On a warm, humid Saturday morning, grieving loved ones gathered at The Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis to honor Minnesota’s former House Speaker and her husband, whose shocking killings in an attack earlier this month stunned the nation.

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman will be laid to rest alongside her husband on Saturday, weeks after her "politically motivated assassination" stunned the nation.Hortman, a Democrat who served as the speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 till her slaying,