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Middle school educator dies while rock climbing in Yosemite

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A California middle school special education paraprofessional died this month while climbing in Yosemite National Park, authorities said. Originally from Detroit, Patricia “Trish” Stoops, 57, died June 8 in a rappelling accident at the Central Pillar of Frenzy, one of the popular rock-climbing…

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Alan Brinkley, scholar of liberalism, dead at 70

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Alan Brinkley, an influential historian and academic who traced the evolution of liberalism from the New Deal to the 21st century and was a popular commentator on culture and politics, has died. He was 70. Daughter Elly Brinkley says he died Sunday at his home in Manhattan of complications from…