80 Years After Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation, Witnesses Remember
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80 Years After Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation, Witnesses Remember

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lockered Gahs, known unofficially as Bud, was a 20-year-old soldier in the U.S. Army who had been fighting for a year when he and his unit first entered the Dachau concentration camp just outside Munich in 1945. His unit — the 42nd Infantry…

‘He Was Like Family’: Faithful Descend on St. Peter’s Square for Pope’s Funeral
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‘He Was Like Family’: Faithful Descend on St. Peter’s Square for Pope’s Funeral

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Some mourners had spent the night sleeping in the streets near the Vatican, and they started lining up at dawn on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square to bid farewell to Pope Francis. Hours later, world leaders took their seats in rows near an…

Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony
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Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose simple style, pastoral vision and outsized footprint on the world stage both reinvigorated…

The Pope’s Funeral – The New York Times
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The Pope’s Funeral – The New York Times

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines VATICAN CITY — A patchwork of clergy in red, white, purple and black vestments. World leaders including President Trump seated on the stairs of St. Peter’s Basilica for an outdoor ceremony. A simple cypress casket. Haunting chants and some 200,000 faithful embraced by…

Prelude to a Funeral – The New York Times
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Prelude to a Funeral – The New York Times

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Francis set the stage for his own mourning late last year, when he approved a simplified procedure for papal funeral rituals. Simplicity, of course, is relative — in this case to the breathtaking grandeur bequeathed by centuries of Roman Catholic tradition. The procession…

A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks
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A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The body lay wrapped in a maroon robe as a small cluster of mourners gathered last week to pay their respects. Buddhist monks chanted verses, praying for the deceased, who had been one of them. One monk, Ashin Javanar Linkhara, then held his…

Ukrainians Mourn Many Killed in Russian Strike Near Playground
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Ukrainians Mourn Many Killed in Russian Strike Near Playground

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Their lives intersected around a playground on a sunny Friday evening in Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine. Kostiantyn Novik, 16, had come with his cousin to hang out with friends. Serhii Smotolok, a 57-year-old welder, was nursing a beer nearby on…

At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories
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At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Denzel Washington called him his “northern star.” Whoopi Goldberg said “getting to see him onstage was heaven.” Some of the most notable names in show business gathered in Times Square on Monday afternoon for a starry, and sometimes emotional, send-off for James Earl…