She was there when Jesus was crucified, yet no one knows much about her. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene. The Penitent Magdalene by Guido Reni.

Jane Austen, born Dec 16, 1775, revolutionized the English novel with wit and insight. Her novels explore social class, women's rights, and the pursuit of love. Austen died on July 18, 1817, at 41; ...

For decades, people have paused outside of No. 8 College Street next to the campus of Winchester College in England. The only detail of the painted brick building’s façade that gives away its ...

MANILA -- On Dec. 18, Filipina migrant worker Mary Jane Veloso will mark a year inside a Philippine jail after spending 14 years on death row in Indonesia for drug smuggling. Last year, Manila and ...

Why do the works of Jane Austen still hold so much appeal 250 years after her birth? We ask members of the Jane Austen Society of North America as well as writers Sandra Cisneros and Brandon Taylor.

The '30 Rock' alum assumes the role of the 16th first lady in Cole Escola’s bonkers Broadway show. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Her Mary retains the traditional “bratty curls” and brassy attitude ...

Marvel Comics has published Venom #252 by Al Ewing, Tom DeFalco, Jesus Saiz, Paco Medina and Ron Frenz today, with Mary Jane Watson in the Venom symbiote, fighting Doctor Octopus on the streets of New ...