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Palatine man killed in California hit-and-run

Daily Herald report
Jul 28, 2019 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Palatine man was killed last week when struck by a hit-and-run driver as he walked along a road in central California, the Modesto Bee is reporting. Brian ...
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Schrieffer dies in Florida

The Associated Press
Jul 27, 2019 7:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - John Robert Schrieffer, a physicist who shared in the 1972 Nobel Prize in physics for developing a pioneering theory of superconductivity, has d...
Russi Taylor, longtime voice of Minnie Mouse, dies at 75

The Associated Press
Jul 27, 2019 7:00 am - GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - Russi Taylor, an actress who gave voice to Minnie Mouse for more than three decades, has died. Walt Disney Co. chairman Bob Iger announced Taylor...
Cardinal Ortega, former archbishop of Havana, dies at 82

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and PETER ORSI
Jul 26, 2019 7:00 am - HAVANA (AP) - Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, a sugar worker's son who oversaw the first papal visit to Cuba, helped lower barriers to believers in the communist ...
Former longtime Hanover Park Park District director dies at 74

By Eric Peterson
Jul 25, 2019 1:00 am - Larry Wheeler, who served as director of the Hanover Park Park District for 20 years and remained a financial adviser to it for several more, died Monday at his house in...
Last Polish inmate from 1940 transport to Auschwitz dies

The Associated Press
Jul 24, 2019 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Officials at the Auschwitz Memorial say Kazimierz Albin, the last surviving inmate from the initial transport of Poles to the German Nazi camp, has...
Actor Rutger Hauer, of 'Blade Runner' fame, has died at 75

By MARK KENNEDY
Jul 24, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in "Blade Runner" opposite Harrison F...
Don Mossi, All-Star pitcher for Cleveland in '57, dies at 90

By The Associated Press
Jul 24, 2019 7:00 am - Don Mossi, a left-handed pitcher who won 101 games in over a decade as a major leaguer and was an All-Star for the Cleveland Indians in 1957, has died. He was 90. The Cr...
'Blade Runner' actor Rutger Hauer dies at 75

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
Jul 24, 2019 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in thoughtful, menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in "Blade Runner" opposite Har...
Li Peng, Chinese premier during Tiananmen crackdown, dies

By KEN MORITSUGU
Jul 23, 2019 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - The legacy of former Chinese Premier Li Peng is reflected in modern China itself, where extended and broad-based economic growth is inextricably coupled w...

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