More than 50 bodies were found improperly stored and decomposing at a Chicago funeral home on Thursday, prompting a hazardous materials response and efforts to identify the remains and notify relatives, authorities said. Illinois state officials, meanwhile, suspended the license of one of the funeral home’s directors — alleging bodies were being kept in an
In Gaza, the recovery work was carried out by the Civil Defence, which operates under the Hamas-run interior ministry. Its efforts have been supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). “We provide material support – literally the gloves, shovels, protective equipment and body bags they use,” said Patrick Griffiths, spokesperson for the
Sir Garfield Sobers was called “the greatest cricketer the world has ever known” by his former teammate Sir Clive Lloyd at the legendary West Indies player’s state funeral in Barbados. Lloyd described the multi-talented Sobers, who died aged 89 on July 17, as “a man who lived in the hearts and minds of Caribbean people
Media mogul and late-night host Byron Allen has donated $100,000 to the GoFundMe created by the family of Nolan Xavier Wells, the 18-year-old who was found dead after he went missing over the Fourth of July holiday. Wells’ death raised many suspicions and left unanswered questions after he took a boat trip with friends to
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after open calls for his assassination were made at the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Trump’s comments, made on his Truth Social website, are likely to once again raise tensions in the Middle East. There were several days of US
After a week of massive funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies in Iran, the slain former supreme leader has been laid to rest. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated at the start of the US-Israel war, but his funeral was delayed due to the ongoing conflict in which high-ranking Iranian figures were attacked and killed. He
