 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in “Top Gun,” a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV's “Picket Fences” or the doomed captain of “Alien,” has died. Continue reading
Oct 07 Eva Marie Saint, star of 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest,' dies at 102 By Bob Thomas, Jake Coyle, Associated Press Saint had one of the most spectacular debuts in Hollywood history, as the love interest of Marlon Brando’s tormented Terry Malloy in “On the Waterfront.”… Continue reading
Oct 06 Jim Bakker, minister who built a televangelism empire and lost it from sex and money scandals, dies at 86 By Jim Salter, Hallie Golden, Associated Press "The PTL Club," which at its peak in the mid-1980s drew 13 million nightly TV viewers, made Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker cultural icons — so much so that they were often skewered in the 1980s and 90s by late-night… Continue reading
Oct 05 Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84 By Michael Tarm, Herbert G. McCann, Associated Press Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007 and spent more than a year in prison later in life, died Saturday of natural causes at his home while receiving hospice care. Continue reading