An appeals court in the District grappled Tuesday with a thorny case involving control of $3 billion in assets of the Unification Church and whether judges are violating the First Amendment if they try to settle the dispute over how…[Continue Reading...]
A Whitby woman is sharing her experience as a warning to others after she said that she handed over $50,000 to a psychic who promised that she could help her start a romantic relationship with a man from her gym.…[Continue Reading...]
Tony McAleer was just 16 years old when he got involved with a hate group. He said he was into Vancouver's punk scene, where he met a group of skinheads. "They terrified me," he said. "I grew up as this…[Continue Reading...]
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — The Chinese dance group Shen Yun, known for its performances in San Diego and Escondido, is facing controversy following allegations of abuse and coercion within the organization. A former dancer has filed a class-action lawsuit in New…[Continue Reading...]
The bankruptcy trustee arrived — with a locksmith — around noon on Friday, Jan. 31. Upstairs, an heirloom teddy bear-making class was in session. Downstairs, budding quilters sewed. And in the tearoom, customers sipped homemade soups and nibbled fresh sandwiches…[Continue Reading...]
A Michigan priest known for leading religious relic tours and hosting an exorcism podcast has been charged after allegedly placing a teenage girl's hair in his mouth and proceeding to floss his teeth with it. Father Carlos Martins, a member…[Continue Reading...]
It wasn't until after she got out that Sara Isbister realised she'd been caught in what she now likens to a "commercial cult". In late 2017 she was vulnerable and emotionally strained. The Australian was living in New Zealand with…[Continue Reading...]
CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — A Chicago “psychic” has pleaded guilty to defrauding a customer by promising to remove a curse and stealing $72,000. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Jennifer Williams, 51, pleaded guilty to theft by deception and was sentenced…[Continue Reading...]
Before 17-year-old Solomon Henderson fatally shot a fellow student and then took his own life at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee last month, he left a trail of documents and social media posts that revealed his immersion in a…[Continue Reading...]
Brittany Nichols, former marketing manager for the Little Rock Parks and Recreation Department, has accepted a job with Metroplan. This tidbit of news flew under our radar when the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette first published it last week, but we bring it…[Continue Reading...]
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