A Corby man tragically took his own life during his first time in prison after he was assessed as needing specialist psychiatric assessment. Ross Springham died in hospital on March 20, 2021, four days after he was discovered in his cell with a ligature around his neck. He was just 29. Now an investigation into his death has said that there were deficiencies in the suicide monitoring process at HMP Wandsworth. Mr Springham, a much-loved Corby brother, son and father-of-two, was taken into...
MacNeil, a pioneer of public media journalism and a driving force behind the show that would become the PBS NewsHour, died Friday at the age of 93.
The stepfather of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick and killer of her brother Dean, has spoken for the first time about his cancer battle and how he thought he would die in prison
(FOX40.COM) — Officials are investigating the death of an inmate at a state prison in Sacramento County after several guards pinned him to the ground. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, staff at California State Prison-Sacramento, located in Folsom, responded to a "disturbance in a housing unit" on April 12 around 6:55 []
Reverend Cecil Williams, the well-known and longtime leader of San
The Rev. Cecil Williams, who co-founded the influential Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, has died. He was 94 years old.Williams built Glide into a church that was renowned for its social services and activism, especially in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood.Williams and his late wife Janice Mirikitani founded Glide in 1960. Williams announced last year that he was stepping away from the organization. He was a fierce fighter for civil rights, LGBTQ+ rights and was the church's leader for...
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80.
McALLEN, TEXAS (ValleyCentral) — The founder of Danny’s Pawn and Sporting Goods, who illegally sold ammunition to a federal informant during a sting operation, avoided prison Tuesday. Daniel Gallegos, 69, of McAllen sold more than 5,800 rounds of ammunition to “A.J.” — a federal informant — in 2020. “It was a mistake that was made,” []
Italian designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his slinky leopard-print
Robert MacNeil died Friday morning at the age of 93. He was the visionary and driving force in the creation of the institution that, with Jim Lehrer, became the NewsHour. Jeffrey Brown looks back at his life and legacy.
During the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison, Aleksei A. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was writing a memoir about his life and work as a pro-democracy activist. Titled “Patriot,” the memoir will be published in the United States by Knopf on Oct. 22, with a first printing of half a million copies, and a simultaneous release in multiple countries. Navalny, who rose to global prominence as a fierce critic of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, resisted the Kremlin’s...
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80. | Entertainment