A 21-year-old hiker from New Jersey died last week after she slipped off the trail near the summit of the tallest mountain in New York state, authorities said. The woman called 911 at 3:05 p.m.

Timothy Very of Manchester Orchestra performs onstage during day 2 of the Firefly Music Festival on June 19, 2015 in Dover, Delaware. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Firefly Timothy Very, the drummer for ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Billy Steinberg, who wrote the lyrics to some of the biggest pop hits of the 1980s — including Madonna’s “Like a ...

Recognised with an honorary Academy Award in 2016, Wiseman directed and produced almost 50 films with a lifelong commitment to curiosity and naturalism Frederick Wiseman, the prolific film-maker whose ...

A Chicago teenager whose father was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year as she was sick with a rare form of cancer has died. Ofelia Torres died on Friday at the age of 16 ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Thursday that Elroy Face, a member of the club's Hall of Fame and the franchise's all-time leader in games pitched, had died at the age of 97. "It is with heavy ...

Manchester Orchestra drummer Tim Very has died. The Atlanta rock band announced the loss on social media on Saturday (February 14), writing: “We’ve all been dreading sharing this news as we are all ...

Sometimes it’s the living who haunt the dead. A New York primary care doctor redefined the phrase “life after death” after finding that the brain remains active even after one’s heart stops, as ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights icon who battled alongside Martin Luther King Jr., negotiated global hostage releases, and shamed corporations for their lack of corporate diversity and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 84. The icon of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond was ...

Sarah Gibson, an American pianist and composer whose music combined grace, invention, lyricism and prismatic color, died July 14 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 38. The cause was colon cancer, ...

Ofelia Torres, 16, spotlighted her dad Ruben’s illegal detention last fall during Trump’s crackdown in Chicago A Chicago teenager, whose father was detained by immigration authorities while she ...