Obituaries

In "Primary" and other movies, Drew mastered the intimate, spontaneous style known as cinema verite and schooled a generation of influential directors including D.A. Pennebaker and Albert Maysles.

Leonard Belzer, the brother of comic and longtime Law & Order: SVU actor Richard Belzer, died of an apparent suicide Wednesday morning in New York City.

Actor James Garner died of a massive heart attack, according to the death certificate obtained by TMZ .

THIS DAY IN 1954: Elvis Presley made his professional debut in Memphis. It was his first concert to be advertised.

They were contractors who had worked alongside U.S. Forest Service crews to save the Boise National Forest.

Actor James Shigeta, best known for his roles in "Die Hard," and "Flower Drum Song," has died, a representative for the actor said on Tuesday.

Attendees were asked to wear summer colors to the funeral service for 15-month old Benjamin Seitz, of Ridgefield, on Sunday, July 13, 2014.

A suburban Kansas City teenager who died last week while climbing one of Colorado's most popular peaks was a 2014 high school graduate who excelled in engineering.

In this June 20, 2013 file photo, Torrin Lawrence reacts after his heat in the senior men's 400-meter dash at the U.S. Championships athletics meet in Des Moines, Iowa.

A YOUNG mother struggling with depression killed herself only eight days before her bereaved husband took a lethal dose of heroin, an inquest heard.

He told the court he acted with premeditated intent — and not in self-defense — when he attacked Michael Edwards late Sept.

Courtesy photo. Nick Fagnano, 20, of Los Angeles. Fagnano was killed Sunday after lightning struck while he was in the water at Venice Beach.

When his 27-year old daughter Lisa died suddenly of liver failure five years ago, Steve Mason was as devastated as any father would be.

Kevin McGroarty wanted everyone to know two things about life: it doesn't cost anything to be nice and never stick a knife in an electric outlet.

Cornelius Crawford and Jonathan Rosa had only known each other for one week, but now they both could face life in prison without parole for killing three children and sexually assaulting their carjacking victim, police say.

The Defense Department says 20-year-old Pfc. Donnell Antwain Hamilton Jr. of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

Arizona Sen. John McCain is praising former Naval Academy Superintendent Charles Larson, who died over the weekend, as a great man.

After more than six weeks of sometimes testy talks, House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a compromise plan to fix a veterans health program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records... After more than six weeks of sometimes testy talks, House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a compromise plan to fix a veterans health ... (more)

The prime accused in a case filed for killing a police officer was killed in a "shootout" with law enforcers in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail early today.

A 20-year-old man died Sunday after lightning struck 14 people at a popular Los Angeles beach and a golfer on Catalina Island during rare summer thunderstorms that swept through Southern California, authorities said.