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Neal Casal, Singer-Songwriter and Veteran Folk Guitarist, Dead at 50
(PM) — Neal Casal, the singer-songwriter and Cardinals multi-instrumentalist, has died by suicide, Pitchfork reports. He was 50 years old. His body was found yesterday evening (August 26). Casal started his career...
Jordan Cofer Is 15th Known Trans Person In US To Be Killed In 2019, 14 Previous Killed Were Trans Women of Color
DAYTON, OH (PM) -- Media outlets and police continue to misgender one of the victims of the Dayton shooting, the sibling of the shooter. Friends say the victim being deadnamed...
Elderly Couple Found Deceased In Washington State After Apparent Murder-Suicide
An elderly husband and wife perished in an apparent murder-suicide in Washington state, and police state they discovered notes about the couple's strains to afford necessitated medical care. A 77-year-old...
Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate Who Transformed Literature, Dies At 88
(PM) -- Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning author who conjured a black girl yearning for blue eyes, a slave mother who sacrifices her child to save her from bondage, and...
Light-Welterweight Boxer Maxim Dadashev Dies At 28 After Sustaining Brain Injury In Friday’s Fight
(PM) -- Boxer Maxim Dadashev has died after suffering a brain injury in a fight in Maryland. He was 28. The Russian Boxing Federation says Dadashev expired "as a result...
Denali Berries Stuckey Is 12th Black Trans Woman Murdered In US This Year
CHARLESTON (PM) -- Denali Berries Stuckey was assassinated in Charleston, South Carolina early Saturday morning, according to local reports. Trans Griot blogger Monica Roberts, who also reported this death, writes...
