10m ago Mourners begin to file in ahead of service Ahead of the start of Lewis' funeral, mourners have begun to take their seats inside of Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. President Bill Clinton has arrived. Among those in attendance are Democratic Senators Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey, Congresswoman Val…
Atlanta funeral honors life of Rayshard Brooks Funeral services were held Tuesday at Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church for Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man whose death in a police shooting earlier this month sparked protests. Brooks' death, less than three weeks after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, helped fuel a growing national…
John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Published 11:51 a.m. ET June 9, 2020 | Updated 1:21 p.m. ET June 9, 2020A horse-drawn carriage will transport the remains of George Floyd to his gravesite Tuesday following a private funeral in Houston, the final episode in a series of memorials celebrating the life of a man whose death…
When you die, your body is going to decompose. It starts from the moment you pass. Your organs begin to shut down. Hair stops growing, skin recedes. Some parts of the body take longer than others, but eventually, as with all things, it all starts to break down. If you opt for a traditional burial,…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…