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MINNEAPOLIS, Kan. (AP) — Dale “Duster” Hoffman didn’t want a sorrowful funeral, so instead he got a parade. KWCH-TV reports that residents of the small town of Minneapolis, Kansas, turned out Sunday for a parade…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing soldier-diplomat who rose from humble beginnings to become the first Black secretary of state, was remembered by family and friends Friday as a principled man of humility…
WASHINGTON (AP) — With crowds of admirers swelling outside, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was remembered Wednesday at the court by grieving family, colleagues and friends as a prophet for justice who persevered against…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation on Monday in a Capitol Rotunda memorial service rich with symbolism…
MINNEAPOLIS — Outside the small university chapel, crowds gathered and chanted: “What’s his name? George Floyd!” Inside, his youngest brother, Rodney Floyd, stepped to a white lectern above a black-and-gold casket. He had a request…
Funerals aren’t always rip-roaring outpourings of grief and remembrance, especially for folks who are a little older and don’t have a large family. This can be true even for people who had robust ties through…
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) A stampede broke out today at a funeral for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 40 people were killed and more than 200 were injured…
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) A motorcyclist who was among seven killed in a collision with a pickup truck last week was a family man, proud Marine and dedicated public servant, mourners said Friday at a…
WASHINGTON Its been more than a decade since the nations capital conducted the grand and solemn ritual of bidding a final farewell to a former president. Now Washington is caught up in elaborate preparations…
WASHINGTON The skies outside the Capitol opened up Friday morning as a military honor guard carried the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain up the stairs of the Capitol before bright sunshine later emerged.…
