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Tybre Faw, a 12-year-old boy who Rep. John Lewis befriended two years ago, read the late congressman’s favorite poem at his memorial.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discusses Rep, John Lewis and his passion for truth.

Former President George W. Bush paid tribute to civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis in a speech at his funeral.

Strangers gathered together at East Thompson Cemetery Friday morning to honor a local veteran who they had never met. “We are all here and we are all here for one reason. That is to honor our veterans and Lionel in particular,” said Khrystne Keane, who drove to Thompson from Watertown. “I do not know Lionel. I had never heard of…

George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee to his neck for almost nine minutes, was buried in Houston Tuesday after days of memorials that merged religion and politics in ways long common in the African American community. His funeral at the Fountain of Praise church follows a six-hour public viewing of his gold-colored casket on…

Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, taking part in a funeral rich with historical echoes and filled with a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too many times before.

Family and friends gathered to mourn the death of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man shot by police outside a fast-food restaurant in Atlanta.

The death of a loved one is a terrible experience made even more painful and confusing by the coronavirus pandemic. Funeral homes are having to adapt in the face of the outbreak. It’s a tough task when people want to come together in grief, but must now remain apart because of social distancing. “[People have] always been able to...

This new reality is hitting home for families who have lost loved ones to COVID-19.

A stampede during a funeral procession for Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qasem Soleimani killed dozens of people and injured hundreds more. The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of the general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week.

From the North Shore of Massachusetts to the Boston area, mourners on Friday paid their final respects to Pete Frates, the former Boston College baseball standout captain who dedicated his last several years to raising awareness about ALS. At St. John’s Prep in Danvers, where Frates attended school, hundreds of current students at the all-boys Catholic school linked hands...

Family, friends and elected officials laid to rest Pete Frates, a man that his former teammates call a hero.

John Frates said they are celebrating Pete Frates for the magnificent human he was.

The former Boston College baseball player whose public battle with ALS inspired the popularity of the ice bucket challenge was laid to rest on Friday.

Family and friends of Pete Frates will hold funeral services for the Boston hero, who died after a 7-year battle with ALS.

Pete Frates, who championed the Ice Bucket Challenge while living with ALS, died at 34, his family announced Monday. He was remembered in his home town of Beverly, Massachusetts; at his alma mater, Boston College; in Boston and beyond.

The public was invited to attend the graveside services for a U.S. Army veteran who did not have any surviving family members and a crowd of around 300 people showed up.

Funeral details have been announced for 22-year-old Saoirse Kennedy Hill.

A suspected Massachusetts gang member wanted for allegedly threatening to kill a pregnant woman as well as defaulting on a court appearance on drug charges, was arrested Friday by state police at the funeral of a family member. Kiosnel Pineiro, 21, was taken into custody without incident around noon at Hope Cemetery in Worcester by state police gang unit troopers...