Mourners gather at Atlanta church to remember former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly
ATLANTA — Mourners, including some well-known musical artists, are gathering for the funeral of former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly in Atlanta. Kelly’s funeral is set for Thursday afternoon at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church. The 34-year ...

Airline mix-up sends wrong bodies to two funerals
Delta aircraft as seen at Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson International Airport on April 30, 2007. (Photo: Barry Williams, Getty Images) Delta Air Lines has apologized after the carrier found itself at the center of an awkward mix-up in which it ...

Boston bombing: Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body is finally laid to rest
The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died after a gun battle with police, has found its final resting place, ending more than a week of confusion and anger about how to deal with the remains of the suspected Boston Marathon bomber. Police in ...

Unclaimed Civil War vets interred with 4 others as Arlington Cemetery dedicates columbarium
The soldiers were brothers and their remains had sat on a funeral home shelf for more than 100 years, unclaimed and largely forgotten. On Thursday, the national cemetery dedicated a new columbarium court designed to hold the cremated remains of ...

Not So Solid South: Democratic Party Survives In Rural Elliott County, Kentucky
SANDY HOOK, Ky. -- In 1988, the band Alabama scored a No. 1 country hit with "Song of the South," Bob McDill's tribute to life in rural Dixie. Twangy and anthemic, the tune entrenched itself in the Southern cannon, primarily in jukeboxes and ...

Mike Bello with updates on Tsarnaev's burial
The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been "entombed," reported Boston Globe deputy metro editor Mike Bello this morning during an interview with RadioBDC's Henry Santoro and Julie Kramer. The alleged Boston Marathon bomber's body is buried in an ...