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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies at age 87 from pancreatic cancer

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies at age 87 from pancreatic cancer

LAWRENCE HURLEY and ANDREW CHUNG  JUSTICE Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993, has died at age 87, the court said, giving President Donald Trump a chance to expand its conservative majority with a third appointment at a time of deep divisions in America with a presidential election looming. Ginsburg, a champion of women's rights who became an icon for American liberals, died at her home in Washington of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said in a statement. She was surrounded by her family, the court said. Her departure could dramatically alter…
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U.S. civil rights pioneer, congressman John Lewis dies

U.S. civil rights pioneer, congressman John Lewis dies

PATRICIA ZENGERLE JOHN Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has died. Lewis, a member of Congress from Atlanta who had announced in December that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, was 80. "He loved this country so much that he risked his life and his blood so that it might live up to its promise," former President Barack Obama said in a statement. "And through the decades, he not only gave all of himself to the cause of freedom and justice but inspired generations that followed to try to live…
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