Palliative care and hospice professionals discuss what the process is like — and their insights may challenge what you think ...

For centuries, humans have thought of death as a single, dramatic instant - the final heartbeat, the last breath, the moment when the light fades from the eyes. But modern science, ancient philosophy, ...

Death doulas help to support people as they approach the end of their lives. In a time of ongoing collective grief, how are you thinking about your relationship to death? The work of death doulas can ...

Four years ago, Alabama’s Death Row inmates got a choice of how they wanted the state to kill them. Most didn’t understand that their choice could mean a shot at living longer. Some didn’t even know ...

J.S. Park helps patients and their families cope with death every day as a hospital chaplain. He explains what to expect as a ...

It has been nearly a decade since the state of Idaho has executed someone on death row. However, one of Idaho’s longest-serving death-row inmates has made the headlines. Gerald Pizzuto has been on ...

On Tuesday, in Cruz v. Arizona, the Supreme Court will consider whether an Arizona rule of criminal procedure, Rule 32.1(g), precludes Arizona courts from applying federal law to a defendant’s case in ...

Thinking about your mortality can be overwhelming, and that was before the pandemic amplified things. Most places don’t allow in-person funerals, forcing loved ones to say goodbye through screens—or ...

The Nigerian creator — whose real name was Anda Damisa — maintained a following of nearly 100,000 on Instagram ...

Nearly two months after announcing the death of her baby with husband Alex Vesia, Kayla Vesia shared a heartbreaking life ...

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as ...