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15 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 17, 2026.
He served 26 years in Congress, four months more filling John McCain's seat, and withdrew from public life last December after a dementia diagnosis. 'Probably a lot of my better achievements were in preventing bad things from happening.'
WatchThe Gloria Steinem Foundation announced her death Thursday and did not give a cause. She spent six decades arguing that women's equality was a structural problem, not a personal one.
She wrote 'Jolene' and 'I Will Always Love You' in the same year and spent the next five decades being claimed by everyone.
The New Zealand actor, knighted for his craft and beloved for roles from Dr. Alan Grant to 'Peaky Blinders,' died Monday in Sydney. His agent confirmed the cause after what the family called a wave of media falsehoods.
WatchThe five-term South Carolina Republican and close Trump ally died Saturday night after what his office called a 'brief and sudden illness'; the D.C. medical examiner's preliminary findings point to a torn aorta.
The unorthodox Republican helped shape tax policy and women's rights legislation before resigning in 1995 amid sexual misconduct accusations.
The acid-tongued Democrat who served 16 terms, chaired the House Financial Services Committee through the 2008 financial crisis and married James Ready in 2012 in the first same-sex marriage by a sitting member of Congress, died Tuesday night at his summer home in Ogunquit, Maine.
The veteran community activist believed self-reliance, rather than government programs, was the key to fighting racism and poverty.
The former Georgia state lawmaker was known for his advocacy on issues affecting Black communities and his refusal to exit politics despite health problems.
One of India's most beloved playback singers, whose distinctive voice provided the soundtrack for generations of films, passes away.
The South Bronx DJ who created "Planet Rock" and turned gang rivalries into the culture of hip-hop died Thursday in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer.
Media executive played pivotal role in television's evolution from broadcast dominance to cable and digital streaming platforms.
The media executive played a crucial role in television's evolution from broadcast dominance to cable and streaming platforms.
The martial arts champion who became one of America's most recognizable faces through a string of 1980s action films and a beloved nine-year TV series — and who on his 86th birthday posted a video of himself still sparring — died Thursday morning in Hawaii; no cause of death was disclosed by his family.
Mueller served as FBI director for 12 years, beginning one week before 9/11, then spent two years as special counsel producing a report that charged 34 individuals and found Russia interfered 'in sweeping and systematic fashion' in the 2016 election — with President Trump responding to his death with a post saying 'Good, I'm glad he's dead.'