Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family.

When Joseph Unanue began to formally work at Goya Foods in 1952, the family business was a regional enterprise.

The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters.

Physicist Kenneth Wilson, who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions, has died in Maine, where he retired to enjoy kayaking with his wife. He was 77.

Lucy D. Cooper wrote about food and restaurants for the Miami Herald under the headlines “Behind the Menu” and “Wine and Dine,” and authored the 1988 cookbook, Southern Entertaining; A New Taste of the South.

Jim Holshouser, who was North Carolina's first Republican governor elected in the 20th century, has died. He was 78.

A lifelong Miami Beach resident, Les Beilinson saved landmarks and took on some quirky jobs elsewhere. He died Friday.

Thomas Penfield Jackson, who as a federal judge in Washington presided over a historic Microsoft antitrust case and the drug possession trial of former Mayor Marion Barry, has died.

Paul Soros, a successful innovator in shipping, philanthropist and the older brother of billionaire financier George Soros, died in New York City on Saturday after a long bout with a host of illnesses, said his son Peter Soros. He was 87.

Richard Seitz, a retired three-star U.S. Army general who once commanded the 82nd Airborne Division, died at his home in Junction City, Kan., last Saturday. He was 95.

Miller Barber, the unique-swinging golfer who made the most combined starts on the PGA and Champions tours, has died. He was 82.

Robert W. Fogel, a University of Chicago economist whose study of the economics of slavery sparked a furious debate in academia and later helped garner him a Nobel prize, has died. He was 86.

When Joseph Unanue began to formally work at Goya Foods in 1952, the family business was a regional enterprise.

A lifelong Miami Beach resident, Les Beilinson saved landmarks and took on some quirky jobs elsewhere. He died Friday.

Melba Ines Manero served six terms as a Surfside commissioner, often running unopposed.

A South Florida businessman and experienced pilot died over the weekend when his Cessna crashed in the Everglades.

Anthony Jerome Lee, fatally shot Tuesday in East Tampa, was better known in Miami Beach as “Wanda,” a balloon-breasted drag queen famous for her Whitney Houston impersonations and penchant for being, well, a bit of a jerk.

Services will be Friday for the 10-year-old who spent more than half her life battling cancer.

Capt. Michael Burke sailed through life with his unending spirit and romantic outlook, touching the lives of many with his cruise empire, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises.

Billie Corinne Womack was an original from the day she was born — Oct. 1, 1919 — in Little Rock, Ark.

At Hialeah Senior High School, Carl Avery Lewis was known as a veteran biology teacher.

Lucy D. Cooper wrote about food and restaurants for the Miami Herald under the headlines “Behind the Menu” and “Wine and Dine,” and authored the 1988 cookbook, Southern Entertaining; A New Taste of the South.

Father Gabriel O’Reilly, the Irish founding priest of Davie’s St. David Parish, died Friday of pancreatic cancer.

Claire’s Stores, the international accessories chain where teens and tweens spend their allowances on fashion jewelry, purses and hair clips, was the creation of Rowland and Sylvia Schaefer, Chicagoans who married in 1948, raised five children in South Florida, and died three days apart in Pompano Beach.

If toilet training your toddler was a breeze, and if you ever used “time out’’ for attitude adjustment, you have Nathan H. Azrin to thank.