More than a dozen Filipinos were nailed to crosses and scores more whipped their backs into a bloody pulp on Friday in a gory ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ.
The voluntary crucifixions in the northern Philippines were the most extreme displays of religious devotion in this mainly Catholic country, where millions are praying [...]

As the son of a film star remembered for one of the most famous and terrifying scenes in history, Elvis Perkins might have had reason to expect that his debut album would be a source of at least some curiosity. But the critical raves generated by Perkins’ recent release, Ash Wednesday, came as a pleasant [...]

1862 Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
1927 An audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.
1939 Italy invaded Albania.
1947 Auto pioneer Henry Ford died at age 83.
1948 The World Health Organization [...]