death

The idea of human composting — to help restore a forest or grow flowers — may be a little off-putting to some, but it has many advantages over traditional-but-toxic methods of burial and cremation.

Investors are banking on increased demand in death care services as 73 million baby boomers near the end of their lives.

Carlos Escobar-Mejia, 57, had been in ICE custody since Jan. 10, when he was stopped in a car by the Border Patrol in Chula Vista, Calif. Before then, he had been living in the U.S. for 40 years.

The latest study by non-profit organization Smart Growth America ranks Florida as the most dangerous state to walk in the country.

Over a five-year period, Florida’s Medicaid program overpaid private HMOs an estimated $26 million in monthly premiums for enrollees who had already died,…

The family of a woman who died outside a hospital after she was forcibly removed by police has filed a lawsuit against the hospital, two of its former…

As of August first, 22 people have died from lightning strikes in the United States – that’s double the average number of deaths over the past five...

When someone dies, a lot of people honor the memory of a loved one with a funeral.Those who chose a traditional casket burial spend about $7,000 or more.…

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading causes of injury and death in the United States. And while wrong-way crashes account for a small percentage of the…

According to a review of Florida Department of Children and Families documents by the Miami Herald, child deaths are being inaccurately counted. The…