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Son Is a Suspect in Billionaire's Fatal Plunge

But family insists Mango founder's son is innocent

(Newser) - Mango founder Isak Andic's death last December , initially believed to be a tragic hiking accident, is now under suspicion as a possible homicide, with the fashion chain founder's son Jonathan emerging as a potential suspect. Family members, however, insist Jonathan is innocent, the Guardian reports. Andic, 71, fell...

Limp Bizkit Co-Founder Dies at 48
Limp Bizkit
Co-Founder
Dead at 48
Oct 20, 2025 2:00 AM CDT

Limp Bizkit Co-Founder Dead at 48

Bandmates remember bassist Sam Rivers as the band's 'heartbeat'

(Newser) - Sam Rivers, the bassist of Limp Bizkit who founded the nu metal band with singer Fred Durst, died Saturday at the age of 48. The band announced his death on Instagram, but did not share a cause, USA Today reports. In a tribute signed by Durst, guitarist Wes Borland, drummer...

Roommate Mistakes Professor for Intruder, Shoots Her Dead

Erica Anderson had just returned to Georgia after visit to cancer-stricken husband

(Newser) - A first-year professor at Georgia's Columbus State University returned to her apartment Monday only to be shot and killed by her roommate, who mistook her for an intruder. Erica Anderson, 31, was returning to her rented room just after midnight after visiting family in Indiana—where her husband is...

The Fight Is Over for Kenya's 'Father of Democracy'

Raila Odinga, 80, dies in India, where he was receiving medical care

(Newser) - Raila Odinga, the enduring face of Kenya's fight for democracy and a towering figure in African politics, has died in India at age 80, leaving a nation to mourn one of its most influential leaders. The former prime minister and longtime opposition leader collapsed Wednesday during a morning...

Mitt Romney: 'Our Family Is Heartbroken'

Senator's sister-in-law, Carrie Romney, found dead near California mall

(Newser) - Carrie Elizabeth Romney, the sister-in-law of former Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, was found dead Friday evening near a shopping mall in Santa Clarita, California, authorities said. The circumstances surrounding her death remain murky, but investigators believe the 64-year-old Valencia resident may have fallen or jumped from a five-story parking...

Flying Solar Panel Kills NYC Woman in Nor'Easter

Authorities believe strong winds dislodged panel from parking lot canopy

(Newser) - The powerful nor'easter that hit the East Coast on Sunday dislodged a solar panel, causing the death of a Brooklyn woman, authorities say. The 76-year-old victim was hit just after 10:30 am Sunday outside an Ocean Parkway parking lot, where the wind tore a solar panel from...

Storied Nun Who Served as Loyola&#39;s Chaplain Dies at 106
Loyola Nun
Who Had Her
Own Bobblehead
Dies at 106
OBITUARY
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...

Woman Dies After Haunted Mansion Ride

Disneyland attraction reopens after what police describe as a medical episode

(Newser) - A woman died Monday after taking the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland, according to Anaheim police. Emergency responders were called to the theme park around 6:30pm, where they found the woman, who was in her 60s, unresponsive just after she exited the popular attraction. Disneyland security staff provided...

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...

Vice Principals Star Kimberly Hebert Gregory Dead at 52
Vice Principals
Star Dead at 52
Oct 6, 2025 1:00 AM CDT

Vice Principals Star Dead at 52

Kimberly Hebert Gregory remembered for roles in TV, film, and animation

(Newser) - Kimberly Hébert Gregory, best known for her standout performance as Dr. Belinda Brown on HBO's Vice Principals, died Friday at age 52. The news was confirmed by her ex-husband, Chester Gregory, on Instagram over the weekend, per the Hollywood Reporter ; he did not disclose a cause of...

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
OBITUARY
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...

Teens Charged After Catastrophic Car Surfing Stunts

Authorities hope the Pennsylvania cases will deter risky social media challenges

(Newser) - Two Pennsylvania teens are facing criminal charges after separate TikTok-inspired car surfing stunts left a 17-year-old dead and a young woman with irreversible injuries. The two incidents, which prosecutors say were unrelated, both occurred in Northampton County, 80 miles north of Philadelphia. In the first case, David Nagy, 17,...

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...

'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...

Texas Man&#39;s Alaska Hike Turns Fatal
Texas Man's Alaska
Hike Turns Fatal
Sep 18, 2025 7:39 AM CDT

Texas Man's Alaska Hike Turns Fatal

Rescue teams recover body of cruise passenger after fall on Mount Roberts trail

(Newser) - A Texas man on an Alaska cruise died after he and a fellow passenger fell while hiking the Mount Roberts trail in Juneau, state troopers say. The two men, both visiting from the cruise ship, slipped down the steep mountainside Tuesday evening after mistakenly going off trail amid foggy,...

She Made &#39;Kiss My Grits!&#39; a Household Retort
She Made
'Kiss My Grits!'
a Household Retort
OBITUARY
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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