Obituaries

Authorities say a mother and daughter have died of injuries they suffered when a food truck exploded in Philadelphia earlier this month.

An inmate at Neuse Correctional Institution has died three weeks after he was involved in a fight with another inmate.

Gospel music mixed with cries of grief at a Brooklyn church filled to overflowing with mourners for the funeral of a man who died in police custody after an officer placed him in an apparent chokehold, and his family was scheduled to meet with federal prosecutors in efforts to get a civil rights probe of his death.

The office of Attorney General Tom Horne said Joseph Rudolph Wood was pronounced dead at 3.49pm local time, one hour and 57 minutes after the execution started.

A Texas Rangers investigation found that Funeraria Del Angel Howard-Williams in Falfurrias did not violate Texas law or overcharge Brooks County for the burials, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported late Tuesday.

A coroner has ruled that Peaches Geldof died of a heroin overdose, according to the BBC , which attended the inquest in Britain Wednesday.

Texas Rangers say there isn't enough evidence to pursue criminal charges after several unidentified immigrants were found buried in single graves.

NYC police express anger at reaction to chokehold death Members of two Internet sites for police said Eric Garner was overweight, unhealthy.

Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't want his children to become "trust fund kids" so he left his fortune to his girlfriend, a court document said.

Hospitals are not always good at recognising or dealing with people who are terminally ill, former Conservative party leader Michael Howard said, calling for patients to be allowed to die at home or in hospices.

Robert Newhouse , who played running back for the Dallas Cowboys for 11 years and went to three Super Bowls, has died.

The FBI is "monitoring" the investigation into the death of Eric Garner, who died in the custody of the New York Police Department last week, officials tell ABC News.

MagicJack pioneered phone calls over the Internet, advertised as a means of "eliminating your monthly phone bill forever."

A pine tree planted in Los Angeles' Griffith Park to honor George Harrison died as a result of a beetle infestation, the Los Angeles Times The "George Harrison Tree" was originally planted in 2004 in memory of the late Beatle.

An airman who died after being run over by a government vehicle during an Air Force training exercise will be buried in Florida's Panhandle.

Mauricio Acevedo, executive vice president of LAPIZTA at his office in Doral. "If you don't have a sponsor or a rich father, LAPIZTA can be a component that can help you continue living your dream," co-founder Daniel Schachtel said.​ "> Mauricio Acevedo, executive vice president of LAPIZTA at his office in Doral.

A child that police say may have been thrown from a car and found on a roadway died early Monday.

The witty and eclectic novelist who reimagined the American West in the historical yarn "Little Big Man" has died in New York.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A wrong-way driver slammed head-on into another car on the 210 Freeway here early Sunday, killing himself and two of four family members riding in the other vehicle, authorities said.

A Brockton man is headed to court to face charges in connection with the fatal weekend stabbing of another city man.