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Final respects paid to Elijah Cummings at his funeral

The congressman and civil rights leader was remembered as a champion of truth and civil rights. Mourners bid a final farewell to the late US Representative Elijah Cummings in his hometown of Baltimore. Cummings was remembered as a champion of truth and civil rights at his funeral in Baltimore. He spent the final years of his life as a fierce critic of President Donald Trump - and played a leading role in impeachment efforts. Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports.
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Stephon Clark: Hundreds attend funeral after police killing
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Stephon Clark: Hundreds attend funeral after police killing

Grieving protesters call for justice after funeral of 22-year-old black father of two who was shot dead by police. Civil rights activists vowed to keep the pressure up on the US government to deal with police misconduct as they attended the funeral of Stephon Clark, 22, father of two, and the most recent victim of a string of fatal shootings of black men by police. "We're going to make [US President] Donald Trump and the whole world deal with the issue of police misconduct," the Reverend Al Sharpton, veteran civil rights leader, told a congregation of hundreds at the funeral in Sacramento, California on Thursday. Clark was shot dead on March 18 outside his grandmother's backyard in Sacramento by police responding to a report that someone was breaking wind...
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No Will No Funeral
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No Will No Funeral

When Will Prince Officially Be Laid To Rest? As the family of the late music iconPrince continues to wage war over his $300 million estate, they have announced that plans for an official memorial service are on hold, to take place on an unknown date in the future. All because their was no will. Prince earned over 300 million over the course of his career, take out a few thousand dollars and give the man a funeral. There will be more than enough  lift to fight over.
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