First Female Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Dead at 93

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has died, the court said on Dec. 1. Justice O’Connor was 93. The retired justice died in Arizona from “complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness,” the Supreme Court said in a statement. Justice O’Connor had said in 2018 she was diagnosed with “the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease.” Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she was the first women to serve on the nation’s top court. She served until 2006. Justice O’Connor is survived by her three sons, six grandchildren, and her brother. Her husband, John O’Connor, died in 2009....