Obituaries
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Manager: Allman tried to keep playing music until the end
May 28, 2017 7:00 am - SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - As Greg Allman neared the end of his life, he tried to maintain some privacy about what was coming. "He kept it very private because he wanted to co...
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Jim Bunning, tough pitcher, hard-nosed senator, dies at 85
May 28, 2017 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jim Bunning was an intimidating figure as a major league pitcher and was just as hard-nosed and uncompromising as a U.S. senator. "The main qualit...
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Reaction to the death of music legend Gregg Allman
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of Southern rock music legend Gregg Allman at age 69: "IVE TRIED.WORDS ARE IMPOSSIBLE GUI GUI FOREVER, CHOOCH" - Alllman's former wife Cher, via Tw...
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Rocker Gregg Allman dies at age 69; sang and lived the blues
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Gregg Allman, a survivor of tragedy, knew the blues musically and in a painfully personal way. Raised by a single mother after his father was shot t...
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Ex-Senate staffer: Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning has died
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, a Hall of Fame pitcher who parlayed his sports fame into a political career as an uncompromising advocate for conser...
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Reaction to the death of music legend Gregg Allman
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of Southern rock music legend Gregg Allman at age 69: "IVE TRIED.WORDS ARE IMPOSSIBLE GUI GUI FOREVER, CHOOCH" - Allman's ex-wife Cher, via Twitter...
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Southern rock founding father Gregg Allman dies at age 69
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Music legend Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond B-3 organ helped propel The Allman Brothers Band to superstardom and...
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Tributes pour in for ex-national security adviser Brzezinski
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Well before he went to the White House in 1977, Jimmy Carter was impressed by the views of foreign policy expert Zbigniew Brzezinski. That Carter immed...
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The Latest: Former presidents recall Brzezinski's influence
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the death of former national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Former presidents are remembering Jimmy C...
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Denis Johnson, author of 'Jesus' Son,' dead at 67
May 26, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Denis Johnson, the prize-winning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection "Jesus' Son," has died ...