US Rep. David Scott, Georgia Democrat, dies at 80
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House…
Romanian soccer great Mircea Lucescu has died at age 80
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian soccer great who was a serial trophy winner as a…
Ex-FBI chief Robert Mueller, who probed Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency…
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas dies at 96
BERLIN (AP) — Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s…
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead at 86
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades…
Czech Republic’s nuclear watchdog head Dana Drábová has died at 64
PRAGUE (AP) — Dana Drábová, the popular head of the Czech nuclear watchdog for more than a quarter…
Russell M. Nelson, oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of…
Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black liberation activist sought by US, dies in Cuba
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from…
Death of ‘Outback Killer’ Murdoch leaves whereabouts of Peter Falconio’s body unknown
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police fear Bradley John Murdoch, known as the “Outback Killer”, has taken to his…
Dave Shapiro, groundbreaking music executive, dies in San Diego plane crash at 42
Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, has died in a…
Gerry Connolly, a Democratic congressman and fixture of Virginia politics, dies at 75
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gerald “Gerry” Connolly, an outspoken Democrat who sought key reforms in the…
What to know about the death of Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the…