Education

Former education leader dies at 86

LAKE – (AP) E.E. “Tad” Thrash, who led Mississippi’s higher education system for 19 years as it struggled with desegregation issues related to historic black colleges, died Tuesday, May 2. He was 86. Officials with […]

Entertainment

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47

NEW YORK – (AP) Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper and the most conscientious member of the seminal hip-hop group, died of cancer Friday, his mentor Russell Simmons confirmed. Yauch was 47. Simmons’ […]