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A teen Mexican migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees

Thursday, March 19 by SRN News

MIAMI (AP) - A 19-year-old Mexican migrant died at a county jail in Florida that has been housing immigrant detainees, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. According to ICE, Royer Perez-Jimenez "died of presumed suicide," although his official cause of death remains under investigation. The... Read More.

Michael Bambang Hartono, tobacco tycoon and Indonesia’s richest man, dies at 86

Thursday, March 19 by SRN News

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's richest man, Michael Bambang Hartono, who helped turn the Djarum cigarette company into one of the country's largest business empires and later became a controlling shareholder of Bank Central Asia, Indonesia's biggest private lender, died Thursday. He was 86. Hartono... Read More.

College Hall of Famer Tom Brown, a Minnesota great, dies at 89

Thursday, March 19 by SRN News

Tom Brown, the Minnesota two-way standout whose 1960 season remains one of the defining years for a lineman in college football history, died March 12 at age 89. Brown played guard and on defense for the Golden Gophers from 1958-60 and became the rare interior... Read More.

Afghan man who worked with U.S. military dies after taken into ICE custody

Monday, March 16 by SRN News

HOUSTON (AP) - An Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U.S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration authorities, according to officials. Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, died at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on Saturday,... Read More.

Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says

Monday, March 16 by SRN News

By Joey Roulette March 15 (Reuters) - An Afghan immigrant who previously worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan and later sought asylum in the United States died this weekend in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody less than 24 hours after being detained in Texas,... Read More.

Rio Tinto’s Kennecott copper mine suspends operations as contract worker dies

Thursday, March 12 by SRN News

March 13 (Reuters) - An employee of a contracted company died on Thursday following an incident at Rio Tinto's Kennecott mine in Utah, the world's largest producer of iron ore said on Friday without providing further details. Operations at the Kennecott mine site have been... Read More.

A 12-year-old Georgia girl dies days after collapsing following a fight near a school bus stop

Wednesday, March 11 by SRN News

VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) - A 12-year-old girl was taken to a hospital and died days after she collapsed in the street following a fistfight near a school bus stop in her Georgia neighborhood, according to police. The death of sixth grader Jada West is... Read More.

Matt Snell, Jets’ Super Bowl III hero, dies at 84

Wednesday, March 11 by SRN News

Matt Snell, the bruising running back who powered the New York Jets to their iconic moment in a shocking Super Bowl III victory, died Tuesday morning on Long Island at the age of 84, the team announced. Snell's role in Jets history is closely linked... Read More.

Wife of St. Louis City’s Eduard Lowen dies of brain cancer

Tuesday, March 10 by SRN News

Ilona Lowen, the wife of St. Louis City SC midfielder Eduard Lowen, died Monday after a battle with brain cancer. She was 28, according to a local media report. The club announced her death with a statement posted to social media. "We grieve alongside Edu and... Read More.

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99

Monday, March 9 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office and Cabinet Room and routinely recorded his conversations, has died. He was 99. His... Read More.

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A teen Mexican migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees

Michael Bambang Hartono, tobacco tycoon and Indonesia’s richest man, dies at 86

College Hall of Famer Tom Brown, a Minnesota great, dies at 89

Afghan man who worked with U.S. military dies after taken into ICE custody

Rio Tinto’s Kennecott copper mine suspends operations as contract worker dies

A 12-year-old Georgia girl dies days after collapsing following a fight near a school bus stop

Matt Snell, Jets’ Super Bowl III hero, dies at 84

Wife of St. Louis City’s Eduard Lowen dies of brain cancer

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99

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