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Teen shoots NC cop, dies in gunfight. Then cops learn he may have fled a murder scene.
The teen is suspected of killing a man hours earlier and may have mistakenly thought that officers were after him, sheriff ...
Actress Valerie Mahaffey has died. Here's what to know about the Emmy winner who grew up in Austin.
Actress Valerie Mahaffey, who had recurring roles in "Desperate Housewives" and the 1990s TV show "Northern Exposure" has ...
Bernard Kerik, N.J. native who led NYPD on 9/11 before legal woes, has died at 69
Kerik grew up in Paterson, where he dropped out of the troubled Eastside High School later depicted in the 1989 film “Lean on ...
Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner who played Houlihan on pioneering TV series ‘M.A.S.H.,’ has died at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a ...
Tributes to acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died at 87
Following Ngũgĩ’s death at 87 in Bedford, Georgia, Kenyans remember when his writing criticized an autocratic administration, ...
Rubio’s claim that it’s ‘a lie’ that people have died from foreign-aid cuts
The secretary of state rejected convincing evidence documented in news reports and by disease modelers. “That question about ...
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More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons. This is one soldier's story
More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons since Moscow's full-scale invasion three years ago. KYIV, Ukraine ...
'A true gentle giant.' Beloved Bear Hollow black bear, DJ, has died
After being diagnosed with several issues in recent years, a Bear Hollow favorite died Friday morning, the zoo announced.
Valerie Mahaffey of ‘Northern Exposure' and ‘Desperate Housewives' dies at 71
Valerie Mahaffey, known for playing Eve in the '90s TV series "Northern Exposure," has died. She was 71. The Emmy-winning ...