How should families approach the decision between burial and cremation? MENOMONIE, WI, UNITED STATES, January 12, 2026 ...

A 103-year-old woman in Nagpur shocked relatives after being presumed dead and prepared for cremation. Just before the rites, ...

Michael McKee is named in an amended complaint filed Sept. 29, 2025 by a man who allegedly required emergency surgery after ...

An investigation into Monique and Spencer Tepe's deaths led to the arrest of Monique's ex-husband, Michael David McKee.

Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Tucson has announced a program that will entomb the cremains of loved ones for families who are too financially strapped to pay for the service. Bishop Gerald F.

Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to ...

A team of scholars identified the oldest intentional human cremation, dramatically expanding what archaeologists know about early hunter-gatherer practices.

The premise of a green burial, say advocates of the practice, is to return us to the Earth, replenish it and help it to outlive us.

A generation ago, burial was the default and cremation the exception. Today, the roles are rapidly reversing. By 2035, 80% of ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

The 9,500-year-old remains were discovered to be of a woman who was between 18 and 60 years old when she died. According to ...

Scotland’s largest hospital has apologised after a bereaved family was given the wrong body for a cremation ceremony. Morgue staff at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow passed ...