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Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That's what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales. “We are recovering those leaves of the...
Acting Temple University president JoAnne A. Epps dies after falling ill on stage
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple University acting president JoAnne A. Epps died Tuesday shortly after becoming ill on stage during a memorial service, officials said, describing her loss as a gut punch and struggling through emotion as they recalled her nearly four decades of service. ...
Centuries after Native American remains were dug up, a new law returns them for reburial in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — For centuries, Europeans carving up the prairie to suit their own idea of settlement dug up the graves of Native Americans as they conquered lands and pushed tribes to the West. Now, Native Americans whose ancestors' remains ended up held for study in...
Bill Richardson is mourned in New Mexico after globe-trotting career, lies in state at Capitol
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Friends and admirers of former Gov. Bill Richardson mourned the hard-charging politician at a memorial in the New Mexico Statehouse on Wednesday that attracted political allies, proteges and acquaintances, including several people touched by his work to free Americans...
Jacksonville begins funerals for Black victims of racist gunman with calls to action, warm memories
Funerals got underway Friday for three Black people killed by a racist gunman at a Florida discount store, with friends and relatives sharing warm memories while ministers and activists called for action against rising hate crimes and gun violence. Mourners at the funeral service for...
Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is buried in private, ending his tumultuous journey
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A private burial was held for Yevgeny Prigozhin, ending a tumultuous journey from St. Petersburg street thug to Kremlin-financed mercenary leader, following a suspicious plane crash two months after his brief mutiny that challenged the authority of President Vladimir...
Illinois will provide burial for migrant toddler who died on bus
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will provide for Thursday's funeral and burial for the migrant toddler who died last week on a bus headed to Chicago from Texas, officials said. Jismary Alejandra Barboza González, who would have turned 4 next week, died Aug. 10 while on a...
Indiana revokes licenses of funeral home and director after decomposing bodies and cremains found
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The licenses of a southern Indiana funeral home and its director have been revoked following an investigation that found 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains being stored at the facility, the state's attorney general announced Tuesday. Some of the...
Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver remembered in a memorial service as fighter for those in need
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, the first Black woman elected to statewide office in New Jersey history, was remembered in a memorial service Saturday as a trailblazer who fought to help those in need. The Rev. Al Sharpton and a host of New Jersey officials addressed...
Funeral held for fan killed in Athens attack. UEFA President Ceferin to meet Greek PM
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A funeral service was held Friday for a Greek soccer fan killed in an attack led by Croatian supporters that has rattled European sporting officials. Hundreds of mourners — many wearing the black and yellow colors of the Michalis Katsouris' team, AEK Athens...
