Obituaries

Former astronaut Henry "Hank" Hartsfield, who logged 483 hours during three trips into space and commanded two shuttle missions, has died.

TWO from Broadway died as a result of his motorbike colliding with a car near Wellington, an inquest has heard.

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There were emotional scenes in Oxford Crown Court this after the jury of six men and six women returned its verdict, by a majority of 11-1.

According to police, 59-year-old Feng Liu suffered serious head wounds Wednesday and was taken to UNC Hospitals.

The U.S. Department of Justice says 57-year-old Cyprian Adoh died Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners says his death is being investigated as a homicide.

A fence surrounds the state prison in Florence, Ariz. where the execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood was scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 23, 2014.

In this July 1, 2014 file photo, Philadelphia Police and Fire Department investigate the scene of a food truck explosion in the Northeast section of Philadelphia.

The state of Arizona executed Joseph Wood on Wednesday. It took him nearly two hours to die after his veins were injected with a novel combination of two drugs.

Authorities say a mother and daughter have died of injuries they suffered when a food truck exploded in Philadelphia earlier this month.

An inmate at Neuse Correctional Institution has died three weeks after he was involved in a fight with another inmate.

Gospel music mixed with cries of grief at a Brooklyn church filled to overflowing with mourners for the funeral of a man who died in police custody after an officer placed him in an apparent chokehold, and his family was scheduled to meet with federal prosecutors in efforts to get a civil rights probe of his death.

The office of Attorney General Tom Horne said Joseph Rudolph Wood was pronounced dead at 3.49pm local time, one hour and 57 minutes after the execution started.

A Texas Rangers investigation found that Funeraria Del Angel Howard-Williams in Falfurrias did not violate Texas law or overcharge Brooks County for the burials, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported late Tuesday.

A coroner has ruled that Peaches Geldof died of a heroin overdose, according to the BBC , which attended the inquest in Britain Wednesday.

Texas Rangers say there isn't enough evidence to pursue criminal charges after several unidentified immigrants were found buried in single graves.

NYC police express anger at reaction to chokehold death Members of two Internet sites for police said Eric Garner was overweight, unhealthy.

Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't want his children to become "trust fund kids" so he left his fortune to his girlfriend, a court document said.

Hospitals are not always good at recognising or dealing with people who are terminally ill, former Conservative party leader Michael Howard said, calling for patients to be allowed to die at home or in hospices.

Robert Newhouse , who played running back for the Dallas Cowboys for 11 years and went to three Super Bowls, has died.