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[TRENDING NEWS] Colin Powell’s life is celebrated at a funeral that pulled Washington together.

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Author: BY DAVID E. SANGER - Publish Date: November 6, 2021 at 12:53AM Republicans and Democrats, including President Biden and two of his predecessors, were at the Washington National Cathedral to honor the former secretary of state.

[TRENDING NEWS] On the Scene: 9/11 at Guantánamo Bay

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Author: BY CAROL ROSENBERG - Publish Date: September 11, 2021 at 11:51PM At Guantánamo Bay, the memory of Sept. 11 is never far away. And not just because the men who are accused of plotting the terrorist attacks are held prisoner here.

[TRENDING NEWS] Josephine Baker to Be Honored With a Panthéon Burial

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Author: BY CONSTANT MÉHEUT - Publish Date: August 23, 2021 at 12:23AM Ms. Baker will be the first Black woman to be entombed in the Panthéon in Paris, a symbolic move amid racial tensions in France.

[TRENDING NEWS] Catholic Bishops, President Biden and Abortion Politics

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: June 22, 2021 at 12:26AM Readers decry the possibility that the church will refuse communion for the president. Also: The health care ruling; Joe Manchin; unvaccinated hospital workers; roadkill; dress for a funeral.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Veterans Who Bury Their Own

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Author: BY JASPER CRAVEN - Publish Date: May 31, 2021 at 06:00AM The veterans who work at Calverton National Cemetery view their job as a sacred duty and final act of fellowship.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Here We Are Again’: Police Killings Loom Over Andrew Brown Funeral

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Author: BY WILL WRIGHT - Publish Date: May 4, 2021 at 07:24AM Mr. Brown’s family was joined by relatives of other Black people killed by the police, including George Floyd and Daunte Wright.

[TRENDING NEWS] Thousands Expected at DMX’s Memorial Service in Brooklyn

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Author: BY TROY CLOSSON - Publish Date: April 24, 2021 at 04:00PM The event at Barclays Center will be closed to the public, but fans are expected to congregate outside in droves to honor the rapper’s life.

[TRENDING NEWS] Fans Mourn the Death of DMX

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Author: BY REUTERS - Publish Date: April 10, 2021 at 07:01AM Fans created a small memorial in White Plains, N.Y., to remember the rapper and actor Earl Simmons, also known as DMX, who died on Friday.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Virtual Memorial for Those We’ve Lost

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Author: BY JASPAL RIYAIT - Publish Date: April 7, 2021 at 08:27AM The special project “What Loss Looks Like” presents personal artifacts belonging to those who have left us and explores what they mean to those left behind.

[TRENDING NEWS] President Biden traveled to the Capitol to pay respects to Brian Sicknick, the officer who died from injuries sustained at the Capitol riot.

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Author: BY KATIE ROGERS AND HAILEY FUCHS - Publish Date: February 3, 2021 at 09:57AM Mr. Sicknick is only the fifth person to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda.

[TRENDING NEWS] As U.S. Deaths Approach 300,000, Obituaries Force Reckoning with Covid

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Author: BY JULIE BOSMAN - Publish Date: December 14, 2020 at 08:46AM Families of some who perished have written pointedly about the virus in remembrances. They tell of agonizing final days. They plead for wearing of masks.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Numb’ and ‘Heartbroken,’ the U.S. Confronts Record Virus Deaths

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Author: BY SARAH MERVOSH, GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO AND NEIL MACFARQUHAR - Publish Date: December 11, 2020 at 07:09AM For the first time, the United States reported more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in a day. But with cases still rising, experts warn “the worst is yet to come.”

[TRENDING NEWS] Bergamo’s Pandemic Survivors Carry Scars Unseen and Incalculable

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Author: BY JASON HOROWITZ - Publish Date: December 6, 2020 at 05:00PM Plagued by guilt, anger and regrets, those still alive in the hardest hit place in Italy, and perhaps the world, grapple to understand how the virus has changed them.

[TRENDING NEWS] Argentina, and Latin America, Mourn Maradona as a Man of the People

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Author: BY DANIEL POLITI AND MANUELA ANDREONI - Publish Date: November 27, 2020 at 07:07AM Known for siding with leftist leaders and causes, the soccer legend’s life, and his politics, never strayed far from his impoverished roots, and his fans loved him for it.

[TRENDING NEWS] My Brother Died and Reminded Me of These Life Lessons

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Author: BY CHARLES M. BLOW - Publish Date: October 15, 2020 at 07:29AM I went home to celebrate Frederick’s glorious life and was forced to reflect on my own.

[TRENDING NEWS] Outside the Supreme Court, Mourners Honor Ginsburg’s Legacy

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Author: BY AISHVARYA KAVI - Publish Date: September 20, 2020 at 08:19AM People of all ages flocked on Saturday to the building in Washington, leaving flowers, posters and messages scrawled in chalk.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘You’re a Warrior’: Vanessa Guillen Is Memorialized

Author: BY CHRISTINA MORALES - Publish Date: August 15, 2020 at 08:33AM The family of the Army specialist, whose remains were recovered after being reported missing for months from Fort Hood in Texas, remembered her on Friday at a service at her high school.

[TRENDING NEWS] Mourners Remember Fort Hood Spc. Vanessa Guillen

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Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Publish Date: August 15, 2020 at 06:51AM Services for Vanessa Guillen began Friday, with a public memorial at her high school in Houston.

[TRENDING NEWS] Atlanta Mourns the Death of Rayshard Brooks

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: June 24, 2020 at 07:06AM The family of Rayshard Brooks, who was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer, held his funeral at the church where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor.

[TRENDING NEWS] Kobe Bryant Memorial Is Planned for Staples Center on Feb. 24

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Author: BY SARAH MERVOSH AND MARC STEIN - Publish Date: February 7, 2020 at 07:11AM The memorial will be held at the arena where Bryant starred for the Los Angeles Lakers.