Former US Sen. Joe Lieberman and VP candidate remembered at hometown funeral service

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Political dignitaries, friends and family have gathered to honor the late, former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. A funeral service was taking place Friday morning in Stamford. Stamford was the hometown of the four-term senator who grew as the son of a liquor store owner and decades later came within hundreds of votes of becoming the first Jewish vice president in 2000. Lieberman’s family says he died Wednesday in New York City from complications from a fall. He was 82. Services will be held at Congregation Agudath Sholom. Lieberman was a self-described observant Jew and the congregation played a key role early on in his life.