State funerals
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

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

The Lion rampant flies at half mast at Balmoral Castle following the announcement of the death of Britain's Prince Philip, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Friday, April 9, 2021. Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, has died, Buckingham Palace said Friday. He was 99. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
COVID, Philip's no-fuss attitude mean simpler funeral plan

By Jill Lawless Apr. 09, 2021 12:28 PM EDT

Members of the military parade with a portrait of former president John Magufuli as his body lies in state at Uhuru stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Saturday, March 20, 2021. Magufuli, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic whose populist rule often cast his country in a harsh international spotlight, died Wednesday aged 61 of heart failure, it was announced by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was sworn-in as the country's new president on Friday. (AP Photo)
5 die in stampede to view body of Tanzania's Magufuli

By Tom Odula Mar. 22, 2021 01:19 PM EDT

Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, left, former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, center, and former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, right, pray over the body of former president Ali Mahdi Mohamed, who died of COVID-19 earlier this week in neighboring Kenya, at a state funeral held at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia Friday, March 12, 2021. Somalia has declared three days of mourning during which the national flag will be lowered to half-staff in honor of the former president, who was 86. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Somalia mourns former president who died of COVID-19

By Hassan Barise Mar. 12, 2021 03:02 PM EST

Patti Miller speaks with Senate President Bill Ferguson as her husband, Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller, lies in state under the State House dome in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun via AP, Pool)
Maryland pays tribute to longtime Senate president Miller

By Brian Witte Jan. 22, 2021 04:36 PM EST

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, to announce key nominees for the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Capitol siege raises security worries for Biden inauguration

By Will Weissert Jan. 08, 2021 01:35 AM EST

Soccer fans waiting to see Diego Maradona lying in state clash with police outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. The Argentine soccer great who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title died Wednesday at the age of 60. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Argentines bid a raucous farewell to Maradona amid clashes

By Almudena Calatrava And Debora Rey Nov. 26, 2020 07:18 AM EST

The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is carried by joint services military honor guard into the U.S. Capitol to lie in state in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Ginsburg makes history again, lying in state at Capitol

By Lisa Mascaro Sep. 25, 2020 01:13 AM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to meet with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Republican efforts to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are likely to move swiftly this week, with President Donald Trump possibly nominating a replacement within days and GOP senators hoping to jump-start the confirmation process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
GOP senators see political, principle gain in court fight

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller And Mary Clare Jalonick Sep. 24, 2020 12:07 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican state attorneys general about social media companies, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
GOP senators see political, principle gain in court fight

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller And Mary Clare Jalonick Sep. 23, 2020 03:56 PM EDT

The sun rises behind the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, before a private ceremony and public viewing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The Latest: Trump says he won't meet with Judge Lagoa

Sep. 23, 2020 09:31 AM EDT

Former President Bill Clinton, second from right, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pay respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Long lines of mourners pay respects to Ginsburg at court

By Mark Sherman And Matthew Barakat Sep. 23, 2020 05:59 AM EDT

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Senate GOP plans vote on Trump's court pick before election

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller And Mary Clare Jalonick Sep. 22, 2020 01:25 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, before leaving for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then onto Ohio for rallies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
The Latest: Gardner pledges to consider Trump's court pick

Sep. 21, 2020 11:36 AM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., departs the chamber after speaking about the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Her death leaves a vacancy that could be filled by a more conservative justice by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Barrett emerges as court favorite; Trump to pick by weekend

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller And Jonathan Lemire Sep. 21, 2020 12:06 AM EDT

The Honor Guard presents the flag that was on his casket to his son, John-Miles Lewis, at the burial service for Rep. John Lewis at South-View Cemetery in Atlanta Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
John Lewis mourned as 'founding father' of better America

By Jeff Martin Jul. 30, 2020 05:26 PM EDT

Mourners stand in line awaiting to pass by the casket of Rep. John Lewis as Lewis lies in repose at the state capital, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Atlanta. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Civil rights icon Lewis lauded as hero at Georgia Capitol

By Jeff Amy And Sudhin Thanawala Jul. 29, 2020 05:56 PM EDT

People view the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as he lies in state on the East Front Steps of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Masked mourners brave heat, virus fears to honor John Lewis

By Ashraf Khalil Jul. 28, 2020 12:20 AM EDT

People view the flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., as he lies in state on the East Front Steps of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis lies in state at Capitol

By Bill Barrow And Andrew Taylor Jul. 27, 2020 01:13 PM EDT