Scottish Labour’s Jackie Baillie urged the First Minister to take action after a ‘wrongful release’ was discovered only after ...

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

Within Africa, there is evidence of burned human remains at a 7,500-year-old site in Egypt, although these are not associated ...

A man who shot two people dead on the same day four years ago has been ordered to spend life in prison with no chance of ...

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.

Every year, I participate in the Ash Wednesday liturgy in which I remind myself that I am dust and to dust I shall return. If ...

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 ...

Caitlin's former partner was able to refuse her family access to her body for weeks. Her mother is fighting for a new law to ...

A 9,500-year-old funeral pyre uncovered in a rock shelter in northern Malawi is forcing archaeologists to rethink when and ...

Archaeologists say they've unexpectedly found a huge Stone Age cremation pyre in southern-central Africa. The discovery is helping them understand the history of cremation.

Several Sacramento County roads were partially closed on Sunday due to flooding, and at least one person had to be rescued ...

Police said they located Matthew Molinaro, 29, of Sterling Heights, on New Year’s Eve at an undisclosed Royal Oak night spot ...