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“Green” or “natural” burials have become increasingly popular over the past two decades. In Florida, there are at least seven cemeteries that offer the service. Nearly all of them are in Central Florida, requiring South Florida families to drive hundreds of miles to bury their dead, producing carbon emissions along the way.
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A new report indicates that the federal government severely undercounts people who died while being transported, detained or arrested by law enforcement and those who died while incarcerated.
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A powerful blast struck on Monday inside a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing more than 18 people and wounding more than 70 worshippers, officials said.
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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.
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Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at an Illinois penitentiary. NPR and The Marshall Project have uncovered violence, abuse and a string of inmate deaths there.
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The proliferation of accidents has led to a new $45 million plan to boost public safety. The two companies are teaming with the state of Florida to prevent crashes along the railroad corridor between Miami-Dade and Brevard counties.
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The apparent mass grave seen in satellite images covers a space larger than three football fields. The imagery shows rows of graves stretching away from an existing cemetery in Manhush, near Mariupol.
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Harm reduction is one of four policies the Biden administration says must be immediately implemented in order to address the record high number of overdose deaths.
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The death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue in South Africa's Durban area. The president blamed climate change for the flooding.
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The former Tennessee nurse faces prison time for a fatal medication mistake. Reaction from her peers was swift and fierce on social media and beyond ― and it isn't over.
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Darleen Gruver says she had to stop counting how many COVID patients she sent to the morgue. She says things have improved, but nursing shortages are still causing problems.
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The new initiative will eliminate concerns from the first autopsy, ensure that it was conducted without any biases or errors.