
Tyre Nichols' funeral to be held in Memphis on Wednesday, with civil rights leaders set to speak. Here's how to watch.
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Tyre Nichols, whose violent arrest and subsequent death prompted widespread grief and outrage, will be laid to rest Wednesday in Memphis. Nichols died on Jan. 10, three days after he was beaten by police at a traffic stop. Five officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder.
His funeral will be attended by Vice President Kamala Harris, the White House announced Tuesday, along with several other administration officials. Members of Nichols' family, along with the Rev. Al Sharpton and civil rights attorney Ben Crump, are set to speak.
Nichols, who was 29 years old, worked for FedEx and had a 4-year-old son. He grew up in Sacramento but moved to Memphis right before the pandemic to join his mother and stepfather.

In the past year, over 135 million passengers traveled to the U.S. from other countries. To infectious disease experts, that represents 135 million chances for an outbreak to begin. To identify and stop the next potential pandemic, government disease detectives have been discreetly searching for viral pathogens in wastewater from airplanes. Experts are worried that these efforts may not be enough.