A family has filed a $50 million lawsuit against a New Jersey funeral service after they say the wrong body was put inside a casket before the funeral for their mother. The daughter of 93-year-old ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my mother passed away some years ago, my brother and his wife placed a stuffed black cat toy in her casket. My mother had owned several black cats. Months later, I was opening ...

From Dracula’s resting place to polished funeral-home displays, the vessels we associate with death have evolved, and so has the language. Take the words coffin and casket, for example. People tend to ...