New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., the second-oldest member of the House who brought an in-your-face Jersey attitude to the chamber, died Wednesday at age 87. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away this morning,” Pascrell’s family said in a statement…
A skydiving instructor caught in a short-lived whirlwind was killed Friday after crashing into a Southern California field. A student on a tandem skydive with the instructor was hospitalized with major injuries after the reported accident in Perris, a city in Riverside County, officials confirmed. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, who responded to the scene,…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat who had served in Congress since 1995, has died. Jackson Lee was 74. Her family announced her death on Friday evening: “With incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee…
Dr. Michael H. Stone, a psychiatrist and scholar who sought to define evil and to differentiate its manifestations from the typical behavior of people who are mentally ill, died on Dec. 6 at his home in Manhattan. He was 90. The cause was complications of a stroke he had in January, his son David said….
Vera Molnar, a Hungarian-born artist who has been called the godmother of generative art for her pioneering digital work, which started with the hulking computers of the 1960s and evolved through the current age of NFTs, died on Dec. 7 in Paris. She was 99. Her death was announced on social media by the Pompidou…
