Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Chart: Axios Visuals Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., reversing a norm from two decades ago, according to the National Funeral ...

Michael '5000' Watts of Swishahouse remembered with a city day and a flag flown from the U.S. Capitol.

A Houston funeral home went viral on April 11 when a man posted a video of bodies left out in the open, allegedly without air conditioning. The Texas Funeral Service Commission — the state body in ...

A funeral home in southwest Houston was shut down after 10 bodies were discovered in disturbing conditions. The Texas Funeral Services Commission is now investigating Richardson Mortuary after KPRC 2 ...

HOUSTON – A Houston mother says she’s still waiting to receive her son’s cremated remains months after his funeral, on the heels of state investigators shutting down the funeral home she trusted ...

The Houston Police Department has taken the ashes of dozens of people from a Houston mortuary that is under investigation for the way it was handling dead bodies in its care. The police department has ...