Most people opt for either a traditional ground burial or a cremation, which turns a person's remains into ashes. But an ...

Lane Kugler has forgiven his son-in-law for stabbing to death his only daughter and two grandsons. But he has nothing but contempt for the mental health system in Nebraska and ...

Richard J. Moylan has overseen a transformation of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn in his nearly 40 years as president. Now he’s ready to retire.

A tree fell in the Amazon—and revealed mysterious urns of ancient human remains Archaeologists still don’t know who buried the urns or exactly how old they are.

PHILADELPHIA -- Eighteen days before the trade deadline, the Philadelphia Phillies might have resolved their bullpen crisis.

A new law in Texas will require many popular products to have a label warning consumers that it contains ingredients “not recommended for human consumption.” It targets M&Ms, Doritos, Mountain ...

An alternative to burial or cremation — allowing dead bodies to break down into a soil-like product — is just a signature away from reality in New Jersey.

Georgia now allows human composting as an alternative to burial or cremation, giving families a new, eco-friendly option for final arrangements.

Tupac tragically passed away on September 13, 1996, after suffering from gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting in Paradise, Nevada.

An urn containing the ashes of a woman’s late partner was thrown across a room at her home as she was punched approximately four times in the face by a man who also threatened to “finish her ...