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Shirley Abrahamson, Trailblazing Wisconsin Judge, Dies at 87

mediabest 01/15/2021 LAWYERSOBITUARYState suprem

Shirley Abrahamson, an indefatigable jurist known for her activist voice and tart dissents who was the first woman on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and later…

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Americas

Carrie Dann, Defender of Her Ancestral Land, Dies

mediabest 01/13/2021 Federal landOBITUARYTreaties

Carrie Dann, who spent decades fighting the United States government to reclaim the ancestral land of the Western Shoshone Nation, died on Jan. 1 at…

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Americas

Robert Thacker, 102, Dies; Survived Pearl Harbor to Fly in 3 Wars

mediabest 12/26/2020 OBITUARYPilotsWORLD WAR II

Robert Thacker, who found himself caught in the middle of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor when he was piloting an unarmed B-17 bomber to…

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Asia

Ezra F. Vogel, Eminent Scholar of China and Japan, Dies at 90

mediabest 12/23/2020 Ezra F VogelOBITUARYUS FOREI

Ezra F. Vogel, an eminent scholar of East Asia at Harvard University whose writings about modern politics and society in China and Japan helped shape…

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Americas

Benny Napoleon, Michigan Sheriff and Ex-Detroit Police Chief, Dies at 65

mediabest 12/18/2020 DETROITMichiganOBITUARYPoli

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — Benny Napoleon, the sheriff of Wayne County in Michigan and a former Detroit police chief who ran unsuccessfully for the city’s…

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Politics

Don Fowler, Democratic Co-Chairman Under Clinton, Dies at 85

mediabest 12/17/2020 DemocratsDNCOBITUARYUS Poli

Don Fowler, a former co-chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a mainstay of South Carolina and national politics for decades, died on Tuesday in…

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Europe

Doug Scott, Part of First Team to Summit Everest by Southwest Face, Dies at 79

mediabest 12/08/2020 AccidMountaineeringOBITUARY

LONDON — Doug Scott, a British mountaineer who was part of the first team to summit Mount Everest via its southwest face and later founded…

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Asia

Suhaila Siddiq, Afghanistan’s First Female General, Is Dead

mediabest 12/05/2020 AfghAfghanistan WarOBITUARY

Also a renowned surgeon, she rose through the ranks of the Afghan Army and practiced medicine during the Soviet invasion and the Afghan civil war…

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Americas

Bruce Boynton, Plaintiff in Landmark Civil Rights Case, Dies at 83

mediabest 11/28/2020 blackDiscriminationOBITUARY

“All he wanted was a cheeseburger,” Judge Myron Thompson of United States District Court in Alabama said at an event two years ago honoring Bruce…

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Europe

‘Jetman’ Who Flew Beside a Plane Dies While Training in Dubai

mediabest 11/18/2020 OBITUARY

Vincent Reffet, a French stuntman known for limit-defying jumps from the world’s tallest towers and highest mountains, and aerial feats alongside planes using a jetpack,…

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Middle East

Syria's veteran foreign minister Walid Moalem dies

mediabest 11/16/2020 OBITUARYSYRIA

CAIRO/AMMAN (REUTERS) – Syria’s top diplomat and long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, a staunch defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful…

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Americas

Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Lover of Timothy Leary, High Priest of LSD, Dies at 74

mediabest 11/14/2020 LSDOBITUARYTimothy Leary

Joanna Harcourt-Smith was a 26-year-old European socialite in Switzerland in 1972 when she met Timothy Leary, the psychedelic Pied Piper to the flower children of…

View More Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Lover of Timothy Leary, High Priest of LSD, Dies at 74
Americas

Pearl Chin Dies at 71; Her Knitting Store Was a Haven and a Hub

mediabest 11/12/2020 KnittingManhattanOBITUARY

Pearl Chin, the founder of Knitty City, a yarn shop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan that became an inclusive sanctuary for urban knitters…

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Middle East

Saeb Erekat, veteran Palestinian negotiator, dies aged 65

mediabest 11/11/2020 OBITUARYPALESTINEpoliticia

RAMALLAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (AFP) – Mr Saeb Erekat, who died on Tuesday (Nov 10) at the age of 65, weeks after being hospitalised with Covid-19,…

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Europe
Europe

‘It’s like North Korea!’ Britons condemn SNP’s new ‘brainwashing’ education programme

mediabest 01/18/2021

Nicola Sturgeon ‘won’t compromise on independence’ says expert The SNP has launched a virtual learning platform to teach its members about party policies – and…

Europe

Doctor charged with attempted murder as plastic surgeon fights for his life

mediabest 01/18/2021

A plastic surgeon has been charged with attempted murder after a fellow doctor was left in hospital fighting for his life. Graeme Perks, 65, was…

Europe

COVID-19: Partygoers claimed they had not heard of the pandemic – as police reveal breaches over the weekend

mediabest 01/18/2021

Partygoers who claimed to be unaware of the global pandemic, a group hosting a gender reveal party and people attending an illegal car meet are…

World News
World News

Woman, 20, is first in Britain convicted of drink driving on e-scooter after downing rum and almost hitting cop car

mediabest 01/18/2021

A WOMAN has become the first in Britain to be convicted of drink driving on an e-scooter after she downed rum and almost hit a…

World News

Briton could be jailed for breaking Singapore quarantine

mediabest 01/18/2021

British man, 52, faces six months in jail for sneaking out of his Singapore hotel room to see his fiancée during Covid-19 quarantine Nigel Skea…

World News

LAPD chief speaks out on deadly crime surge in Los Angeles this year

mediabest 01/18/2021

Fox News Flash top headlines for January 17 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Gun violence in Los…

Business
Business

For One British Industry, Brexit’s Red Tape Is Just Beginning

mediabest 01/18/2021

For nearly a century the firm of Teal & Mackrill in the port city of Hull in northeast England has made paints for special applications,…

Business

UK electricity upstart hires former Powershop boss for New Zealand launch

mediabest 01/17/2021

A fast-growing UK electricity retailer which promotes the supply of clean energy to more than one million customers has hired a veteran innovator of the…

Business

Millennials, talk estate planning with your parents

mediabest 01/16/2021

NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Despite years of being seen as self-involved, overindulged children who cannot get it together, millennials have been growing up. In fact,…

LIFE
Life

Avalanche vs. Blues live blog: Real-time updates from Colorado’s season opener at Ball Arena – The Denver Post

mediabest 01/14/2021

YouTube removes new content uploaded to Trump's channel SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA (REUTERS) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube has removed new content uploaded to US President Donald…

Life

Gang member fatally shot through window at Brooklyn Airbnb party

mediabest 01/10/2021

PAUL THOMAS on… the fallout of the US Capitol riot PAUL THOMAS on… the fallout of the US Capitol riot To order a print of…

Life

Reuters: Atos Makes $10 Bln Takeover Bid For DXC Technology

mediabest 01/07/2021

Moderna To Supply 40 Mln Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To South Korea Moderna Inc. (MRNA) confirmed Thursday that it has reached a supply agreement with…

Life

Oil scales 11-month high as Saudi vows output cut

mediabest 01/06/2021

Trump Supporters Successfully Storm Capitol, Temporarily Shut Down Democracy Capitol Hill is in chaos. Hours after President Trump encouraged supporters to march to the Capitol…

Life

U.K. Reports 1,041 New Virus Deaths, Most Since Late April

mediabest 01/06/2021

Facebook drops 'likes' button from public pages NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Facebook has dropped the “likes” button from its redesigned public pages used by artists,…

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