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A US veteran died at a nursing home, abandoned. Hundreds of strangers came to say goodbye
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten. Then the funeral home posted a notice asking if anyone would serve as a pallbearer or simply attend his burial. Within minutes, it was turning away...
Malawi's vice president laid to rest as president calls for an independent probe into his death
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima was laid to rest Monday in his village south of the capital, following a funeral where President Lazarus Chakwera called for an independent probe into his death in a plane crash. Chilima and nine other people died in the...
Retired AP reporter Hoyt Harwell dies at 93. He covered key events in the American South
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Hoyt Garland Harwell, a longtime reporter for The Associated Press who covered key events in the American South and was a mentor to young reporters, has died. He was 93. Harwell died at home June 12 following a brief illness, according to his obituary. ...
Nearly 50 years after her death, Uruguay lays to rest a woman disappeared by its dictatorship
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Nearly five decades after Uruguayan security forces seized Amelia Sanjurjo from the street, disappearing the newly pregnant woman into the maw of the military's prison system, she received a proper burial on Thursday in her hometown of Montevideo. The...
Thousands pay tribute to Connecticut state trooper killed during highway traffic stop
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of people including police officers from throughout the Northeast and beyond gathered Wednesday for the funeral of a Connecticut state trooper killed by a hit-and-run driver during a traffic stop last week. Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier, 34,...
Nearly 1,000 people honor a young Ukrainian journalist and volunteer combat medic killed in action
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Nearly 1,000 people attended a ceremony Sunday honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed in action while serving as a volunteer combat medic a few days before her 26th birthday. Tsybukh was killed while on rotation in the Kharkiv...
Iran announces the death of a high-ranking Revolutionary Guard general after a long illness
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A high-ranking general in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has died after an illness, Iran's state TV reported Saturday. Gen. Vajihollah Moradi was one of the commanders of the Guard's foreign wing, TV said. He was also a comrade of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was...
Families reclaim the remains of 15 recently identified Greek soldiers killed in Cyprus in 1974
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The remains of recently identified Greek soldiers who fought in Cyprus against invading Turkish troops nearly a half-century ago were returned to their families on Thursday. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides attended a funeral service in the capital,...
Father of North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore dies at 75
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — Rick Moore, the father of North Carolina Republican House Speaker Tim Moore and a former local elected official, died Monday at age 75. The elder Moore died at his Kings Mountain home after a “long-term health battle,” Tim Moore spokesperson Demi...
Last year's deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn't discriminate
PHOENIX (AP) — Priscilla Orr, 75, was living in her old white Kia in a supermarket parking lot last summer after telling her family she lost her money and home to a romance scam. But the car broke down, and the air conditioner stopped working, leaving her vulnerable to the...
