QUITO, Ecuador—A 76-year-old woman who had been declared dead and surprised her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake earlier this month has died after seven days in intensive care, her family said Saturday. Gilberto Barbera Montoya, the woman’s son, told The Associated Press that doctors at the state hospital where she was…

A funeral is being held at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 19 for Jordan Neely, a man whose death has been ruled a homicide by the New York City’s medical examiner after being placed in a chokehold by a fellow passenger on the New York City subway. Video coverage includes the exterior and interior views…

WASHINGTON—One man was killed and three other people were critically injured Tuesday in a shooting outside of a funeral for a homicide victim in the nation’s capital, according to police. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said a police officer was stationed near the funeral home in northeast Washington where the service was held when the…

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Two men were killed and three other people were injured in a second shooting outside gatherings to mourn loved ones in St. Paul this weekend. The St. Paul Police Department said all five people were shot in a parking lot shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday during an altercation after a celebration-of-life event. One…

Never has the winter felt so suffocating for Zou, who counted about 20 deaths among his social circles amid the massive COVID wave that’s gripping China. Memorial tents, indicating households that have lost family members, are visible on every street in his hometown, in the historic city of Yueyang in southern China’s mountainous Hunan Province…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Police are investigating a shooting Friday near a Kansas City funeral home that left four people injured, one of them critically. The shooting was reported about 11:30 a.m. at the Elite Funeral Chapel in south Kansas City. Police spokeswoman Leslie Foreman said one shooting victim was inside the funeral home, one was in…

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Police have arrested six men following the funeral for a 19-year-old man who was shot at the Mall of America last month. Johntae Hudson’s funeral was held Friday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Officers at the service noticed a man with a handgun and another man wanted for a nonfatal Dec. 14 shooting…

A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission. Megan Hess, 46, pleaded guilty to fraud in July. She operated a funeral home, Sunset Mesa, and a body parts entity, Donor Services,…

The 24-hour wake of soccer legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, widely known as Pelé, will take place on Monday, Jan. 2, at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santons, Brazil. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century,…

The 24-hour wake of soccer legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, widely known as Pelé, will take place on Monday, Jan. 2, at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santons, Brazil. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century,…