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Julius S. Scott, author of 'The Common Wind,' dies at 66

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 08, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Julius S. Scott, a groundbreaking scholar of slavery and Atlantic history who wove together stories of Black rebellion for a doctoral thesis once likened...
Former Arlington Heights trustee remembered as visionary, relationship builder

By Eileen O. Daday
Dec 07, 2021 12:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the state House District number in which Edith Jolly ran for election. Former Arlington Heights Trustee Edith Jolly served du...
'It's a loss for the city': Mr. Elgin Post 57 Don Sleeman dies

By Rick West
Dec 07, 2021 12:00 am - Lifelong Elginite and American Legion Post 57 mainstay Don Sleeman died early Tuesday morning at the age of 92. Often referred to as "Mr. Elgin Post 57," Sleeman had bee...
Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt dead at 66

The Associated Press
Dec 06, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Fred Hiatt, a foreign correspondent who rose in 2000 to become The Washington Post's editorial page editor, died Monday at a hospital in New York City....
Denis O'Brien, former manager of George Harrison, dead at 80

The Associated Press
Dec 06, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Denis O'Brien, who served as George Harrison's manager for much of the former Beatle's solo career and co-founded with Harrison the production company th...
Bob Dole, a man of war, power, zingers and denied ambition

By CONNIE CASS and CALVIN WOODWARD
Dec 06, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Bob Dole willed himself to walk again after paralyzing war wounds, ran for Congress with a right arm too damaged to shake hands, and rose through the S...
Reaction to Bob Dole's death from US dignitaries, veterans

By The Associated Press
Dec 05, 2021 6:00 am - U.S. dignitaries and military veterans are mourning former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, a World War II veteran and former Republican presidential candidate who serve...
Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98

By JOHN HANNA and CALVIN WOODWARD
Dec 05, 2021 6:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbo...
'He was an American giant': Former Aurora man, press secretary remembers Dole as a hero

By Steve Zalusky
Dec 05, 2021 12:00 am - Sen. Bob Dole's former press secretary and a senior adviser to his 1996 presidential campaign remembered the Kansas statesman on Sunday as an American hero, a solid Repu...
Edward Shames, last 'Band of Brothers' officer, dies at 99

The Associated Press
Dec 04, 2021 6:00 am - NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of 'œEasy Company,'ť which inspired the HBO miniseries and book 'œBand of Br...

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