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PublishedJune 9, 2023
Las Vegas comedy great Pat Cooper, opener for Sinatra, dies at 93
The stand-up performer out of Brooklyn who launched his Las Vegas career some 60 years ago died peacefully at his Las Vegas home Tuesday night, his wife said.
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PublishedJune 9, 2023
James Watt, sharp-tongued and pro-development interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85
Watt was admired by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists, Beach Boys fans and eventually the president.
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
George Maharis, star of TV’s ‘Route 66’ in the 1960s, dies at 94
The handsome actor became an icon to American youth on the hit 1960s TV series.
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
Chas Newby, fill-in bassist who rejected a full-time gig with the Beatles, dies at 81
Chas Newby, an English rock bassist and brief member of the Beatles in the early 1960s, died May 22 at 81. Friends and members of the Liverpool rock scene confirmed Newby’s death, with many remembering him as “the first left-handed bass guitarist in the Beatles.” Paul McCartney became the second when he eventually moved over […]
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PublishedMay 27, 2023
Queen Elizabeth faced assassination threat during 1983 San Francisco visit, FBI reveals
The documents detailing the threat were released this week, a little over 40 years after the queen’s trip to the West Coast.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Extreme weather caused 2 million deaths, $4 trillion in losses over last 50 years, UN says
The World Meteorological Organization said most of the economic damage between 1970 and 2021 came in the U.S. – totaling $1.7 trillion – but 9 in 10 deaths worldwide took place in developing countries.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Using ‘he/him,’ ‘she/her’ in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian college
The firing of 2 employees at a religious school in western New York is fanning the culture wars roiling parts of the United States
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts
Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a deal to significantly cut their water use from the Colorado River over the next 3 years.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
TikTok files lawsuit to overturn Montana’s first-in-nation ban on the video-sharing app
The lawsuit by TikTok, owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, follows 1 filed last week by 5 content creators.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Venmo to be officially available for teenagers, although many use it already
Venmo has been a popular way to send money to individuals for years, and now has more than 90 million users.
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