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Bill Gates
HealthBill Gates decries ‘significant reversal in child deaths’ as nearly 5 million kids will die before they turn 5 this year
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025
Richard Branson and his wife Joan kiss
Arts & EntertainmentBillionaire Richard Branson mourns his wife and partner of 50 years, Joan: ‘She was my best friend, my rock, my guiding light, my world’
By Dave SmithNovember 25, 2025
Daniel Naroditsky
HealthAn American chess grandmaster is dead at 29, and players are in an uproar about it. Here’s what’s going on
By Dave SmithOctober 22, 2025
Elon Musk stands in front of a Cybertruck
LawParents sue Tesla after their 19-year-old daughter died in her Cybertruck, alleging faulty door design made it impossible to escape the burning car
By Dave SmithOctober 3, 2025
SuccessMeet Erika Kirk, the 36-year-old CEO of Turning Point USA, who has three degrees, two kids, and a clothing brand
By Dave SmithSeptember 23, 2025
Young Robert Redford wearing a cowboy hat and a mustache
SuccessRobert Redford said he worked at Yosemite National Park before making it in Hollywood, inspired by his first visit when he had ‘a mild case of polio’
By Dave SmithSeptember 17, 2025
Google employees in front of Google HQ
TechA 29-year-old Google engineer was killed by a falling tree branch. Alphabet has one of the most generous employee death policies in Silicon Valley
By Dave SmithJuly 29, 2025
Wesley LePatner
FinanceWesley LePatner, a 43-year-old Blackstone executive who oversaw its $53 billion real-estate investment fund, was killed in Manhattan’s mass shooting
By Nick LichtenbergJuly 29, 2025
The outside of a Family Dollar store
RetailA Family Dollar store’s roof collapsed and killed a 68-year-old man two days after someone reported the building ‘slowly tilting’
By The Associated PressJuly 28, 2025
PoliticsTexas approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plans just 2 days before deadly flooding killed more than 2 dozen people there
By Jim Mustian, Christopher L. Keller, Sean Murphy, Ryan J. Foley and The Associated PressJuly 9, 2025
A rescue volunteer holds up a shirt that says "Camp Mystic"
EnvironmentRichard ‘Dick’ Eastland, Camp Mystic’s 74-year-old owner, died while leading campers to safety during the devastating floods
By Dave Smith and Fortune IntelligenceJuly 7, 2025
Texas residents cry and mourn the dead after catastrophic floods
EnvironmentExperts worry Trump’s National Weather Service cuts will result in a patchwork system where taxpayers pay private companies for accurate forecasts
By Michael Biesecker, Brian Slodysko and The Associated PressJuly 7, 2025
Diogo Jota holds up a trophy
LifestyleTwo weeks before Diogo Jota died in a car crash, the 28-year-old Liverpool star finally married his longtime girlfriend and mother of his 3 children
By Dave Smith and Fortune IntelligenceJuly 3, 2025
Pentacostal preacher Jimmy Swaggart speaking at convention of religions broadcasters
HealthTelevangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry was toppled by his penchant for prostitutes, dies at 90
By The Associated PressJuly 2, 2025
Utah State Rep. Verona Mauga stands next to Arthur Afa Ah Loo, who was shot and killed in the "No Kings" protest
SuccessArthur Folasa Ah Loo, the 39-year-old killed at the ‘No Kings’ protest, was a Project Runway contestant and designed clothing for ‘Moana 2’
By Safiyah Riddle, Hannah Schoenbaum and The Associated PressJune 17, 2025
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