Tung Chee-hwa, who served as Hong Kong’s first chief executive and oversaw the 1997 return of the city to Chinese rule, has died. The former vice-chairman of China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), died on Tuesday at the age of 89, according to a statement from his office issued…
Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border Thursday after a catastrophic, deadly torrent of floods and mud swept through several communities a day earlier following a glacial collapse. The head of Nepal’s tourism board told CBS News Thursday that 65 U.S. nationals were among those missing in the wake…
A nine-year-old boy from northwestern China who bravely confronted bullies during a class meeting has received praise online and apologies from his tormentors. According to the mainland media outlet, Shanshi News, the boy, Mao Shilin, is from Xian in Shaanxi province and is a primary school class monitor. His mother, surnamed Zhang, described him as…
UPDATE: Demetrius Norwood III, the 21-year-old man involved in a hit-and-run, died on November 2, 2025. Norwood served in the U.S. Air Force and was awarded an Air and Space Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Air and Space Training Ribbon. Norwood was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and died in Dade County,…
Sally Kirkland, a onetime model who turned to acting and was best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting” and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie “Anna,” has died, her representative confirmed to the Associated Press. She was 84. Her representative, Michael Greene, told the AP…
Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, died on Thursday, his family and agent said. He was 74. Frehley died peacefully surrounded by family in Morristown, New Jersey, following a recent fall, his agent told The Associated Press. Family members said in a statement to AP that…
In the wake of Diane Keaton’s death, her history as a trailblazer professionally and socially has come back into focus as friends, colleagues, and the public remember the beloved actress. Keaton was an Oscar-winner who starred in such film classics as the The Godfather and Annie Hall, the latter of which earned her wins for Best Actress at…
Jane Goodall, the iconic British primatologist and conservationist who died Wednesday at age 91, once compared President Donald Trump’s behavior to that of “a male chimpanzee,” while also expressing deep concern for the “divisiveness” in America. Goodall, renowned for her chimp field research and environmental advocacy, in 2022 told MSNBC’s Ari Melber that Trump displays…