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Cloris Leachman, Oscar and Emmy winning star of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, dead at 94 Photo courtesy Integrated PR(LOS ANGELES) — Cloris Leachman, the versatile Oscar and multiple-Emmy winning actress whose career on stage, television and film spanned more than seven decades, has died at age 94. She passed away Tuesday of natural causes in Encinitas, California, her longtime manager Juliet Green tells ABC News. “There was no one like Cloris,” Green said, calling the performer, “one ...

“Lupus warrior” Debra Dawkins, 70, who has survived kidney and heart failure, considers herself blessed. Debra Dawkins was given a COVID-19 vaccination card after receiving her first dose of the vaccine./Johania Charles for The Miami Times Despite being diagnosed with the autoimmune disease 18 years ago and undergoing regular dialysis, the retired educator from James H. Bright Elementary School wears many hats in the community, including president of th...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The actor garnered attention later in life on "Dancing with the Stars." • 6 min read Oscar-winning actress Cloris Leachman dies at 94 Leachman became a household name playing Phyllis Lindstrom on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” She won an Oscar for supporting actress in “The Last Picture Show.”Earl Gibson III/WireImage/Getty Images, FILE Cloris Leachman, the versatile Oscar-winning actress whose career on ...

Rita Dove In 1993, Rita Dove was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, making her the youngest person – and the first African-American – to receive this highest official honor in American Poetry. She served 1993-1995. In 1999 she was reappointed Special Consultant in Poetry for 1999/2000, The Library of Congress Bicentennial year. From 2004-2006, she served as Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is a Pulitzer Prize w...

Credit: The White House As a new federal administration begins to take shape under President Joe Biden, a growing list of University of California-affiliated alumni and faculty have been nominated or appointed to positions in the new government. California native Kamala Harris, a graduate of UC Hastings College of Law, is undoubtedly the most prominent of these new faces. With her swearing-in on Jan. 20, she becomes the first UC-affiliated person to ever hold the vice presidency. Dozens of UC-a...

A recent news report has identified a 21-year-old Morris County native as the victim of a Florham Park weekend crash.Whippany Park graduate and University of Delaware student Samantha Racz died in the Columbia Turnpike crash on Jan. 16, ...

While the University has suspended or removed recognition from Greek life organizations in the past, chapters can still maintain a presence at the school through other ways. Here's what UNC can — and can't — do in response.&nbsp&#x3B;

The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C. Northern Colorado communities are honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with virtual events this year. In contrast, student organizers from the University of Northern Colorado are marking MLK Day by marching against social injustice. They plan to march from the university center to Lincoln Park at 12 p.m. on Monday. Similar events to mark the legacy of Dr. King have been moved online this year, but share a message of progress ...

U.S. President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Friday announced his White House science team, describing it as a deeply respected group of diverse and eminently qualified scientists who will marshal the force of science to drive meaningful progress in the lives of people. The new team is expected to “help the Biden-Harris administration confront some of the biggest crises and challenges of our time, from climate change and the impact of technology on society to pandemics, racial inequity and th...

Joanne Rogers, the widow of Fred Rogers of "Mister Rogers Neighborhood," died Thursday. She was 92. The news was confirmed by Fred Rogers Productions in a statement posted on the companys official Instagram account Thursday that said the company was "deeply saddened by the passing." No cause of death was given. The statement praised Joanne Rogers for continuing her husbands work as the chair of Fred Rogers Productions after Fred Rogers died of stomach cancer in 2003.The couple were marrie...