Holding on to something tangible after the death of a loved one is important for many people. One option is to turn a small ...

A Bronze Age mass burial pit at Twentyshilling Barrow has been found in Scotland during the construction of a wind farm.

MARIETTA, Ga. — An investigation involving several agencies is underway after over 30 boxes of cremated remains were discovered at an abandoned funeral home. The cremated remains were left unattended ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Loved ones grieving over the death of an Omaha woman got another shock earlier this year when the cremated remains went missing in the mail. Now, half a year later, comes a ...

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. (WKRC) - A robbery turned into a tragedy for a family of three when thieves stole the cremated ashes of a loved one. Sean Houston married his wife Stephanie in 2012 and the pair ...

Elaine Murray with some of her memorial paintings: ‘I have an inquiring, scientific mind, so I wanted to make sure everything was done properly and respectfully.’Photograph: Niamh Shergold/The ...

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 ...

According to the National Funeral Directors’ Association, the cremation rate in the United States is expected to pass 82% by 2045. The urn is on the shelf, but it doesn’t feel right. It holds someone ...

From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly’s suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Through Daniel Hoffman’s hands, ashes of the dead receive new life as art for ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon family has been unable to lay a loved one to rest because her cremated remains are stuck in the mail. The woman’s ashes, shipped via United States Postal Service from the ...