DEATH AND DYING

INGLEWOOD - FEBRUARY 19: Prince performs live at the Fabulous Forum on February 19, 1985 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT
No Charges Will Be Filed Over Prince's Death By Counterfeit Vicodin
By Sara Boboltz
The iconic singer died from an overdose of fentanyl in April 2016.
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WELLNESS
A Grief Bot Could 'Resurrect' My Dead Husband. No Thanks.
By Ann Brenoff
Artificial intelligence could totally change how we see death.
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HEALTH
Hawaii Becomes The 7th State To Legalize Medically Assisted Suicide
By Carla Herreria
The law allows patients to request medication to end their lives. It gives them the choice to change their minds, too.
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HUFFPOST PERSONAL
Here's Why I Invented A 'Death Machine' That Lets People Take Their Own Lives
By Philip Nitschke, Guest Writer
"The Sarco" is a 3D-printable contraption that can be transported to wherever a user wants to die.
Oskar Groening, defendant and former Nazi SS officer dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", listens to the verdict during his trial in Lueneburg, Germany, July 15, 2015. The 94-year-old German man who worked as a bookkeeper at the Auschwitz death camp was convicted on Wednesday of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people and was sentenced to four years in prison, in what could be one of the last big Holocaust trials, Lueneburg, Germany, July 15, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Heimken/Pool
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WORLD NEWS
Oskar Groening, ‘Bookkeeper Of Auschwitz,' Dies At 96 Awaiting Prison
By Dominique Mosbergen
The former SS guard was one of the last Nazi officers to stand trial for crimes related to the Holocaust.
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HUFFPOST PERSONAL
My Girlfriend Is Dying Of Terminal Cancer, But Here's Why I Still Feel Lucky
By Roy Cross, Guest Writer
I sensed right away, almost a year ago, that I was in for an awakening.
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TRAVEL
Why People Like To Stay In Places Where Celebrities Have Died
By Caroline Bologna
Inside the world of dark tourism.
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Why Deadly Mudslides Are The Latest Natural Disaster To Plague California
More than a dozen people are dead after mudslides struck Santa Barbara in the middle of the night. Recent wildfires have made the region more susceptible to the natural disaster.
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Deadly Bronx Fire
At least 12 people have been killed after a fire swept through an apartment in the Bronx, making it the deadliest blaze in New York in more than 25 years.
HUFFPOST VIDEO
2017 Natural Disaster Costs Soar
Natural disasters cost the global economy more than 300 billion dollars in 2017, nearly double the cost of the year before.
On Wednesday, November 16, in the Ira Aldridge Theater at Howard University, Ta-Nehisi Coates, writer, journalist, and educator, speaks on a panel, "Post-Election Reflections".(Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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BLACK VOICES
24 Of The Most Thought-Provoking Pieces Of Writing By People Of Color In 2017
By Zeba Blay
Read these before the year is over.
POLITICS
The Give And Take Of Christmas, And The Case For #MeNeither
By David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., Contributor
Founder, True Health Initiative
Christmas in the modern era has something in common with singer Miley Cyrus; they both come in rather like a wrecking ball
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PARENTS
How One Family's Loss Reminded My Community We Need a Year-Round Giving Season
By Jennifer S. White, Contributor
Writing, blogging, sour ale drinking, stay-at-home-yoga mama m...
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POST 50
I Am Ending My Year Of Firsts After My Husband's Death
By Ann Brenoff
"It doesn’t matter to me when his heart technically beat for the last time; he died in pieces over a two-year stretch."
ANAHEIM, CA - SEPTEMBER 08: Rapper Lil Peep performs onstage during the Day N Night Festival at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on September 8, 2017 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Emerging Rapper Lil Peep Dies At Age 21
By Ron Dicker
His emo- and rock-influenced music attracted a large online audience.
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SPORTS
NFL Star Announces His Baby's Death In Devastating Message After Game
By Ron Dicker
Marquise Goodwin caught a long touchdown pass in a game hours after his newborn son died.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 1: President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
7 Things You Should Know About The Death Penalty, Even If You Support It
By Paige Lavender
President Donald Trump called for the suspect in a New York City attack to be put to death.
American pianist and singer-songwriter Fats Domino, 27th March 1967. (Photo by Clive Limpkin/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Fats Domino, Legendary Singer And Pianist, Dead At 89
By Julia Brucculieri
The rock 'n' roll pioneer was known for hits like “Ain’t That a Shame” and “I’m Walkin’.”
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Fires Leave 'Ash And Bones' Behind In CA
The death toll in the northern California wildfires has climbed past 30, making them the deadliest in the state’s history. But authorities warn the figure will rise, as they struggle to bring the blaze under control.
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