ice cream Funeral for ice cream truck driver is surprisingly sweet Thom Dunn

death No more funeral home markups — you can now buy caskets direct for your corpse! Thom Dunn

funerals You can now legally compost dead bodies in Washington state Thom Dunn

climate change What happens when climate change ravages graveyards? Thom Dunn

STEM Girl Scouts in Indiana learn about mortuary science Rusty Blazenhoff

Ohio funeral home to open with full liquor license Allan Rose Hill

mistakes Funeral home apologizes after corpse tumbles out of hearse into traffic Rob Beschizza

mistakes Medical Examiner's mistake leads woman to carry father's ashes for 3 Years—he's still alive Jason Weisberger

funeral homes Funeral parlor owner arrested for leaving corpse in hearse… for two years David Pescovitz

cheese Cheesemaker meets a cheesy end Jason Weisberger

News Royals demands UK news sites delete memorial footage, such as Charles's embarrassing behavior at the accession council Rob Beschizza

deaths Queen Elizabeth II's final journey Rob Beschizza

poetry 'Love, Me' is a poem crowdsourced from hundreds of letters Rusty Blazenhoff

abortion New Ohio law requires full funeral services after abortions Thom Dunn

us news Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather offers to pay for George Floyd's funeral & memorial, family accepts offer Xeni Jardin

elections A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow

Weird Free deaths offered Xeni Jardin

picks Creek Indians donate $180,000 to cover funeral costs for 23 Alabama tornado victims Xeni Jardin

books The Myth of Capitalism: an ardent capitalist decries monopoly Cory Doctorow