Funerals and memorial services
FILE - Haruyuki Takahashi, executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games attends the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo on March 30, 2020. Criminal allegations against a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member widened Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Takahashi in suspected payments from a publisher that became a sponsor for the Games. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Tokyo Olympics bribery arrests widens to third Japan sponsor

By Yuri Kageyama Sep. 27, 2022 04:30 AM EDT

FILE - Women's snowboardcross gold medalist Michela Moioli, of Italy, celebrates during the medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Defending Olympic gold medalists Sofia Goggia and Michela Moioli both come from the Bergamo area that was the first epicenter of COVID-19 in Europe. Goggia skis with a design of Bergamo's skyline on the back of her racing helmet. Moioli lost her grandmother to the virus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
From Bergamo to Beijing, Italy aims for more Olympic success

By Andrew Dampf Jan. 17, 2022 05:18 AM EST

Supporters light candles as they offer prayers for former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III Friday, June 25, 2021 in Quezon city, Philippines. Aquino, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and had troublesome ties with China, died Thursday, a cousin and public officials said. He was 61. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Aquino, Philippine ex-leader who challenged China, is buried

By Jim Gomez And Aaron Favila Jun. 26, 2021 02:46 AM EDT

Search and rescue personnel search for survivors through the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Fla., Friday, June 25, 2021. The apartment building partially collapsed on Thursday, June 24. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
In town for COVID funeral, man vanishes in Florida collapse

By Adriana Gomez Licon Jun. 25, 2021 06:46 PM EDT

Jon Rahm talks with his caddie as he waits to hit on the 14th tee during the third round of the Memorial golf tournament, Saturday, June 5, 2021, in Dublin, Ohio. Rahm was later notified he tested positive for the coronavirus, knocking him out of the tournament. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Cantlay wins a playoff at Memorial on Sunday without Rahm

By Doug Ferguson Jun. 06, 2021 06:59 PM EDT

First lady Jill Biden embraces a person receiving a vaccine speak as she visits the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Sunday, June 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Jill Biden, Dr. Fauci visit vaccine site at Harlem church

Jun. 06, 2021 05:41 PM EDT

Virus memorial unveiled; Jazz, Puerto Rican fests return

Jun. 05, 2021 09:27 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — A look at coronavirus developments around New England: __ CONNECTICUT Hartford’s...

The headstone of Army Christopher William Swanson is seen at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A nation slowly emerging from pandemic honors Memorial Day

By James Anderson May. 31, 2021 04:55 PM EDT

President Joe Biden, right, visits with an attendee as he departs Mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
For Biden, a deeply personal Memorial Day weekend observance

By Jonathan Lemire May. 30, 2021 03:19 PM EDT

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows, from left, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds and Emily Blunt in a scene from "A Quiet Place Part II." (Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures via AP)
Fueling box office rebound, 'Quiet Place' opens with $58.5M

By Jake Coyle May. 30, 2021 02:06 PM EDT

Army veteran Willie Ransom poses at the American Legion Lodge named after his son, Air Force Major Charles Ransom in Midlothian, Va., Thursday, May 27, 2021. The younger Ransom was among eight U.S. Airmen killed when an Afghan military pilot opened fire at the Kabul airport in 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Vets return to Memorial Day traditions as pandemic eases

By Philip Marcelo May. 30, 2021 09:57 AM EDT

People ride the rollercoaster at Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif., Saturday, May 29, 2021. Californians are celebrating the Memorial Day weekend, more upbeat than they have been for any other holiday since the pandemic began thanks to dramatically lower virus cases and increasing vaccinations. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
As reopening nears Californians spend holiday in upbeat mood

May. 29, 2021 03:34 PM EDT

Visitors to White Mountains offered safety, packing tips

May. 29, 2021 09:33 AM EDT
CAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Visitors to the White Mountain National Forest this Memorial Day weekend are being encouraged to check the weather, stay safe, and pack...

Kentucky eases COVID capacity limits on businesses, events

By Bruce Schreiner May. 28, 2021 03:22 PM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky ushered in the Memorial Day holiday weekend by relaxing pandemic-related limits on crowd sizes as COVID-19 vaccinations...

This May 3, 2021 photo shows an intentionally disabled slot machine next to a woman playing a different slot machine while wearing a face mask at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Friday, May 28, New Jersey dropped its indoor mask mandate and Atlantic City casinos turned slot machines that were disabled to create distance between players back on again. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
NJ to give beachgoers COVID shots over Memorial Day weekend

By Wayne Parry May. 28, 2021 02:41 PM EDT

President Joe Biden leaves with first lady Jill Biden after speaking at Sportrock Climbing Centers, Friday, May 28, 2021, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden marks vaccine progress, thanks troops ahead of holiday

By Alexandra Jaffe And Jonathan Lemire May. 28, 2021 01:00 PM EDT

People arrive and depart from the airport ahead of Memorial Day weekend Friday, May 28, 2021, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Travel numbers climb as Americans hit the road for holiday

By David Koenig May. 28, 2021 11:53 AM EDT

People wait in long lines to rent a vehicle at Miami International Airport, Friday, May 28, 2021, in Miami. The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau is anticipating hotel occupancy levels to surge above pre-pandemic levels. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Memorial Day: Expect crowded airports, packed Florida hotels

May. 28, 2021 07:54 AM EDT

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about aviation security ahead of the summer travel season during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Flying over Memorial Day? Expect long lines at airports

May. 28, 2021 07:53 AM EDT

All Vermont State Parks to be open as of Friday

May. 27, 2021 02:15 PM EDT
WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — All of Vermont's state parks will be open for the Memorial Day weekend. Some opened in the beginning of May but by...