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Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror

By ADAM SCHRECK and ZEINA KARAM
Oct 27, 2019 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to establish an Islamic "caliphate" across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating leader...
Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror

By ADAM SCHRECK and ZEINA KARAM
Oct 27, 2019 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to establish a new Islamic "caliphate" across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating mil...
Three-term president of Hanover Park and founder of town's food pantry dies

Daily Herald report
Oct 25, 2019 1:00 am - Barone also founded village food pantry
Hanni LÃ©vy, who survived Holocaust in Berlin hideout, dies

The Associated Press
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Hanni LÃ©vy, who survived the Holocaust hiding out in Berlin, has died. She was 95. Claus Raefle, a German movie director who knew LÃ©vy, said Wednesday th...
Former Ottawa player/coach George Brancato dies at 88

The Associated Press
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - George Brancato, the former LSU two-way back who won Grey Cup titles with the Ottawa Rough Riders as a player, assistant coach and head coach, has...
Paralympian Marieke Vervoort fulfills wish to take own life

By STEPHEN WADE
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - Paralympian Marieke Vervoort said when the day arrived, she had signed the euthanasia papers and was prepared to end her life. That day came Tuesday in her native Belgiu...
Former AP civil rights reporter Kathryn Johnson dies

By ALLEN G. BREED
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - Kathryn Johnson, a trailblazing reporter for The Associated Press whose intrepid coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories led to a string of legenda...
Indianapolis pastor Dixon who defied IRS dead at age 87

The Associated Press
Oct 22, 2019 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Rev. Greg J. Dixon, founder of the Indianapolis Baptist Temple that federal marshals seized in a tax dispute, has died. He was 87. His son and su...
'Jeffersons,' 'Diff'rent Strokes' producer Al Burton dies

The Associated Press
Oct 22, 2019 7:00 am - SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) - Al Burton, a TV producer whose six-decade career included an eclectic mix of beauty pageants, variety and game shows and groundbreaking comedies...
Cummings recalled as powerful orator who took on White House

By BRIAN WITTE and REGINA GARCIA CANO
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cumming, who died Thursday at age 68, was remembered as a moral voice of conscience in a divisive era - a leader who fought for ...

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