Three men were sentenced to prison for their roles in plotting to attack an energy facility to further their "violent white supremacist ideology," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Friday. Federal officials did not identify the specific location…[Continue Reading...]
Megan Phelps-Roper is an American political activist best known for being a former member of the Westboro Baptist Church. Here, the 38-year-old shares her memories of her controversial grandfather, the teacher who made a difference in her life, and meeting…[Continue Reading...]
Yulanda Williams was 12 years old when her family joined the People’s Temple – a religious cult that led to the deaths of more than 900 followers. But before Williams and her family found themselves at the center of "a…[Continue Reading...]
Liberty University and Jerry Falwell Jr. have reached a global resolution agreement that settles all three lawsuits between the Lynchburg private Christian university and Falwell, Liberty’s former president and chancellor who was forced to resign in 2020 in disgrace. In…[Continue Reading...]
The Jehovah's Witnesses fought hard to avoid the scrutiny of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. Now the inquiry report has found 'credible evidence' that child sex abuse occurred within the faith - and no evidence that…[Continue Reading...]
Over the decades, juries at the imposing crown court in Winchester, Hampshire, have heard all kinds of extraordinary stories. Few can have been quite as strange as the twisty tale of Hongchi Xiao, a Chinese-born banker turned “master” of alternative…[Continue Reading...]
Convicted polygamist Warren Jeffs, once a Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints leader (FLDS), is now in prison with no release date. Over the years, Jeffs and the FLDS church have become the subject of multiple true-crime documentaries for their controversial practices. As…[Continue Reading...]
Hundreds of texts between members of a faith-healing group in the week a young girl lay dying from her diabetic condition have been revealed in court. Fourteen members of the religious circle known as The Saints are on trial charged…[Continue Reading...]
Inspiration Plaza, the latest public art addition in Little Rock’s Riverfront Park, is striking. A 14-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a man and woman connected by a billowing sheet forms a self-supported canopy over a stone-tiled footpath. The canopy’s underside is…[Continue Reading...]
Effective conspiracy theories draw in believers by appearing to give a glimpse behind the curtain, of how the world really works, while preserving a sense that even in the modern technological era, there are still mysteries beyond most people’s understanding.…[Continue Reading...]
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