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African scientists baffled by monkeypox cases in Europe, US
LONDON ((DailyNews)) — Scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks of monkeypox in Africa say they are baffled by the disease’s recent spread in Europe...
Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell dies
NEW YORK ((DailyNews)) — Roger Angell, the celebrated baseball writer and reigning man of letters who during an unfaltering 70-plus years helped define The...
Vangelis, the Greek ‘Chariots of Fire’ composer, dies at 79
ATHENS, Greece ((DailyNews)) — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music...
Candidate in hospital, others scrambling before Pa. primary
SCRANTON, Pa. ((DailyNews)) — The last full day of campaigning in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested primaries for governor and U.S. Senate began Monday with a...
Naomi Judd celebrated at ‘River of Time’ memorial service
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ((DailyNews)) — Naomi Judd was celebrated with words and soaring music at a public memorial service Sunday that ended with her daughter...
Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane dies at 84
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — Former White House national security adviser Robert C. McFarlane, a top aide to President Ronald Reagan who pleaded guilty to charges...
Actor Fred Ward, of ‘Tremors,’ ‘The Right Stuff’ fame, dies
NEW YORK ((DailyNews)) — Fred Ward, a veteran actor who brought a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in such films as “The Right Stuff,”...
UAE’s long-ailing leader Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies at 73
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ((DailyNews)) — The United Arab Emirates’ long-ailing ruler and president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, died Friday, the government...
Mower, co-inventor of implantable defibrillator, dies at 89
BALTIMORE ((DailyNews)) — Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped countless heart patients live...