The beheading of John the Baptist has inspired lots of artistic interpretations. When we read Mark’s telling in today’s Gospel, we can see why; it has all the elements of a great story.

A historic south Essex built before the Norman Conquest is set to be turned into two homes. Thurrock Council has granted planning permission for St John The Baptist Church, Mucking Wharf Road ...

Towering over Lafayette Square in the Historic District, the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist's Gothic towers should lure in any architecture buff. The original cathedral was established ...

An ancient tooth in a crystal vessel inside a gilded silver frame at the Art Institute of Chicago was long thought to belong to John the Baptist, a contemporary of Jesus. But testing ruled that out.

Or was it 1974? By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John Lennon is now in the meetinghouse.

You might know Jean-Baptiste from Leigh's wonderful 1996 film, Secrets & Lies, in which she played a shy, unassuming London optometrist seeking out her birth mother. But there's nothing unassuming ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the performance of the year as an explosive volcano of a woman in “Hard Truths.” She tells us what it was like to be so unhinged—and win awards for it.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The gospel of John is dramatically different than the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). Instead of organizing historical events into a chronology, John presents Jesus in all of his ...

The synopsis reads: "When her 9-year-old daughter Lucia excitedly asks to go on an overnight playdate with her new best friend Josie, Elisa agrees. After meeting Josie's mother, Rebecca, she's put ...

John Travolta, just like Olivia Newton-John, skyrocketed to fame following the release of the film musical Grease in 1978, the year after he danced his way across the big screen in Saturday Night ...

Authorities in St. John the Baptist Parish have announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew as a winter storm continues to blanket the region in snow. St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre asked ...