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Facebook Tweet Email Link Joliet, illinois  —  A landlord sentenced to decades in prison after he killed a Palestinian American boy and wounded his mother has died. Three months ago, Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years behind bars for the attack. He was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in the death of 6-year-old …

An Illinois landlord convicted of murdering his six-year-old Palestinian-American tenant in a violent hate crime has died in custody. Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years behind bars in May for the murder of Wadea al-Fayoume as well as the severe wounding and attempted murder of his mother Hanaan Shaheen in 2023. Police say the landlord targeted the pair for …

Tom Lehrer, the acclaimed humorist and pianist whose satirical songs made him one of America’s favorite prophets of doom before he retreated to academia, has died, US media reported on Sunday. He was 97. The singer-songwriter died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his friend David Herder said, according to the New York Times. Lehrer’s sardonic numbers, backed …

LOS ANGELES — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died. He was 97. Longtime friend David Herder said Lehrer died Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He did not specify a cause of …

Joan Anderson, Unsung Heroine of Hula Hoop History, Dies at 101  The New York Times Source link

Tom Lehrer, master satirist of Cold War era, dies at 97  The Washington Post Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97  The New York Times Tom Lehrer, singer and influential political satirist, dies at 97: Reports  USA Today Tom Lehrer, Harvard’s Satiric, Melodic Mathematician, Dies at 97  Bloomberg.com Tom Lehrer, Influential Song Satirist With a Cult Following, Dead at 97  Rolling …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died. He was 97. Longtime friend David Herder said Lehrer died Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He did not specify …

American musician and satirist Tom Lehrer has died at the age of 97, according to US media reports. Lehrer, a Harvard-trained mathematician, wrote darkly humorous songs, often with political connotations, that became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Modern comedians such as Weird Al Yankovich said they have been influenced by Lehrer’s work. His death was confirmed to the New …

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97  The New York Times Source link

William J. Rutter, Biotech Pioneer of Gene-Based Medicine, Dies at 97  The New York Times Source link