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Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell remembered as a kind leader who 'healed' Connecticut

Dec. 03, 2024 16:18 PM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Alvin and Nancy Ravizza had only met former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell once, years ago at a Christmas tour of her official residence, but they decided to join the stream of other state residents, dignitaries and state Capitol insiders who paid tribute to the late...

Israeli American soldier killed during Oct. 7 Hamas attack remembered at New York memorial service

Dec. 03, 2024 14:32 PM EST

SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) — For more than a year, Ronen and Orna Neutra have held out hope that their son, Omer, was alive, captured by Hamas following its attack on Israel last Oct. 7. But Monday, the Israeli military acknowledged the painful truth: The 21-year-old had not been taken...

South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions

Nov. 23, 2024 08:46 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government said Saturday it will not attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines due to disagreements with Tokyo over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions over the abuse of Korean forced laborers at the site before the end of...

6 agencies investigate after a photographer says he found remains in a burned Georgia funeral home

Nov. 21, 2024 22:44 PM EST

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Half a dozen state and county agencies are investigating a burned Georgia funeral home after a photographer from England said he found urns, bags of human ashes, and even human remains in what is left of the building. Norman Medford Peden Funeral Home and...

Liam Payne's One Direction bandmates among the mourners at singer's funeral

Nov. 20, 2024 15:51 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — The former members of One Direction reunited Wednesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family at the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in...

Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican

Nov. 20, 2024 11:36 AM EST

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in keeping with his wishes. The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano on Wednesday...

Pope Francis approves new papal funeral rites for when he dies to simplify rituals, allow for burial outside the Vatican

Nov. 20, 2024 08:33 AM EST
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis approves new papal funeral rites for when he dies to simplify rituals, allow for burial outside the Vatican.

Monument erected in Tulsa for victims of 1921 Race Massacre

Nov. 12, 2024 18:14 PM EST

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A World War I veteran whose remains were identified earlier this year during a probe into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was among those honored in a memorial service Tuesday at Tulsa's Oaklawn Cemetery. C.L. Daniel was the first victim of the massacre to be...

Tito Jackson's funeral is held at cemetery where brother Michael and father Joe are buried

Nov. 05, 2024 23:09 PM EST

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — A funeral was held for Tito Jackson at the same Southern California cemetery where his brother Michael Jackson and his father Joe Jackson are buried. Family and friends gathered Monday to mourn the singer and guitarist for the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons at...

Archaeologists unearth an ancient Middle Kingdom Egyptian tomb in Luxor

Nov. 02, 2024 06:47 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor, Egyptian authorities said. Egypt's Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a statement Friday the tomb, which dates back to the Middle Kingdom...