A survey shows that about 26 percent of survivors of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack nearly 31 years ago are still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The attack by the Aum Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system…[Continue Reading...]
Aum Shinrikyo is back in focus after an Aleph investigation tied to a March 8 apartment search in Japan. Reports say police found tens of millions of yen in cash at a residence shared by Shoko Asahara’s widow and son,…[Continue Reading...]
Brazil's most prolific alleged spiritual healer is now its most prolific convicted rapist, and the woman who made him famous on prime-time television has barely said a word about it since. João Teixeira de Faria, the self-proclaimed medium who built…[Continue Reading...]
A member of a prominent Mormon family who was arrested in Utah in recent months on child exploitation charges previously lived in the Chicago area and for many years attended a congregation in the far northwest suburbs — where he’s…[Continue Reading...]
A notice posted March 9 at the entrance of the headquarters of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward reads, “Entry to this facility without the permission of the liquidator is prohibited.” (Yuki Hanano) Liquidators…[Continue Reading...]
Olivet University, a California-based Bible college, will maintain its national accreditation for another year, according to the school’s accreditor, the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) despite state and federal investigations into the university’s activities and the fact that it…[Continue Reading...]
In April 2019, a website called The Cut published an article titled “The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence.” "What happened to the group of bright college students who fell under the sway of a classmate’s father?" the subhead asked, introducing…[Continue Reading...]
On the eve of its $1,500-per-person Los Angeles pop-up, which starts Mar. 11, Noma — often ranked the world’s top restaurant — has been exposed as a creative institution that built and sustained its reputation on physical and psychological workplace…[Continue Reading...]
A quarter-century after 6-year-old Haley Zega vanished in the Ozarks, her cousin revisits the story in a new book that connects the disappearance to a 1978 murder. The big picture: Part folksy family tale, part journalistic deep dive and part…[Continue Reading...]
For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW, Queensland and South Australia have now criminalised coercive control, other states and territories…[Continue Reading...]
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