Hollowed-out eyes, stitched mouths, and intricate flower wreaths are some of the distinctive markings of La Calavera Catrina—known more simply as La Catrina, “the elegant skull”—a cultural ...

Rebecca Glover said her family could not have been more horrified by what happened to her nephew: He was shot by police days after Hurricane Katrina hit, then left to die in a car that a police ...

La Catrina's vacuously grinning skull fell inevitably into the role of literal and metaphorical poster child for the Day of the Dead, symbolizing the joy of life in the face of its inevitable end.

Massachusettes artist Katrina Maclean bought human remains from a Harvard Medical School morgue manager and posted a real human skull on Instagram.

Katrina MacLean, accused of selling stolen body parts, posted what she calls "creepy creations" to Instagram, and identified a "real human skull" in a post.