Tasmania, the Australian island, is making the news due to its eco-friendly and softer approach to funerals. Their Community Coffin Club started practicing the flat pack coffin alternative. Death is a subject that concerns us, the living. Our views on death and the rituals surrounding it have evolved as we […]
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Flat Pack Coffins Help the Environment, Lower Funeral Costs & the Grieving Process
Tasmania, the Australian island, is making the news due to its eco-friendly and softer approach to funerals. Their Community Coffin Club started practicing the flat pack coffin alternative. Death is a subject that concerns us, the living. Our views on death and the rituals surrounding it have evolved as we […]
Mother Forced to Wait 6 Hours on Freezing Pavement for Ambulance Dies of Heart Attack
This mother, who had to wait almost 6 hours on the freezing pavement for an ambulance, died later of a heart attack. Donna Gilby had left her apartment early in the morning to head for a doctor’s appointment when she slipped and fractured her foot. This was somewhere around 8, […]
Swan Dies of a ‘Broken Heart’ after Cruel Teens Kill Her Unborn Babies with Bricks
This mother swan is believed to have died from a ‘broken heart’ after vandals smashed her unhatched babies with bricks. The group of teen boys killed the cygnets after hurling bricks at them in Bolton, Greater Manchester. The mother was found dead earlier, not long after the dad swan disappeared. […]
Young Boy Died with His Dog in the Oregon Wildfires
Sadly, a 12-year-old boy was found dead with his dog as the wildfires swept his hometown near Lyons in Oregon. Wyatte Tofte reportedly ran away from his home with the flames approaching and his body was later found next to his dog’s body. Both of their bodies were burned from […]
Dangerous Benadryl Challenge on TikTok Blamed for Teen’s Death
The latest social medial challenge is so dangerous that it caused the tragic death of a teen from Oklahoma City. Namely, last week, the 15-year-old girl died due to overdose from Benadryl. Those who cared for the girl described her as a happy and faith-driven teen who wasn’t one to […]
12-Year-Old Girl with Corona Is on a Ventilator & Fighting for Her Life
In Georgia, Atlanta, a 12-year-old girl named Emma is fighting for her life in the hospital after she was diagnosed with the coronavirus. Her cousin, Justin Anthony, claims that the girl was diagnosed with pneumonia on the 15th of March and was tested positive to the virus several days later. […]
‘You’re Getting Nothing’: Steve Jobs’ Daughter Wrote A Heartbreaking Memoir About Their Often Brutal Relationship
The eldest daughter of Steve Jobs, Lisa Brennan-Jobs has described her troubled relationship with the Apple founder, her father, in the forthcoming memoir, Small Fry. An excerpt of the memoir was published in Vanity Fair magazine and it reveals details about the father-daughter relationship. The mother of Lisa, Chrisann Brennan […]
Why Is the COVID-19 Virus more Dangerous for Elderly People?
Even though the COVID-19 disease and its responses impact everyone, older people are at a higher risk. Before the virus affected more than 100 countries globally, early Chinese data showed that the older people were the most vulnerable to the disease’s worst effects. Now, this data, along with research from […]
Thousands of Women Gather on World Streets on International Women’s Day to Protest Gender Violence, Inequality, and Exploitation
On International Women’s Day, women gathered in the streets of some the largest cities in the world to protest against gender violence, exploitation, and inequality. The mothers of murdered girls were leaders of the march in Mexico City. Although many protests were peaceful, others were full of tension and security […]