ORANGETOWN, N.Y. — About 30 people have paid their respects to a woman they never met after responding to a call for attendees for a suburban New York funeral at which no one was expected to show up.

The Journal News reports the strangers served as Francine Stein’s pallbearers and also helped bury her during the service Wednesday at a cemetery in Orangetown. Stein died at the age of 83. Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach officiated the service and says there was no eulogy because he didn’t know anything about the woman. He learned at the cemetery that Stein was a musician and had taught at the Julliard School. The call for volunteers came on Facebook from Weinbach’s daughter. One attendee said she came to the service as a simple act of “human decency.”(nypost.com)…[+]

WASHINGTON –  The former Navy SEAL who wrote a book about his role in the raid that killed Usama bin Laden will pay the government more than $6.6 million for violating non-disclosure agreements and publishing without getting the document cleared by the Defense Department, according to federal court documents.

Matt Bissonnette, who wrote “No Easy Day” under the pseudonym Mark Owen, will give the U.S. government all profits and royalties from the book or movie rights. The proceeds already total more than $6.6 million. He will have four years to pay the bulk of that. The payments were outlined in settlement documents filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia.(nypost.com)…[+]

While President Obama relaxed on Martha’s Vineyard and Hillary Clinton hobnobbed with celebs in Miami, Donald Trump toured flood-battered Louisiana on Friday, drawing cheers as he met with victims and volunteers.

Joined by his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, for a three-hour stop, the Republican nominee got a warm welcome at a Baptist church in East Baton Rouge Parish.

“We knew you would be here for us!” a woman screamed as Trump signed hats, shook hands and discussed the damage with volunteers. Nearly 7 trillion gallons of rain fell on Mississippi and Louisiana last week, swelling rivers, inundating neighborhoods and claiming at least 13 lives.(nypost.com)…[+]