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UAE's long-ailing leader Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies at 73

By ADAM SCHRECK and AYA BATRAWY
May 13, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates' long-ailing ruler and president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, died Friday, the government announced i...
Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane dies at 84

By BEN FOX
May 13, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former White House national security adviser Robert C. McFarlane, a top aide to President Ronald Reagan who pleaded guilty to charges for his role in a...
Actor Fred Ward, of 'Tremors,' 'The Right Stuff' fame, dies

By MARK KENNEDY
May 13, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fred Ward, a veteran actor who brought a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in such films as 'œThe Right Stuff,'ť 'œThe Player'ť and 'œTremors,'ť has di...
Actor Fred Ward, of 'Tremors,' 'The Right Stuff' fame, dies

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
May 13, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Fred Ward, a veteran actor who brought a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in such films as "The Right Stuff," "The Player" and "Tremors," has died. He was ...
Slain Al Jazeera journalist was icon of Palestinian coverage

By AYA BATRAWY
May 12, 2022 7:00 am - An Al Jazeera correspondent who was shot dead on Wednesday during an Israeli raid in the West Bank was a highly respected journalist in the Middle East whose unflinchin...
Japanese writer who documented WWII Tokyo firebombing dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
May 11, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Katsumoto Saotome, a Japanese writer who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massi...
Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's 1st president, dies

The Associated Press
May 10, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, died Tuesday, Ukrainian ...
Singer Nick Cave confirms son Jethro Lazenby has died at 31

By ROD McGUIRK
May 10, 2022 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave has confirmed the death of his son Jethro Lazenby at age 31. 'œWith much sadness, I can confirm that my...
'Ultimate showman' of bass fishing, Ray Scott, dead at 88

By JAY REEVES
May 09, 2022 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Ray Scott, a consummate promoter who helped launch professional bass angling and became a fishing buddy to presidents while popularizing the cons...
Midge Decter, leading neo-conservative, dead at 94

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 09, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Midge Decter, a leading neoconservative writer and commentator who in blunt and tenacious style helped lead the right's attack in the culture wars as she...

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