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Unintentional Falls Are Killing More Americans

White Americans are dying at higher rates

(Newser) - Older US adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, with white people accounting for the vast majority of the deaths. What's to know, per the AP :
  • The stark figures: From 2003 to 2023, death rates from falls rose more than 70%
...

Report: 'Bunch' of Pills Found Near Burrell's Body

Per TMZ, NYT , probe into Food Network chef's death is turning to possible drug overdose

(Newser) - As the tributes continue to pour in for Anne Burrell, who died suddenly Tuesday at her New York home at the age of 55, law enforcement sources tell TMZ that the NYPD probe around the Food Network star's death may be centering on a possible drug overdose. Those sources...

Missing Hoarder Found Dead Among Trash 'Mountains'

Connecticut authorities didn't find remains of Mary Notarangelo, 73, for months due to her hoarding

(Newser) - Mary Notarangelo lived a reclusive life in her later years, according to the few people who had contact. The retired police detective tended to many birds at her Connecticut home and posted videos of them on social media. But a welfare check request to police last July uncovered hoarding conditions...

HGTV Exec, House Party Host Loren Ruch Dies at 55
HGTV Loses
a 'Warm Light in
a Dark World'
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Jun 20, 2025 7:50 AM CDT

HGTV Loses a 'Warm Light in a Dark World'

Longtime network exec, House Party host Loren Ruch dies of acute myeloid leukemia at age 55

(Newser) - Loren Ruch, a longtime HGTV executive and co-host of the 2021 HGTV series House Party, died on June 12 at age 55 from acute myeloid leukemia, report Variety and People . According to an internal memo from Channing Dungey, chair of Warner Bros. Television Group, Ruch died "surrounded by...

Bobby Flay Pays Tribute to Anne Burrell

We 'were just alongside for the Anne Burrell ride,' he says of Worst Cooks in America host

(Newser) - With the sudden death of celebrity chef Anne Burrell on Tuesday, Bobby Flay offered up a tip of the hat to his co-host on Worst Cooks in America, reports People . "Worst Cooks in America was the funnest show on TV. All of your co-hosts (me included) were just alongside...

Woman Killed While Pumping Gas: Police

Police say woman was killed in freak accident at gas station in Kansas City, Missouri

(Newser) - A woman pumping gas in Missouri has died after being run over by her own truck. The Kansas City Police Department says an unidentified patron at a Fast Stop in Kansas City was filling up her Ford F-150 on Sunday afternoon when, "for unknown reasons," her vehicle started...

She Began as a Headhunter, Ended Up as a Top Chef
She Began as
a Headhunter,
Ended Up as
a Top Chef
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Jun 18, 2025 6:34 AM CDT

She Began as a Headhunter, Ended Up as a Top Chef

Anne Burrell of Food Network's Worst Cooks in America has died at age 55

(Newser) - TV chef Anne Burrell, who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of Worst Cooks in America, died Tuesday at her New York home. She was 55. The Food Network, where Burrell began her two-decade television career on Iron Chef America and went on to other shows, confirmed her death....

Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies Weeks After Release
Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies
Weeks After Release
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Jun 17, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies Weeks After Release

David Hekili Kenui Bell, a native Hawaiian, was 46

(Newser) - A rising actor has tragically died while his most recent movie, the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, is still in theaters. David Hekili Kenui Bell, a member of SAG-AFTRA who also appeared in episodes of Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum PI, joined "the company of our Heavenly Father,"...

Cops: Dead Burglar Was Shot by One of His Own

Authorities in LA County say 5 men all in black entered home in Lynwood; only 4 made it out

(Newser) - In today's "with friends like these" files, a California burglary gone wrong left one of the suspects dead—and cops now say he was shot dead by one of his own crew, reports the Los Angeles Times . Per a release from the LA County Sheriff's Department, deputies...

Parents Warn of 'Dusting' Dangers After Teen's Death

Arizona's Renna O'Rourke, 19, died after inhaling keyboard cleaner

(Newser) - An Arizona couple is mourning the loss of their 19-year-old daughter, and warning other parents about the dangers of how she died. AZFamily and News 3 Las Vegas report that Renna O'Rourke died of sudden sniffing death syndrome after taking part in a social media challenge known as "...

Seattle Climber Dies in 3K-Foot Fall on Denali

Rangers have recovered the body of Alex Chiu, 41, who was apparently unroped when he fell

(Newser) - A 41-year-old Seattle man died this week after falling 3,000 feet while ski mountaineering on Alaska's Denali, aka Mount McKinley. The National Park Service reports that Alex Chiu was unroped on Monday when he fell from the West Buttress route onto the Peters Glacier. Two members of...

Father-Daughter Hike Turns Fatal
Father-Daughter
Hikers Died Apart
UPDATED
Jun 5, 2025 8:15 AM CDT

Father-Daughter Hikers Died Apart

Esther Keiderling's body found 1K feet from that of her father on Maine's Mount Katahdin

(Newser) - The body of a 28-year-old woman was discovered Wednesday on Maine's highest mountain, which she'd set out to hike with her father. Esther Keiderling's body was discovered around 1pm "in a boulder area between the Cathedral and Saddle Trails off the Tablelands," about 1,000...

He Left Tent to Use the Bathroom, Met a Tragic Death

Lion kills well-known conservation supporter camping with friends in Namibia

(Newser) - A well-known businessman was killed by a lion when he stepped out of his tent at a luxury lodge in Namibia's remote northwest on Friday, police said. Bernd Kebbel, 59, left the shelter near Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp in the Sesfontein area, where he was camping with his...

His Music for The Simpsons Won Him 2 Emmys
His Music for
The Simpsons
Won Him 2 Emmys
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May 31, 2025 10:30 AM CDT

His Music for The Simpsons Won Him 2 Emmys

Danny Elfman wrote show's theme song, but composer Alf Clausen did almost all the rest

(Newser) - Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of The Simpsons for 27 years, has died. Daughter Kaarin Clausen told the AP that her father died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles after struggling with Parkinson's disease for about a decade. He...

NYPD Commissioner on 9/11 Dead at 69




'America's Cop'
Bernard Kerik
Dead at 69
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May 30, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

'America's Cop' Bernard Kerik Dead at 69

Former NYPD commissioner later served time for tax fraud

(Newser) - Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who led during 9/11 and later went to prison before receiving a presidential pardon, has died at 69. The NYPD confirmed Kerik's death on Thursday following what was described as a private illness, the AP reports. Kerik, an Army...

Florida Man Survives Alligator, Is Killed by Deputies

'This is just crazy stuff, OK?' says sheriff of Polk County after confrontation

(Newser) - A Florida man is dead after an encounter first with an alligator and then with sheriff's deputies. "This is just crazy stuff, OK?" says Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, reports CBS News . Timothy Schulz, 42, was fatally shot by deputies in Monday's chaotic scene. How it unfolded:...

Lawyers Hit Indiana Execution as 'Finality Over Fairness'

State puts cop killer Benjamin Ritchie to death by lethal injection, in state's 2nd execution since 2009

(Newser) - In a rare move for Indiana, the state has executed Benjamin Ritchie, marking only its second use of the death penalty since 2009. Ritchie, 45, was executed by lethal injection early Tuesday at Indiana State Prison, after being convicted in 2002 for the 2000 shooting death of Beech Grove...

He Built the First Fusion Bomb at Just 23
'The Only True Genius
I Have Ever Met'
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May 15, 2025 11:50 AM CDT

'The Only True Genius I Have Ever Met'

Physicist Richard Garwin, who played a critical role in the hydrogen bomb, has died at 97

(Newser) - Richard Garwin never saw a nuclear explosion in person, but his fingerprints are on one of the most pivotal blasts in history—and on inventions that quietly shaped everyday life. Garwin, one of the scientists behind America's first hydrogen bomb, died Tuesday at his home in Scarsdale, New...

The 'Poorest President' Was Famous for His Humility
World's 'Poorest President' Dies
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May 14, 2025 6:21 AM CDT

World's 'Poorest President' Dies

Uruguay's beloved ex-leader José Mujica was 89

(Newser) - José Mujica, the onetime guerrilla fighter who became the world's "poorest president," has died at 89, leaving behind a legacy of radical politics and a famously simple way of life. Mujica, who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015, was respected for his austere lifestyle and blunt...

High School Sophomore Dies After Injury in Lacrosse Game

Ohio's Dylan Veselic, 16, reportedly was hit with the ball in the back of his head while blocking a shot

(Newser) - An Ohio high school athlete has died after suffering injuries during a varsity lacrosse match. The Bay Village City School District tells USA Today that Dylan Veselic, 16, a sophomore at Bay High School in Bay Village, outside of Cleveland, died on Thursday, two days after he was hurt during...

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