House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a request for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, citing past precedent for how such honors are typically granted, according to ...

The speaker looked to precedent where lying in state or honor in the Capitol has been reserved for former presidents, ...

It is rare for private citizens to be honored at the Capitol, but there is precedent - most notably Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks, in 2005, and the Reverend Billy Graham, in 2018.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family announced revised funeral arrangements for the Chicago-based civil rights icon and ...

Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday evening, followed by a funeral service and burial Wednesday morning for Carter Johnson.

Classes at Iowa Lakes Community College will not resume on Wednesday as had been previously announced. Instead, they have been postponed to Thursday so the community can attend Johnson's funeral.

Nasser Hospital in Gaza has condemned the decision by Doctors Without Borders to suspend most work at the facility due to concerns over armed men in the compound.

EDEKER, REV. JOY MARIE — Funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, at First Presbyterian Church, 230 W. Ninth St.. FISHER, HELEN L. — Funeral and visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m.

Shirley Banks Johnson departed this life on Friday, February 6, 2026 at Heritage Hall Nursing Facility in Rich Creek, Virginia, following a long illness.

Derrick Johnson buried his mother’s ashes beneath a golden dewdrop tree with purple blossoms at his home on Maui’s Haleakalā Volcano, fulfilling her wish of a ...

Gene Paul Johnson, age 87, a lifelong resident of Vallonia, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Gene was a devoted, lifelong member of ...