Few in Detroit were tighter with the Rev. Jesse Jackson than the family of Aretha Franklin. Jackson, who died Tuesday at age 84, was a longtime friend of the Rev. C.L. Franklin. The men were Midwest ...

(Reuters) - Members of Aretha Franklin's family felt the eulogy for the Queen of Soul delivered by a pastor at her funeral last week was "offensive and distasteful", they said on Monday. Rev. Jasper ...

With a running time of about eight hours, Aretha Franklin’s funeral last Friday certainly didn’t skimp on emotional performances, pink Cadillacs, and heartfelt tributes — or controversy. One of the ...

NEW YORK — The late Aretha Franklin's family said Monday that it found an Atlanta pastor's eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul's funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful. The eulogist, the ...

PONTIAC, Mich. — A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has ...

The family dispute over Aretha Franklin’s will has finally been put to rest. After a two-day trial and less than an hour of deliberation, a Michigan jury found that a handwritten document found in ...

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg addressed the controversy and criticism of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan being allowed to share a stage with former President Bill Clinton and other ...

(CNN) — Five years after the death of Aretha Franklin, a battle over her estate is ongoing. A probate court trial involving three of her four sons began Monday in Michigan after Franklin failed to ...