Five persons were killed in landslides in Assam in the last 24 hours as incessant rain led to floods in six districts, ...

Funeral directors worry about a looming crisis as the region's limited cremation capacity means it's getting more difficult ...

Eileen Weresch-Doornink shares the story of why her teenage son, Frederick Marion Weresch, AKA Fritz, chose to have his body ...

Lawmakers are considering whether to allow the composting of human remains that would break down into a soil-like product that could be spread in plant beds or elsewhere in nature.

While the practice of preserving bodies can be traced back thousands of years to ancient civilizations like the Egyptians, American embalming developed as a distinct tradition during the 19th century, ...

In the upcoming HBO series “The Mortician,” former Los Angeles funeral director David Sconce will open up about his twisted ...

I do not intend to compost grandma,” one opponent said of the legislation, which has been broadened to include alkaline ...

Ankita Bhandari, a resident of Dobh-Srikot village in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district, had joined Vanantra Resort in Yamkeshwar as a receptionist in August 2022. Less than a month into her job, ...

Shreveport police are investigating how an embalmed infant from Dallas ended up in linens sent to a local dry cleaner instead ...

Shreveport police are investigating how an embalmed infant from Dallas ended up in linens sent to a local dry cleaner instead ...

When Jose Zamora was taken to the hospital, he was “pale, clammy, cold and pulseless,” according to the complaint.