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LONDON (AP) — The funeral of the only monarch most Britons have known involves the biggest security operation London has ever seen.

LONDON (AP) — Events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday cap 10 days of national mourning and are expected to be watched by hundreds of thousands of people packed onto the streets of London and millions around the world.

LONDON (AP) — In retrospect, it seems as if she was preparing us all along.

LONDON (AP) — When Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather, King George V, died 86 years ago, many homes in Britain had little or no electricity and large parts of the population still lived in slums. Life in 1936 is unrecognizable to Britons today.

ORILLIA, Ont. — Political satirist and TV personality Rick Mercer has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The CBC star captured the $25,000 prize for his memoir "Talking to Canadians," published by DoubleDay Canada.

NEW YORK (AP) — Henry Silva, a prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean's Eleven” and other films, has died at age 95.

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — New York City Mayor Eric Adams; Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova; El Paso, Texas, Mayor Mayor Oscar Leeser. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

LONDON — U.S. President Joe Biden has arrived in London to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

LONDON (AP) — All eight of Queen Elizabeth II's grandchildren stood in silent vigil beside her coffin Saturday, capping another huge day in which thousands came to pay their respects.

BALTIMORE (AP) — A court hearing has been set for Monday in Baltimore to consider a request from prosecutors to vacate the 2000 murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.