From 1998: Martha Gellhorn, Daring Writer, Dies at 89
One of the first female war correspondents, she covered a dozen major conflicts during a career that spanned more than six decades.
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From 2005: Ruth Clement Bond, 101, Quilter and Civic Leader, Is Dead
She helped transform the American quilt from a utilitarian bed covering into a work of avant-garde social commentary.
From 1994: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Dies of Cancer at 64
She became an object of fascination to generations of Americans after her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963.
From 1962: Mrs. Roosevelt Dies at 78 After Illness of Six Weeks
The death of the former first lady, a noted humanitarian and an active force in the Democratic Party, was mourned by people around the world…
From 1968: Helen Keller, 87, Dies; She Became Symbol of Courage
She overcame blindness and deafness, but insisted that there was nothing miraculous about her achievements.
From 2017: Norma McCorvey, ‘Roe’ in Roe v. Wade, Is Dead at 69
The anonymous plaintiff in the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, she became a symbol for abortion rights, though she later changed her views.
From 2017: Frances Gabe, Creator of the Only Self-Cleaning Home, Dies at 101
Equal parts quixotic dreamer and accomplished visionary, Ms. Gabe made the house do its own scrubbing.
From 2008: Mildred Loving, Who Battled Ban on Mixed-Race Marriage, Dies at 68
Mrs. Loving’s anger over being banished from Virginia for marrying a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning state mi…
Trump’s U.S.S. Cole Remarks Raise Questions in Guantánamo Case
Prosecutors have offered up no evidence supporting a link that the president claimed between Iran and the attack in Yemen in 2000, defense l…
Jesse Jackson Service to Draw Leaders Including Biden, Obama and Clinton
The large-scale, public event in Chicago on Friday caps two weeks of memorials for Mr. Jackson, the civil rights leader, who died at 84.
Potomac Is Safe Now, Officials Say. But Locals Still Worry About the Poop.
A broken pipe sent a gusher of sewage into the river near Washington. Some people may try to row, sail or fish. But skeptics are steering cl…
A Candidate for Georgia Straight From the Marjorie Taylor Greene Playbook
Colton Moore, who hopes to win a special election on Tuesday to replace Ms. Greene, has the same flair for the dramatic and the ultra-MAGA p…