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Annie Ross, jazz singer turned actor, dies at 89 in New York

The Associated Press
Jul 22, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Annie Ross, a popular jazz singer in the 1950s before crossing over into a successful film career, has died. She was 89. Ross' manager, Jim Coleman, t...
Former UConn Final Four starter Stanley Robinson dies at 32

The Associated Press
Jul 22, 2020 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Former UConn basketball player Stanley Robinson has died of unknown causes at a family residence in Birmingham. He was 32. Jefferson County Chief...
Former England rugby winger Mike Slemen dies aged 69

The Associated Press
Jul 21, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Mike Slemen, a former England rugby player who was part of the Grand Slam-winning team of 1980 and also toured South Africa with the British and Irish Lion...
Retired AP correspondent Arthur Rotstein dies from COVID-19

By JACQUES BILLEAUD
Jul 20, 2020 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Arthur H. Rotstein, a retired Associated Press correspondent who covered southern Arizona for nearly 30 years and documented the wave of illegal immigrati...
Head of Bolivian soccer dies after contracting coronavirus

The Associated Press
Jul 20, 2020 7:00 am - LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - CÃ©sar Salinas, the president of the Bolivian soccer federation, has died from complications linked to COVID-19. He was 58. The federation announc...
Ex-mayor of Westmont remembered for dedication to improvement

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jul 20, 2020 1:00 am - The night he was sworn in as president of Westmont, James "Jim" Addington warned the crowd he didn't intend to accept the status quo for the village. "I believe we're st...
Umpire Rick Reed, who worked 1991 World Series, dies at 70

The Associated Press
Jul 19, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Rick Reed, whose career as a big league umpire spanned three decades and included the classic 1991 World Series and two All-Star Games, has died. He was ...
Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and `American hero'

By CALVIN WOODWARD
Jul 18, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning - when he was just a kid wanting to b...
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

By CALVIN WOODWARD and DESIREE SEALS
Jul 18, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, ...
Rep. John Lewis remembered for legacy of 'good trouble'

By The Associated Press
Jul 18, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and the last of the Big Six civil rights activists led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday at age ...

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