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A Lansing organization geared at uplifting the LGBTQ+ community is inviting people in the Capital Region to its inaugural celebration this weekend.

Events are scheduled from noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 20 at the Vermontville Community Center.

With many events making their return following two years of cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of Angelenos filled various venues to pay homage to fallen American heroes.

Festivals are packed throughout the summer to keep Greater Lansing residents busy while having fun with music, food and celebrations.

More than 60 people became ill after a funeral reception in Texas. Two years later, some of them are still coping with the financial and medical consequences.

A salmonella outbreak sickened more than 60 people at a funeral reception in Texas. Two years later, some of them are still coping with the financial and medical consequences.

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- The number of Americans killed by COVID-19 surpassed 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins University, a tragic figure far surpassing the toll of any other nation in the world. Logically, 500,000 is only slightly more than the population of the City of Raleigh (483,579); its roughly equal to 25 sellout crowds at PNC Arena (capacity 19,722); the U.S. death toll is now approximately 168 times the total lives lost on Sept. 11, and now stands at approximately 3/4 of the total n...

One of largest cemeteries in U.S. struggles with wave of Covid-19 deaths Chloe Atkins © Provided by NBC News One of the largest cemeteries in North America is fighting to keep up with the demand for funeral services because of an uptick in Covid-19 deaths. Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in Whittier, California, covers over 1,000 acres, but families are having to wait up to five weeks for funeral arrangements, compared to the usual waiting period of five to seven days. �...

WHITTIER, Calif. (Reuters) - Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in Whittier, California, may be the biggest cemetery in North America but the 1,400...

Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in Whittier, California, may be the biggest cemetery in North America but the 1,400-acre park is struggling to cope with the number of bodies awaiting funeral services due to an increase in COVID-19 deaths.