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‘Elvis' Actress Shonka Dukureh Found Dead at 44
Dukureh’s only film credit is “Elvis,” per IMDb. The Fisk University graduate also made an appearance in the music video for Doja Cat’s song “Vegas” from the movie’s soundtrack.
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One Dead in Myrtle Beach Area After Alligator Attack
A biologist with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, along with an alligator-removal service contracted by the department, “determined that the alligator should be humanely euthanized on site,” according to the Facebook post.
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Man, 20, Found Dead in Parked Car at Mass. State Park
A man who’d been missing for several hours was found dead in a running car parked at a Massachusetts state park in Sturbridge Thursday morning, police said. Officers began searching Wells State Park since at least 3:30 a.m. before the man, a 20-year-old from Warren, was discovered in the car at a parking lot on Walker Pond Road about...
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15-Month-Old California Girl Dies From Suspected Fentanyl Exposure; Parents Arrested
The parents of a 15-month-old girl were arrested after the toddler died from suspected fentanyl exposure, according to Santa Rosa Police Department.
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Man Charged With Murder in Woman's Shooting Death After Standoff With Police
A woman was shot to death Tuesday at her house in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and a man has been arrested on a murder charge. Police responded around 10:45 a.m. to a 911 call at a home on Old Main Road, the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office said. The caller reported that a person had been shot. Officers arrived to find…
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Death Investigation Underway in Boston
Police are investigating after a man was found dead in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. The Boston Police Department to a report of a dead person in the area of 10 Harlow Street. Police found the man’s body outside. There were no signs that the man was shot, police said. His death is under investigation. No arrests have been made. No...
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Richard Blum, Husband of California Sen. Feinstein, Dies
Richard Blum, the husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, has died after a long battle with cancer
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Police ID Man Killed After Car Plunged Into Ocean Off Falmouth Beach
Police have identified the 21-year-old Massachusetts man who was killed when his car plunged into the ocean off Menauhant Beach in Falmouth over the weekend. According to Falmouth police, James A. Koshivos, 21, of Grafton, died in Sunday’s crash. Falmouth first responders were called to the intersection of Central Avenue and Menauhant Road after someone spotted Koshivos’ car in the…
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Man, 21, Dead After Car Plunges Into Ocean Off Falmouth Beach
A 21-year-old Massachusetts man has died after his car plunged into the ocean off Menauhant Beach in Falmouth early Sunday morning, police said. Falmouth first responders were called to the intersection of Central Avenue and Menauhant Road after someone spotted the car in the water around 9:30 a.m., unsure of how long it had been there. Falmouth firefighters recovered the…
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Lawsuit Settled Over Trans Teen's Suicide at Maine Youth Detention Center
The mother of a transgender teenager who died by suicide at a youth detention center in Maine has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the state for $225,000. The Bangor Daily News reported the settlement Thursday in the death of Charles Knowles, 16, at Long Creek Youth Development Center in fall 2016. Michelle Knowles, of North Vassalboro, filed the lawsuit…
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‘Devastating': Patriots Pay Tribute to Former Teammate Demaryius Thomas
The New England Patriots are giving their condolences after their former teammate, Demaryius “D.T.” Thomas, died at the age of 33. Thomas, a retired NFL wide receiver, was found dead in his suburban Atlanta home Thursday night. Preliminary investigation indicates his death involved a medical issue, police said. Family members of Thomas told the Associated Press that they believe he…
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Police: NH Woman Kept Mom's Body for Months as Social Security Checks Were Deposited
A New Hampshire woman has been arrested on an abuse of a corpse charge for allegedly keeping her mother’s body for months after she died. The case has been referred to investigators in the Social Security Administration because the dead woman’s social security checks were being deposited after she died, Bedford, New Hampshire, police said. The woman died before...
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Zip Line Worker Death ‘Never Should Have Happened,' California Attorney Says
Family friends and coworkers weathered the midday heat on Friday to serve up fish tacos in a parking lot on the Rincon Indian Reservation to raise money for the funeral of a local zip line worker who fell to his death last weekend.
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‘The Wire' Actor Michael K. Williams Found Dead in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn native first rose to fame playing the notorious robber Omar Little, a robber who terrorized street-level drug dealers in the crime series “The Wire.”
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Lupita Nyong'o Honors Chadwick Boseman With Rare Photo on One-Year Anniversary of His Death
“I did not know that I could miss both his laughter and his silence in equal measure. I do,” Lupita Nyong’o wrote about her late friend and “Black Panther” co-star Chadwick Boseman.
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Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Dies At Age 80
Watts’ publicist Bernard Doherty said in a statement that the musician passed away peacefully in a London hospital.
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Missing Man Found Dead in Merrimack River
Authorities have recovered a man’s body from the water in Newburyport, Massachusetts, nearly 24 hours after the man’s girlfriend reported him missing.
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Body Recovered From 112 Feet of Water in Maine Quarry
The state medical examiner’s office will determine the cause of death of a man whose body was recovered in 112 feet of water in a quarry, but police said there’s nothing to suspect foul play. The body of Joshua D. Clapp, 38, of Rockport, was recovered Tuesday night, hours after police found a bicycle at the quarry’s gate and...
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19-Year-Old Charged in Death of Father, Whose Body Was Pulled From Pond
A man’s body was pulled from a pond in Duxbury, and his 19-year-old son was charged in his death.
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‘Love Boat' Actor Gavin MacLeod Dies at 90
The captain of “The Love Boat” and supporting actor on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” died in his home Saturday.