(THE CONVERSATION) Upwards of 3 million people die every year in the United States. As a funeral director who heads a university mortuary science program, I can tell you that while each individual’s ...

Sep. 4—Allen Chase placed a red rose atop a silver casket, bowing his head to kiss the painted wood. Inside one of four caskets were the cremated remains of his wife and life partner of 25 years, Tina ...

There’s no question that sending human beings to space is an extraordinarily difficult and perilous proposition. It brings to mind a gloomy but necessary question to ask: If someone dies in space – ...

The Cuyahoga County jail has been called one of the worst jails in America, a title it earned following a scathing investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service amid a rash of deaths seven years ago. The ...