By Richard Simon
Tribune Newspapers

WASHINGTON _ The long list of legislative accomplishments changed life in America.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who died Tuesday night at age 77, shaped national policy on a wide range of issues but especially health, education, civil rights…

A list of those who attended Sen. Edward Kennedy’s funeral in Boston on Saturday:

President Barack Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama
Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden
Former President George W. Bush and wife Laura Bush
Former President Bill Clinton
Former President Jimmy…

By Christi Parsons
Tribune Washington Bureau

MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass. _ Shortly after Barack Obama arrived in Washington, Sen. Edward Kennedy gave him a peaceful Cape Cod seascape that he had painted himself. The work now hangs in the president’s private study at…

By SAM TANENHAUS
New York Times

“An important chapter in our history has come to an end,” President Barack Obama said in his first public remarks on the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. “Our country has lost a great leader,…