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Joseph Rice, Lowcountry Lawyer Who Took On Big Tobacco, Dies at 72

09. September 2026 um 17:47
He challenged tobacco companies as well as the opioid industry, securing multibillion-dollar settlements that also benefited public health.

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Joseph Rice in 2016 at his office in Mount Pleasant, S.C. His work fundamentally reshaped how corporate America is held accountable for wrongdoing.

Paul Andrews, Founder of the Woodstock of U.F.O.s, Dies at 77

26. Juli 2026 um 15:00
An annual convention in the California desert offered a safe space for believers to discuss extraterrestrial encounters, crop circles and other paranormal phenomena.

Ben Morea, Principal Provocateur of 1960s Anarchist Group, Dies at 84

26. Mai 2026 um 18:16
An abstract painter who wanted to creatively destroy the gap between art and revolution, he loosely led a band of radicals with a profane name.

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Ben Morea in 2016 at an exhibition of his paintings in New York City. He was mostly known for an anarchist-centered activism he called “armed love.”

John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74

08. November 2025 um 05:59
He was shot in 1970 by the National Guard during a student protest over the Vietnam War that left four dead in Ohio. A photo of him lying on the ground and bleeding made the cover of Life magazine.

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The Ohio National Guard opened fire on antiwar protesters at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. John Cleary, lying on the ground, was a bystander when he was shot in the chest. Four students were fatally shot and nine others were wounded during the incident.
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