World & Nation
In cities across Mexico, morgues are full and funeral homes are jammed but nobody knows for sure how many people have died in the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 16, 2020
Lavish funeral practices and huge grave sites are returning after decades of suppression. At times, the rituals resemble bachelor parties.
Feb. 12, 2007
California
Residents used to the quiet of the cemetery town of Colma are upset at planned crematory. A recall bid of the council is part of the fallout.
May 11, 1997
In Liberia, they call it Decoration Day, a time of pain, celebration and memory when people visit graveyards to honor their dead, cleaning the graves, whitewashing them or painting them in bright colors.
March 11, 2015
Books
In the 11th century, the German historian Adam of Bremen wrote that the Finns “are to this day so superior in the magic arts or incantations that they profess to know what everyone is doing the world over....
Dec. 24, 2015
Relatives of thousands of people whose remains were entrusted to an Anaheim crematorium have agreed to a settlement of their civil lawsuit regarding the manner in which the remains were treated.
Dec. 26, 1994
The coronavirus pandemic is leaving India’s morgues piling up with the dead and graveyards and crematoriums overwhelmed.
June 11, 2020
Business
A jury Monday ordered a Laguna Beach funeral home to pay nearly $1.9 million in damages to the owners of an auto-repair shop who complained that the odor of human flesh from the mortuary’s crematorium was damaging their business.
Jan. 9, 1990
The Pentagon abruptly ordered changes Friday in the way it handles service members’ remains after learning that one business used by the Air Force performs both human and animal cremations.
May 10, 2008
Council approves a crematorium, mortuary near a residential area. Opponents say they might take legal action.
Dec. 5, 2003