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Elderly Cruise Passenger Left Behind on Island Is Found Dead

Apparent search delay followed group hike on Australia's Lizard Island

(Newser) - An 80-year-old cruise ship passenger died over the weekend after she got off on an island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef and was reportedly left behind. The woman, traveling alone as part of a Coral Expeditions cruise, took part in a group hike of a steep trail on Lizard...

Tourist Plane Crashes in Kenya, Killing All Aboard

Aircraft was flying to Maasai Mara National Reserve; 11 are dead

(Newser) - A plane crash killed 11 people, mostly foreign tourists, amid heavy rain in Kenya's coastal region of Kwale early Tuesday while en route to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The airline, Mombasa Air Safari, said in a statement that eight Hungarian and two German passengers were on board, and...

Hegseth Says US Strikes 4 Alleged Drug-Running Boats

14 killed, with one survivor in eastern Pacific

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the US military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor. The announcement made on social media on Tuesday marks a continued escalation in the pace of the...

Surfer in Distress, His Would-Be Rescuer Both Perish

Inexperienced Aussie surfer, friend who tried to rescue him both lost in stormy waters off Melbourne

(Newser) - A surfer in distress and a friend who tried to rescue him both died in stormy weather off the coast of Melbourne, Australian police said on Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday off Frankston Pier as the city was being lashed by wind gusts of up to 81mph, authorities said,...

Mexico Reels as Floods Leave Dozens Dead, Missing

Thousands stranded as floods cut off towns and overwhelm response

(Newser) - Catastrophic rains slammed into central and eastern Mexico over the weekend, leaving at least 64 people dead and 65 missing, according to officials. The deluge, which President Claudia Sheinbaum says caught authorities off guard, has damaged an estimated 100,000 homes and left dozens of communities cut off—many...

Storied Nun Who Served as Loyola's Chaplain Dies at 106
Loyola Nun
Who Had Her
Own Bobblehead
Dies at 106
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Oct 10, 2025 8:59 AM CDT

Loyola Nun Who Had Her Own Bobblehead Dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt served as chaplain for men's basketball team at Chicago school

(Newser) - Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola University Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106, per the...

Joan Kennedy, First Wife of Ted Kennedy, Dies at 89

The former couple saw through the assassinations of JFK and RFK, his Chappaquiddick scandal

(Newser) - Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a long and troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband's infidelities, and her own struggles with alcoholism and mental health, died on Wednesday. She was 89, reports the AP . The former Joan Bennett was a...

91 Students Remain Buried 2 Days After School Collapse
School Collapse
Death Toll Climbs to 67
UPDATED
Oct 7, 2025 9:10 AM CDT

School Collapse Death Toll Climbs to 67

Only a quarter of the victims have been identified

(Newser) - The search for victims in Indonesia's school building collapse wrapped up on its eighth day Tuesday, with 67 people in total confirmed dead, WION reports. A local official said there were 171 people inside the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo, East Java, at the time of the...

Young Girls Killed While 'Subway Surfing' in NYC

Deaths spark warnings as deadly trend continues

(Newser) - Two girls were found dead atop a Brooklyn-bound subway train in New York City on Saturday morning, highlighting the ongoing risks associated with so-called "subway surfing." The incident prompted renewed warnings from transit officials about the dangers of riding outside train cars, NBC News reports. According to...

She Escaped From Jail, Hid Out in Cuba for Decades

Assata Shakur, Black activist and godmother to rapper Tupac, is dead at 78 after years in Cuba

(Newser) - Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison where she'd been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died at the age of 78. She was also the godmother to the late rapper...

She Tried to Kill Gerald Ford, Missed
She Tried to Kill
Gerald Ford, Missed
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Sep 26, 2025 7:56 AM CDT

She Tried to Kill Gerald Ford, Missed

Sara Jane Moore, who attempted to assassinate president in 1975, dies at age 95

(Newser) - Sara Jane Moore, who made headlines in the '70s for her failed attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford, died Wednesday at age 95, just two days after the 50th anniversary of the shooting. Her death at a nursing home in Franklin, Tennessee, was confirmed by a friend, though...

After Girl's Fatal Fall From Park Ride, Family Awarded $205M

Jury cites operator error, faulty restraints in tragedy at Colorado's Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

(Newser) - A Colorado jury has awarded $205 million to the family of Wongel Estifanos, a 6-year-old girl who died after falling from a ride at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in 2021, reports the AP . The verdict comes four years after Wongel's relatives filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the...

ER Deaths Climb After Private Equity Takes Over
ER Deaths Climb After
Private Equity Takes Over
new study
Sep 24, 2025 11:10 AM CDT

ER Deaths Climb After Private Equity Takes Over

Staffing cuts linked to higher mortality in emergency departments, researchers say

(Newser) - When private equity (PE) firms take over hospitals, emergency room patients suffer, or so suggests a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine . Researchers found that emergency room death rates increased 13% at hospitals acquired by PE firms compared to similar hospitals without such ownership; that translates...

'Jesus, Take the Wheel' Writer Dies in NC Plane Crash

Grammy-winning Brett James penned 27 No. 1 country hits for stars

(Newser) - Brett James, a prolific country songwriter whose pen helped shape some of Nashville's biggest hits, died Thursday at age 57 when the small plane he was piloting crashed in North Carolina. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame confirmed the passing of one of Music City's most in-demand...

FDA Launches New Probe Into Covid Vaccine Safety Claims

Agency scrutinizes reports involving child deaths, pregnant women after shots

(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look at reports of deaths among young people and pregnant women following COVID-19 vaccinations—an inquiry that comes despite years of global research affirming the vaccines' strong safety record, reports the New York Times . The new review appears to reflect...

Suspect in Colorado School Shooting Is Dead

Male juvenile succumbed to self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say

(Newser) - The juvenile believed to have shot two students at a Colorado high school on Wednesday has now died of what authorities describe as a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The male used a handgun to shoot two students at Evergreen High School in suburban Denver before turning the gun on himself, according...

She Made 'Kiss My Grits!' a Household Retort
She Made
'Kiss My Grits!'
a Household Retort
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Sep 11, 2025 9:16 AM CDT

She Made 'Kiss My Grits!' a Household Retort

Polly Holliday, who played Flo on sitcom Alice , has died at 88

(Newser) - Polly Holliday, a Tony Award-nominated screen and stage actor who turned the catchphrase "Kiss my grits!" into a national retort as the gum-chewing, beehive-wearing waitress aboard the long-running CBS sitcom Alice, has died. She was 88. Holliday died Tuesday at her home in New York, said her theatrical...

He Led the Mets to Their Stunning '86 World Series Win

MLB manager Davey Johnson, who also won 2 World Series with the Orioles, has died at age 82

(Newser) - Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, has died. He was 82. Longtime Mets public relations representative Jay Horwitz said Johnson's wife, Susan, informed him of...

Woman Who Helped Family of Lee Harvey Oswald Dies

Ruth Paine, who befriended assassin's wife and housed her and her kids in Texas, has died at age 92

(Newser) - Ruth Paine, whose kindness to Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife would leave her inexorably linked to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 92. Paine died on Sunday in a senior living facility in Santa Rosa, California, daughter Tamarin Laurel-Paine said Thursday, per the...

Cops: College Student Hid Dead Infant After Giving Birth

Authorities say 21-year-old Laken Snelling tried to conceal evidence of baby, hid body in closet

(Newser) - A University of Kentucky cheerleader is facing felony charges after authorities discovered a deceased infant hidden in her home. Police in Lexington arrested Laken Ashlee Snelling, 21, a member of the university's competitive cheer stunt squad, on Sunday, charging her with corpse abuse, evidence tampering, and concealing the...

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