Funeral homes and spas in Japan have started offering “coffin lying,” in which people pay to relax and meditate inside an open or closed casket. If a wellness guru were to open a so-called coffin ...

A play inspired by the story of Emmett Till has now been extended twice past its initial run at Collaboraction Theatre in Humboldt Park.

Despite the Department of Government Efficiency's Elon Musk showing up with a chainsaw to illustrate his disdain for waste, FY2025 broke records for the amount spent by the Department of Defense on ...

You’d probably expect caskets to be in the basement of a typical funeral home — but not this one. Hidden beneath a trap door sits an expansive model railroad th ...

Many years ago, when I was young, my friends and I loved exploring abandoned buildings. On one of those nighttime excursions, ...

Lonnie Wayman entered his final resting place not unclaimed, but with a sea of strangers who, in that moment, became family.

Growing up, all of your family’s traditions were perfectly normal. Nobody would question them, and you might have assumed that every family followed the exact same rituals. But there comes a time in ...

As night approached, a wave of heavy Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern outskirts reverberated across the Lebanese capital.

Thousands of people mourned in a state-sanctioned ceremony, as people in Tehran described deepening anxiety and fear as the war continued.

Norwegian police said on Wednesday they had apprehended three brothers suspected of carrying out Sunday's bombing at the US ...

But they soon discovered several restrictions that made organizing a green burial almost impossible. After Kyle Moore died, his parents Terry and Shirley became advocates for green burial in their ...

The Strait of Hormuz is a critical chokepoint in the world's oil supply, driving up gas prices as the conflict with Iran continues.