Bill and Hillary Clinton say David Rockefeller was a “kind, good man” who used his fame and fortune to do good in the United States and abroad. In a statement, the former president and first lady described Rockefeller as a consummate businessman, great humanitarian and serious scholar.

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Billie L. “Bill” Hasten, 86, of Phoenix, formerly of La Harpe, Ill., died at 1:11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at Ryan House – Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix. Born Dec. 13, 1930, in Fountain Green, Ill., he was the son of Carl and Jessie McConnell Hasten.

SAPP, Kenneth M. Kenneth “Kenny” M. Sapp, age 89 of Hamilton, passed away at Fort Hamilton Hospital on Saturday, February 18, 2017. He was born in Hamilton on July 14, 1927 the son of John and Clyde Sapp.

FILE – In this Jan. 8, 1998 file photo, Norma McCorvey poses in Dallas . McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym “Jane Roe” led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became… .

In this July 28, 2009 file photo, Norma McCorvey, right, the plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit Roe v. Wade, speaks up as she joins other anti-abortion demonstrators inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Norma McCorvey, known as ‘Jane Roe,’ the anonymous plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court case that established a constitutional right to abortion, has died, a priest close to her family said Saturday.

Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” at the center of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, has died. She was 69. Journalist Joshua Prager, who is working on a book about McCorvey, says she died Saturday morning at an assisted living center in Katy, Texas.

Norma McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym “Jane Roe” led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the procedure, died Saturday. She was 69. McCorvey died at an assisted living center in Katy, Texas, said journalist Joshua Prager, who is working on a book about McCorvey and was with her and her family when she died.

Mounted police patrol travel along Smyrna Landing Road alongside James T. Vaugh Corrections center, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 in Smyrna, Del. Inmates used “sharp instruments” to assume control of the building at the James T. Vaughn Correction Center on Wednesday, taking three prison guards and a woman counselor hostage.

CROMPTON, William “Louie” Age 92 of Dayton passed away on Friday, January 27, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on December 13, 1924 in Dayton to the late, William W. and Alma M. Crompton.

Ladd M. Seaberg, former longtime board chairman, president and CEO of MGP Ingredients, Inc., a leading supplier of premium distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches, passed away on Sunday, January 29, following a long illness. He was a highly accomplished and recognized business and community leader, and abundantly devoted to his wife, Karen Seaberg, who currently serves as MGP Board Chair, and their children and grandchildren.

Fred Korematsu, whose fight against internment led all the way to the Supreme Court – and who later warned of acting against groups due to their race or religion – is being honored by several states today. He died in 2005.

Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled graveside services for 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 31, at Union Cemetery in Taylortown with Rev. Lory Hunt officiating.

Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled graveside services for 11 a.m. Tuesday, January 31, at Union Cemetery in Taylortown with Rev. Lory Hunt officiating.

Former Nevada Assemblyman James Spinello died of cancer Wednesday, leaving a legacy as an approachable legislator and trusted confidante among his colleagues. He was 67.Spinello’s public service roots stretched back decades.

Robert Lasalle Payton, 71, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 11, 2017 at his home. Robert was a graduate of Alliance High School Class of 1964.

Wayne Barrett, 71, whose tenacious coverage of New York politicians and personalities – including a 1992 biography of Donald Trump – earned him a reputation as a tough but fair investigative reporter, died Thursday. He had been battling interstitial lung disease.

Mr. James Richard Pate, age 91, of Douglasville, GA, passed away January 16, 2017. He was born December 7, 1925 in Atlanta, GA to the late Albert and Eva Bell Swords Pate.

He grew up in Toledo and went to Whitmer High School. In 1943 he joined U.S. Marine Corps and served as a scout in the South Pacific.

With all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding a custom as proper and important as a presidential inauguration, you’d think it’d be a bit of a boring affair. Often, it’s anything but.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown talks to reporters following a deadly night in which a dozen police and transit officers were shot, five of them killed. This year was particularly deadly for police officers in the United States, with 21 deadly ambush shootings marking the highest number in more than two decades, according to a law enforcement advocacy group that tracks fatal shootings of officers.

QUOTE: “Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine.