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Bob Bryar, a former drummer with My Chemical Romance who played on the band’s career-defining rock opera, The Black Parade, has died, according to the band. He was 44. “The band asks for your patience and understanding as they process the news of Bob’s passing,” a spokesperson for My Chemical Romance …
Read More »U.A.E. arrests 3 after missing rabbi found dead; Israel warns Jews there to be on alert
Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found. The U.A.E.’s Interior Ministry later said authorities arrested three perpetrators involved in the killing of Zvi Kogan. The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel “will act …
Read More »Teri Garr, co-star of Tootsie and Young Frankenstein, dead at 79
Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favourites as Young Frankenstein and Tootsie, has died. She was 79. Garr died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis “surrounded by family and friends,” said publicist Heidi Schaeffer. Garr battled other health problems in recent …
Read More »At least 82 dead in Philippines in rains, landslides from Tropical Storm Trami
Tropical Storm Trami blew away from the northwestern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 82 dead in landslides and extensive flooding that forced authorities to scramble for more rescue boats to save thousands of terrified people, who were trapped, some on their roofs. But the onslaught may not be over: …
Read More »Attack on Turkish aviation company leaves 3 dead, several wounded, interior minister says
A deadly attack was carried out at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters near Ankara on Wednesday, the government said, as broadcasters showed footage of several armed assailants entering the building amid reports of gunfire and a loud explosion. “A terrorist attack was carried out against the TUSAS facilities in Kahramankazan, Ankara. …
Read More »Fethullah Gülen, U.S.-based cleric accused by Turkey’s Erdogan of starting coup, dead
Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric, has died. Gülen inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey. Abdullah Bozkurt, the former editor of the Gülen-linked Today’s Zaman newspaper, who is now in exile in Sweden, said he spoke to …
Read More »Distinguished Canadian journalist Robert Fulford dead at 92
Robert Fulford, a prominent figure in Canadian journalism for seven decades, has died at age 92. Fulford died Tuesday afternoon “peacefully and surrounded by family,” according to Sarah Fulford, editor for Maclean’s. In a career that began in the 1950s, Fulford would go on to work or contribute to: the …
Read More »Lilly Ledbetter, icon in the battle for U.S. equal pay, dead at 86
Lilly Ledbetter, an former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86. Ledbetter’s discovery that she was earning less than her male counterparts for doing the same job at a …
Read More »2 dead, 1 in critical condition as major fire burns in Old Montreal
A major fire burning in Old Montreal has left two people dead and one person in critical condition, according to Radio-Canada. Montreal police have opened an investigation into the fire, which started around 2 a.m. in a three-storey building at the corner of Notre-Dame and Bonsecours streets. Police say the fire …
Read More »Kris Kristofferson, country music icon and movie star, dead at 88
Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home in Maui, Hawaii on Saturday, family spokesperson Ebie McFarland said in an email. He was 88. McFarland said Kristofferson died peacefully, …
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