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(AP) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, died...

By TIM REYNOLDS Bill Russell hated autographs. Saw no point to them. If he was out dining and got approached by someone asking for his...

Associated Press Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to enroll at the University of Alabama, died Wednesday. She was 92. University officials announced her death...

By Paul Newberry Associated Press Lee Elder, who broke down racial barriers as the first Black golfer to play in the Masters and paved the way...

By Jake Coyle Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Virgil Abloh, a leading designer whose groundbreaking fusions of streetwear and high couture made him one of...

By ROBERT BURNS WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained...

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP News LOS ANGELES (AP) — Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic...

By LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Cleveland “Cleve” Eaton, the Hall of Fame jazz legend from Fairfield (Ala.), died on Sunday morning. He was 80. “He was...

BY KENDAL WEAVER AND HILLEL ITALIE   NEW YORK (AP) -- Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern...