The man’s father allegedly emptied the contents of the bag into a washing machine only to find “human brain matter.” ...

Phillip Pietras, a former funeral director, faces multiple charges for allegedly embezzling funds from over 100 clients.

The University of Dundee and NHS Tayside have launched TayMed Connect, a MedTech ecosystem, bringing together a unique cad ...

Missouri must reject mandating the Ten Commandments in classrooms Bill Eigel's misleading fundraising shows why Missouri ...

What you see is not always what you get in the North Carolina legislature. For decades, lawmakers have used a “gut-and-amend” strategy to quickly pass legislation without much, if any, ...

Natural burials can be less expensive than traditional burial due to avoiding extras such as embalming, elaborate coffins or ...

Traditional burial methods harm the planet in various ways. Embalming slows the decay of a person’s body so that it’s presentable at a funeral—but after burial, the chemicals used for embalming leach ...

The curious RPG Live A Live is a fascinating time capsule of an era when RPGs were still experimenting heavily with structures and ideas, and its long-awaited remake proves that the best, weirdest ...

MANILA, Philippines — His work begins when someone dies. The dead is brought to him and laid on a steel table in a fluorescent-lit, refrigerator-cold room reeking of formalin, where he prepares the ...

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A pathologist told an inquest in Tullamore today that he could identify no clear cause of the death of an Offaly farmer because his examination was limited by previous embalming of the body. The ...