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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, a veteran of the country’s liberation struggle and its first post-independence prime minister, died on Sunday. Tributes to the 82-year-old statesman poured in from African leaders who saw him as a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle. And Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed regret that his country had lost “a partner who was committed to the process …

Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a trailblazing Black woman who spent decades as North Texas’ most powerful Democrat, allowing her to leave a generational impact on the region’s development, died Sunday. She was 89. Dallas Mayor Eric L. Johnson posted about her death on social media, and a source close to the family confirmed it with. Eddie Bernice Johnson’s son, Dawrence …

LOS ANGELES — Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles on the series Homicide: Life on the Street and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, died Monday at age 61. Braugher’s publicist Jennifer Allen told The Associated Press the actor died after a short illness. No further details were given. The Chicago-born actor would establish himself in the role of Det. Frank Pembleton, the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who dedicated his post-political career to working to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75. The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which he founded and led, said in a statement Saturday that he …

With Tejano music playing, drinks in hand, and a rainbow balloon arch in the background, friends and family gathered Thursday night to remember Jesse Tafalla Jr., an advocate for LGBTQ rights and the empowerment of the Latino community and the arts in Dallas. Tafalla passed away after a heart attack on Tuesday at the age of 60. The Latino leader …

LOS ANGELES: US sprinter Jim Hines, the first man to break the 10-second barrier for 100m, has died at the age of 76, World Athletics said on Monday. At the 1968 US Championships in Sacramento, Hines became the first man to officially go below 10 seconds for 100m, running a hand-timed 9.9sec. Later that year, in winning the 1968 Olympic …

A Pakis­tani-American police officer, who was shot last week during a suspected robbery in New York City, succumbed to his injuries today, a senior official of the New York Police Department said on Wednesday. The officer, Adeed Fayaz, 26, was admitted to a New York hospital soon after he was attacked by the suspected robber during an alleged mugging attempt. The police …

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who led the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a network career remarkable for its duration and variety, has died. She was 93. Waltrs’ death was announced by on air Friday night. “Barbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded …

Ivan Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind beloved comedies from Animal House to Ghostbusters, has died. He was 75. Reitman passed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday night at his home in Montecito, Calif., his family told The Associated Press. “Our family is grieving the unexpected loss of a husband, father, and grandfather who taught us to always seek the magic in life,” …

Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the nation became a theocracy, died on Saturday. He was 88. Among a sea of black-robed Shia clerics, Banisadr stood out for his Western-style suits and a background so French that it was in philosopher …