Deaths

Gene Hackman smiles with his wife Betsy Arakawa
Lifestyle

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife, and their dog all found dead in their New Mexico home

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Felicia Fonseca, Brian Melley and The Associated Press
February 27, 2025
A man in a suit walks past a JetBlue commercial jet.
Retail

Dead bodies found in wheel well of JetBlue plane will sound the alarms for FBI and Homeland Security over national safety, aviation expert says

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January 7, 2025
Lynparza (olaparib), a product of Fortune 500 pharmaceutical firm Merck and Fortune 500 Europe company AstraZeneca, showed meaningful improvements in overall survival in people with germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm), HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer, 2024 clinical trial data suggest.
Health

Merck-AstraZeneca breast cancer drug reduces risk of death by 28% in patients diagnosed early, clinical trial shows

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December 20, 2024
Home Depot's founder Bernie Marcus poses in one of the company's retail stores
Lifestyle

The most influential people who died in 2024, from O.J. Simpson to Home Depot’s billionaire founder

By Bernard McGhee and The Associated Press
December 3, 2024
The outside of Massapequa High School on a sunny day
Lifestyle

A 17-year-old hockey player died during a charity game to honor another teenager who had died in a car crash

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December 2, 2024
Existing research has tied sedentary behavior to a slew of health problems in both children and adults. But a 2024 study suggests exercise may not be enough to undo the cardiovascular damage of too much sitting.
Health

Sitting too much is a danger not even exercise can undo. Here are 5 tips to move more

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November 18, 2024
Sen. Robert Kennedy poses with his wife Ethel outside the Senate Chamber on Oct. 13, 1965.
Politics

Ethel Kennedy’s legacy captured in 10 photos: From Camelot to social justice work

By Michael Casey, Steve LeBlanc and The Associated Press
October 10, 2024
Americans live the sickest lives and die the youngest, per a September 2024 report by the Commonwealth Fund, an independent health care research firm.
Health

America ranks worst in the world for health care—despite spending trillions

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September 19, 2024
Firefighters pause for a second moment of silence outside FDNY Engine 4/Ladder 15’s firehouse in lower Manhattan on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York.
Health

9/11-related illnesses have killed more FDNY members than died in World Trade Center attack

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September 11, 2024
Empty office cubicles.
Leadership

Wells Fargo’s failure to notice the death of an employee for 4 days reveals the safety pitfalls of the hybrid and remote work era

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September 9, 2024
The Nelons, a gospel quartet, stand together for a photo
Lifestyle

Three members of The Nelons, a Gospel Music Hall of Fame quartet, killed in Wyoming plane crash

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July 30, 2024
Six young campers in bright camp t-shirts stand on logs in the woods.
Family

6 million kids in the U.S. will mourn the death of a parent or sibling by age 18. Here’s how a grief camp can help them heal

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June 22, 2024
Map shows the number of days per year exceeding 100F heat index in 2053
Environment

Will you live on America’s ‘extreme heat belt’ in 30 years? Chicagoans should pay attention

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August 15, 2022
‘I felt his last heartbeat:’ Elon Musk discusses own loss in emails with father of teen who died in Tesla crash
Leadership

‘I felt his last heartbeat:’ Elon Musk discusses own loss in emails with father of teen who died in Tesla crash

By Malathi Nayak and Bloomberg
February 9, 2022
The founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse caught COVID. 4 months later, he died by suicide. Family and colleagues detail his final days and legacy
Magazine

The founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse caught COVID. 4 months later, he died by suicide. Family and colleagues detail his final days and legacy

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January 28, 2022

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