ST. PAUL -- The Twin Cities Hmong community is searching for another location for its elaborate, traditional funerals, which often last several days and include hundreds of relatives and friends. The ...

FRESNO, Calif. – Vang Pao, a fabled military hero and beloved father figure among the international Hmong refugee community, will be honored with a massive funeral "fit for a king" in central ...

FRESNO, Calif.FRESNO, Calif. — Four California men shot at a backyard gathering of family and friends will be laid to rest this month with traditional Hmong funerals, as police continue to search for ...

Members of St. Paul’s Hmong community on Wednesday marked the passing of an institution that for more than a decade has marked their passings: the Hmong Funeral Home. The city bought the one-story ...

Dressed in black pants and jacket, a conical red hood on her head, shaman Mai Yang ushered spirits out the front door with a sweeping gesture of her right arm and then struck a gong to persuade the ...

Reporting from Fresno — They promised a funeral fit for a king. There were to be dignitaries; a long red carpet; thousands of pigs, cows, chickens and ducks to be sacrificed for feasting. It had to be ...

Funeral arrangements have been announced for the late Gen. Vang Pao. Vang Pao died Thursday in Clovis, Calif., near Fresno, following a battle with pneumonia. He was 81. There will be a traditional ...

ST. PAUL -- The space crunch for traditional Hmong funerals in the Twin Cities area could soon worsen after city inspectors ordered the city's only Hmong funeral home to close because of code ...

MENASHA -- Germania Hall has been sold to new owners whose mission is guiding souls to the afterlife. Kor Xiong and Chiaxah Vang completed their purchase of the banquet and restaurant facility at 320 ...

Members of the Hmong community are planning an elaborate funeral ceremony for Vang Pao, considered a father of the Southeast Asian immigrant community. UPDATE: Relatives of the former Laotian general ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Vang Pao, a fabled military hero and beloved father figure among the international Hmong refugee community, will be honored with a massive funeral "fit for a king" in central ...