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After a Transgender Woman’s Death at Rikers, Calls for Justice and Answers

2019-06-11T21:42:45+0000

Layleen Polanco was found unresponsive in her cell on Friday.


‘Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor’ Charts a Kinetic Scene in the Early ’80s

2016-10-09T21:24:39+0000

Tim Lawrence’s book depicts a gritty commingling of punk bands, graffiti artists and hip-hop D.J.s that sent sparks flying before economic forces remolded the city.


Allister Sparks, South African Journalist Who Challenged Apartheid, Dies at 83

2016-09-20T23:58:02+0000

As the editor of The Rand Daily Mail, Mr. Sparks exposed a covert government propaganda campaign that led South Africa’s president to resign.


Police custody death sparks protests in Azerbaijan

2015-08-22T19:51:45+0000

Police in the town of Mingachevir clash with protesters who are angry over the death of a man held in police custody. Pavithra George reports.


Death sparks Brazil favela unrest

2014-04-23T09:34:25+0000

Angry backlash erupts in district overlooking Brazil's tourist hotspot of Copacabana over a death blamed by residents on police. Paul Chapman reports


Death of Rape Victim in Morocco Sparks Calls for Legal Reform

2012-04-05T20:10:56+0000

Amina Filali, 16, committed suicide after being forced to marry her rapist to protect him from prosecution, under a law designed to safeguard female, and family, honor.


Melvin Sparks, Guitarist, Is Dead at 64

2011-03-21T03:37:30+0000

Mr. Sparks liked to say simply that he played “jazz over a funky beat.”


A Death Sparks a Demand for Care

2010-10-03T02:01:25+0000

The University of Chicago Medical Center lacks an adult trauma center, and the recent death of a 19-year-old man who had been shot nearby has prompted demands for one.


Morgan Sparks, Bell Scientist, Dies at 91

2008-05-08T04:00:00+0000

Mr. Sparks made critical contributions to developing the second-generation transistor, which became a building block of modern electronic devices.


Death of Roma children sparks a debate in Italy

2007-08-14T05:00:00+0000

ROME — The death of four Roma children in a fire over the weekend has sparked a national debate over the widespread discrimination against the ethnic minority population in Italy.



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Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:58:36 +0000

As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.

Rosa von Praunheim, 83, Dies; Captured Gay Life in Germany on Film

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:03:32 +0000

His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it.

Doug LaMalfa Is Dead: Republican Congressman From California Was 65

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:05:46 +0000

A Republican in the House since 2013, he portrayed himself as a voice for his constituents in his northeast district. His death narrowed his party’s slim majority in the chamber.

Bela Tarr, Titan of Slow-Moving Cinema, Is Dead at 70

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:38:46 +0000

Called his “masterpiece,” one film, “Satantango,” is seven hours long. A favorite of critics and film festivals, he focused on the “human dignity” of marginal characters.

Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s Stepsister and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 96

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:13:45 +0000

Freed from Auschwitz, she was silent about her ordeal for four decades. Then she decided to dedicate her life to educating people about the dangers of prejudice.

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