Mar 8th, 2010 · The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the message of anti-gay protesters who show up at military funerals with inflammatory slogans such as "Thank God for dead soldiers" is protected by the First Amendment.
Mar 1st, 2010 · No one made funeral music quite like Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer born 200 years ago Monday. Chances are, you've heard snippets of his musical evocation of doom and gloom in cartoons, movies and, yes, funerals.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · With an estimated death toll as high as 200,000 in Haiti from the Jan. 12 quake, mass burials have replaced the traditional rituals for honoring the dead. In a land where funeral rites and the spiritual afterlife are central tenants, many Haitians are upset that so many bodies have been buried without ceremony.
Jan 10th, 2010 · Normally reserved for people with no home or relatives, indigent burials are increasing in states like Oregon where families can no longer afford funeral costs.
Jan 7th, 2010 · Thousands clashed with police during a funeral procession for six of seven people killed in an attack on churchgoers leaving a midnight Mass for Coptic Christians, security officials said. Wednesday's attack, which happened on the holiest day in the Coptic calendar, was the worst known incident of sectarian violence in a decade.
Dec 21st, 2009 · Further evidence that opposition to the Iranian government remains strong: Tens of thousands turned out for the funeral of a leading dissident cleric — Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri — in the holy Shiite city of Qum.
Dec 21st, 2009 · Tens of thousands of Iranian mourners — many chanting protest slogans — joined the funeral procession Monday for the country's most senior dissident cleric, who had described government crackdowns as the work of power-hungry despots. Iranian authorities have barred foreign media from covering the processions in the holy city of Qom for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who died Sunday at age 87.
Nov 15th, 2009 · Funerals are being held this weekend for some of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shootings. Among them is a service for 62-year-old Mike Cahill, whose family and friends are gathering in Cameron, Texas. Nathan Bernier of member station KUT reports.