Dr. Odey C. Ukpo, the county chief medical examiner, previously told the county board that only half of families were able to pay the fee in recent years.

We were able to pay for all of those unexpected bills with money that was already in our account, instead of doing the American thing and running up debt.

It had cost her around £22,000 but she was able to pay that back in two years, working long hours in kitchens and nail salons.

For two days he will lie in state at the US Capitol Rotunda, where the public will be able to pay their respects.

The site still features crowd-sourced community notes used to factcheck or rebuff what posts say - and users are able to pay for blue ticks, which were previously given free of charge as a sign authenticating that the person was who they said they were.