The Alsip cemetery is the final resting place of Mamie and Emmett Till, rapper King Von, singer Dinah Washington and generations of other prominent figures.

Mexican American families are gathering to honor their ancestors with altars, marigolds and sugar skulls on Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead.

Many plants and flowers have symbolic meanings, and their presence on a grave may reflect something unique about the deceased ...

California pastor Jack Hibbs, who leads Calvary Chapel Chino Hills and is a friend of the Kirks, called her words an ...

There’s a white farmhouse-style building in Wilmot, Ohio where cherry blossoms frame the entrance in spring, and inside, they ...

Four deaths this year highlight dangerous encounters between horse-drawn buggies and vehicles on rural highways where speed ...

Renowned author Amish Tripathi breaks long-held myths around the practice of Sati, asserting it was never a religious ritual ...

A funeral meant to honor a man who died by suicide took an unsettling turn after his best friend realized the “handwritten” tribute song and obituary were AI-generated. While the deceased’s family ...

A team of archaeologists have studied the remains of a 10,000-year-old baby with high technology. Their new paper not only found signs of ritual burial, but it reveals that baby carriers, or baby ...

The High Court on Thursday declined to stop the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, dismissing an urgent plea by a Luo elder who claimed the planned 72-hour interment violates cultural ...

A blueberry pie was made to celebrate Daniel’s birthday. It is a rainy Tuesday morning. We sure appreciate this rain, it has been really dry here. I need to get this column written. I wish I wouldn’t ...