American teen sitcom icon and pop alter ego
Dolly Parton has died at age 80 in Nashville, her publicity team has said. Her nephew Bryan Seaver announced the news on Instagram. Parton has written thousands of songs, sold more than 100 million records, won multiple Grammys and founded the Imagination Library, which has distributed hundreds of millions of free books.
RJ Mitte, the actor who played Walter White Jr on Breaking Bad, has died at 34. A disability rights advocate, Mitte used his platform to push for greater representation of people with cerebral palsy. Tributes highlight his on-screen impact and his activism.
Health officials say the Ebola outbreak, which began in the Congo, has spread to Uganda and Kenya. Kenya has reported its ninth case, with quarantines expanding as authorities push containment measures. The Congo outbreak remains the largest on record with thousands dead and tens of thousands affected. Vaccines are in trials but not yet available.