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Jenny Powers
04 Jun 2022, 19:45
Meet the 30-year-old startup founder turning cremated ashes into decorative 'stones' for more tangible grieving
Justin Crowe said ashes can be a persistent form of guilt and frustration for loved ones. For $595, his company will turn them into "parting stones."
Cheryl Teh
08 Jul 2021, 13:03
India built a park using the ashes of 6,000 people who died from COVID and it's a memorial to those who perished in the pandemic
In many cases, entire families died from the virus, leaving no one to pick up the ashes of the deceased.
19 Jun 2021, 10:48
Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh to be cremated with state honours in Chandigarh
Tributes have been pouring across the globe as legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh, 91, whose 400 metres Indian national r...
Bill Bostock
30 Apr 2021, 19:00
People in India are being cremated in parking lots, with so much demand that families have to take tickets and wait
India is buckling under a devastating COVID-19 surge. Some 370,000 positive tests were reported Thursday alone, and thousands are dying every day.
Aria Bendix
29 Apr 2021, 01:29
A perfect storm of 4 factors has fueled India's harrowing coronavirus surge. Other countries could be next.
Had India used the winter to ramp up testing, genomic surveillance, and the supply of critical medications, its outbreak may not have gotten this bad.
Kelly McLaughlin
19 Jan 2021, 03:17
LA County has suspended air-quality regulations that limit the number of cremations as it handles a 'backlog' of bodies from the pandemic
LA County is currently seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases and has reported 13,848 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began.
Susie Neilson,Dave Mosher
10 Oct 2020, 18:21
For $595, a company will transform a dead person or pet into smooth 'parting stones' that slip into your pocket
The polished "solidified remains" feel more precious and less creepy than an urn full of cremated remains, says Parting Stone founder Justin Crowe.
Prabhjote Gill
26 Apr 2020, 17:19
Denying last rites of people who have died from Coronavirus will attract a 3 year jail term in Tamil Nadu
Denying the 'dignified' burial or cremation of anyone who has died due to coronavirus in Tamil Nadu will be met with a jail ...
Kelly Dickerson
04 Dec 2013, 23:54
You Can Now Turn Dead People Into Diamonds
Wikimedia Commons/Norbert Hüttisch, Karlsruhe A sample of human ashes. The idea of wearing your deceased loved one around your finger or neck might b...
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