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Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

By DEBORA REY
Nov 25, 2020 6:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the 'œHand of God'ť goal in 1986 and led his country to that year's World Cup title ...
Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83

The Associated Press
Nov 25, 2020 6:00 am - SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark 'œFreedom Rides" of 1961, died Monday. He was 83. Former Alabama s...
Feuding no more, PelÃ© joins world in mourning Diego Maradona

By ROB HARRIS
Nov 25, 2020 6:00 am - The most heated wrangling over the title of soccer's greatest player could be found between Diego Maradona and PelÃ© themselves. So often, their squabbling would descend...
Remembering Diego Maradona: 'The world has lost a legend'

By The Associated Press
Nov 25, 2020 6:00 am - Tributes to Argentina soccer great Diego Maradona, who died Wednesday at age 60: ___ 'œA very sad day for all Argentinians and for football. He leaves us, but he is not ...
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

By DEBORA REY Associated Press
Nov 25, 2020 12:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later...
Simon Haydon, ex-AP international sports editor, dies at 64

By ROB HARRIS
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Simon Haydon, who shaped The Associated Press' coverage of World Cups and Olympics as international sports editor and reported on landmark news events whil...
Vatican butler convicted in Benedict XVI leaks case dies

The Associated Press
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Paolo Gabriele, the Vatican butler who was convicted of stealing and leaking Pope Benedict XVI's private papers in 2012, has died. He was 54. Vatican News, t...
New York City's first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93

By DEEPTI HAJELA
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Few American leaders have faced the battery of urban ills that confronted David Dinkins when he became New York City's first Black mayor in 1990. AIDS. C...
David Holwerk, who helped newspaper win Pulitzer, dies at 73

The Associated Press
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - David Holwerk, a former editorial-page editor whose decision-making helped the Lexington Herald-Leader win a Pulitzer Prize, has died. He was 73. H...
Helen LaFrance, who painted rural memories, dies at 101

The Associated Press
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) - A prominent Black Kentucky artist whose painted memories of rural life in Kentucky are featured in U.S. and European museums and in the collections ...

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