A renewed war between some cultists in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has resulted in the death of a person. The cultists had suspended their violent clashes for almost a year, but they resumed on Friday. Sunday PUNCH gathered that commercial activities…[Continue Reading...]
Another former Jehovah’s Witnesses member has been convicted of sexually assaulting a child after a statewide investigation charged multiple members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith with abusing children, some for over a decade. The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office says Shaun…[Continue Reading...]
LA wildfire keeps growing, and so do the conspiracy theories, hate, and misinformation. Social media, especially X and TikTok, has become a toxic pool of conspiracy theories and hate campaigns against some communities. Studies suggest that social media algorithms have…[Continue Reading...]
This post is part two of a two-part series. The previous post in this series examined the Adaptive Conspiracism Hypothesis (Van Prooijen and Van Vugt, 2018). According to this perspective, the tendency to engage in conspiracy thinking is innate in…[Continue Reading...]
From the outside, Scientology tries to present itself as a beacon of self-improvement and spiritual enlightenment. For those like Jenna Miscavige, who was born into it, the reality was far darker. Jenna, niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige, grew up…[Continue Reading...]
Former Radio Derby presenter Pam Sidhu departed her regular evening slot in November 2023 before the broadcaster launched an investigation into her ties to controversial group EDUCO. Founded by Irish-born self-help guru and businessman Dr Tony Quinn in the 1990s,…[Continue Reading...]
This evening, like every other, had become a suffocating ritual. I was standing in a kitchen plastered in gruesome images of dead animals while my live-in landlord cornered me, obsessively preaching veganism. He told me that all animals can be vegan,…[Continue Reading...]
The IDF says it has begun “proceedings” against members of the Haredi community who did not show up at induction centers after receiving draft orders. Those who did not show up after receiving multiple orders, “will be considered to be…[Continue Reading...]
PARIS (AP) — The French Catholic Church has formally requested that prosecutors initiate an investigation into Abbé Pierre, a once-revered priest and humanitarian icon who died in 2007, following new revelations of sexual violence. Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of…[Continue Reading...]
While investigators work to find out what caused multiple wildfires in the Los Angeles area, some conspiracies about the fires' origins have spread on social media platforms. Posts about baseless theories — ranging from celebrity involvement to secret government weapons…[Continue Reading...]
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