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Four-time U.S. Olympic hammer thrower Jud Logan dead at 62

The Associated Press
Jan 03, 2022 6:00 am - ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) - Jud Logan, a four-time U.S. Olympic hammer thrower who was also a successful college track coach at Ashland University, has died. He was 62. The sch...
Former Arlington Heights trustee remembered for support of downtown growth

By Christopher Placek
Jan 03, 2022 12:00 am - Former Arlington Heights Trustee Kathie Hahn, an ally to former longtime Village President Arlene Mulder, is being remembered for her support of downtown redevelopment i...
Kenyan paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey dies at 77

The Associated Press
Jan 02, 2022 6:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77, Kenyan President Uhuru ...
Last parent of a child killed in 1963 church bombing dies

The Associated Press
Jan 02, 2022 6:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in a 1963 Alabama church bombing, died Sunday. She was 93. McNair's ...
Austrian Holocaust survivor "Mrs. Gertrude" dies at 94

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Jan 01, 2022 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger, who became famous during Austria's 2016 presidential campaign with a video message in which 'œMrs. Gertrude'ť ...
Billy Turner, trainer of Triple Crown winner, dies at 81

The Associated Press
Jan 01, 2022 6:00 am - REDDICK, Fla. (AP) - Billy Turner, who trained Seattle Slew to a Triple Crown sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont stakes in 1977, has died. He was 81. Tur...
Actors, comedians and president react to Betty White's death

By The Associated Press
Jan 01, 2022 6:00 am - Tributes from fellow actors and comedians poured in on social media Friday in reaction to the death of Betty White. "The Golden Girls'ť star was 99. Henry Winkler thanke...
Roe lawyer Sarah Weddington helped redefine abortion rights

By ACACIA CORONADO and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Dec 31, 2021 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Sarah Weddington, who as a young lawyer from Texas won the Roe v. Wade case at the U.S. Supreme Court, is being remembered this week as a champion o...
Betty White, TV's Golden Girl, dies at 99

By LYNN ELBER and FRAZIER MOORE
Dec 31, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, whether as a man-crazy TV hostess on 'œThe Mary...
Denis O'Dell, worked on Beatles films, dies in Spain at 98

The Associated Press
Dec 31, 2021 6:00 am - LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Denis O'Dell, a British film producer and director who worked with The Beatles on the movie 'œA Hard Day's Night'ť and other productions, has die...

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