Obituaries
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Ray Essick, 1st executive director of USA Swimming, dies
May 23, 2016 7:00 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Ray Essick, the first executive director of USA Swimming, has died. He was 82. He died Saturday at a care facility in Colorado Springs, ac...
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Mansour's brief reign as chief marked by turmoil
May 22, 2016 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour's brief rule, which ended with his death in a drone strike, was marked by mistrust and strife. Mansour, who was believed ...
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Former Browns center Tom DeLeone dies at age 65
May 22, 2016 7:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - Tom DeLeone, the tough-nosed center who made two Pro Bowls during 11 seasons with the Cleveland Browns, has died. He was 65. DeLeone was the center for ...
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Czech painter, illustrator, cartoonist Adolf Born dies at 85
May 22, 2016 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Adolf Born, a Czech painter, illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist and author of animated movies for children, has died. Born's daughter Erika told Czech p...
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Ex-Megadeth drummer Nick Menza collapses on stage, dies
May 22, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Nick Menza, former drummer for the influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Sou...
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Former lawmaker, longtime horseman Fred Bradley dies
May 21, 2016 7:00 am - Fred Bradley, a former Kentucky lawmaker and longtime thoroughbred breeder whose stakes winners included champion female sprinter Groupie Doll, has died. He was 85. Brad...
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Former lawmaker, longtime horseman Fred Bradley dies
May 21, 2016 7:00 am - Former Kentucky lawmaker and longtime thoroughbred breeder Fred Bradley whose stable of stakes winners included champion female sprinter Groupie Doll, has died. He was 8...
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Rosalie Chris Lerman, Holocaust survivor, dies at 90
May 21, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rosalie Chris Lerman, a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp who was the wife of the founder of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and ...
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Fund to aid family of Winston Campus boy, wake todayMay 21, 2016 1:00 am - In response to the death of a 14-year-old student, the principal of Winston Campus Junior High in Palatine is asking people who want to help to donate to Palatine Assist...
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North Korean diplomat who negotiated '94 deal with US dies
May 20, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A top North Korean diplomat who negotiated a short-lived 1994 deal with the United States to freeze its nuclear programs in exchange for intern...