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Mideastern burial traditions clash with fears of contagion
BAGHDAD (AP) — Mohammed al-Dulfi's 67-year-old father died on March 21 after a brief struggle against the new coronavirus, but it would take nine days for his body to find a final resting place in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in southern Iraq.
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Virus deaths slow in places, British PM's condition worsens
The Last Responder: A day with an NYC funeral director
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Cheeseman's phone rang at 3 a.m. Friday, soon after returning home from one of the worst days he's seen in 30 years as a Brooklyn funeral director.
The Last Responder: A day with a NYC funeral director
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Cheeseman's phone rang at 3 a.m. Friday, soon after returning home from one of the worst days he's seen in 30 years as a Brooklyn funeral director.
AP PHOTOS: A week of images from the coronavirus pandemic
Cemetery workers wore protective clothing as they conducted a burial in Brazil, a field of freshly dug graves awaiting more corpses. In Spain, a stockpile of caskets stood ready for burials or cremations.
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
The steep rise in coronavirus deaths appears to be leveling off in New York, echoing a trend underway in Italy and Spain, while the crisis is going in in the opposite direction in Britain, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his condition deteriorated. Johnson’s office says the 55-year-old prime minister is conscious and does not need to be put on a ventilator for now. He is the world’s first known head of government to fall ill with the virus.
At funerals in virus outbreak, mourning is from a distance
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories of her husband of 50 years. No rows of family and friends file toward the flag-draped coffin to pay their last respects. No symphony of sniffles is heard across the room as the minister gives a final prayer.
Queen delivers message of hope to UK amid virus outbreak
Britain needed a message of hope Sunday. The queen delivered it.
David Driskell, prominent authority on black art, dies at 88
FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — David Driskell, one of the nation's most influential African American artists and a leading authority on black art, has died. He was 88.
'Surreal': NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge
NEW YORK (AP) — Pat Marmo walked among 20 or so deceased in the basement of his Brooklyn funeral home, his protective mask pulled down so his pleas could be heard.
5 days later: Local family loses uncle to COVID-19
MOSES LAKE — He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, a devout Christian, a member of a bowling league and a cancer survivor. He and his wife had just returned to their Tri-Cities home from a six-month trip across the country. With spring on its way, he would soon be able to resume work on his immaculately landscaped yard, or play outside with the pets he adored.
Queen delivers message of hope to UK amid virus outbreak
Britain needed a message of hope Sunday. The queen delivered it.
Queen: History will remember your actions in virus crisis
In a rare address to the nation, Queen Elizabeth II plans to exhort Britons to rise to the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing on wisdom from her decades as Britain's head of state to urge discipline and resolve in a time of crisis.
The Latest: Thai Muslim group suspends guerilla activity
The
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At funerals in virus outbreak, mourning is from a distance
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories of her husband of 50 years. No rows of family and friends file toward the flag-draped coffin to pay their last respects. No symphony of sniffles is heard across the room as the minister gives a final prayer.
Where will the bodies go? Morgues plan as virus grows
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There are the new dead. And then there are the bodies waiting in overcrowded mortuaries to be buried as cities struggle to meet demand and families wrestle with rules on social distancing that make the
'Surreal': NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge
NEW YORK (AP) — Pat Marmo walked among 20 or so deceased in the basement of his Brooklyn funeral home, his protective mask pulled down so his pleas could be heard.
The week that was: Stories from the coronavirus saga
This past week, New York got worse — far worse. In New York City, as morgue space ran out, people started wondering