For 51 days in the spring of 1993, all eyes were on New Mount Carmel Center, an isolated ranch eight miles east of Waco, Texas, that served as the home and headquarters of a religious sect known as ...

Thirty-two years ago, nearly 80 people died as a result of the Waco Siege. But where the responsibility of those deaths lies remains a point of contention between federal law enforcement and the last ...

The 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended April 19, 1993, in a deadly blaze that left dozens dead. The fire erupted as federal agents tried entering the compound. About ...

MCLENNAN COUNTY, Texas — A press conference on the deadly 1993 Branch Davidian siege was held by survivor David Thibodeau and four other speakers on Wednesday, April 19 at the Helen Marie Taylor ...

In two series timed to the 30th anniversary of the events, the fallout from a standoff between federal agents and an apocalyptic religious sect gets a second look. By Chris Vognar Thirty years ago, a ...

Feb. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1531, an earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, killed more than 20,000 people. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte and 1,200 men left his exile on the Isle of Elba to ...

In 1984, Vernon Howell revealed that God had been speaking to him since he was a child. And he announced he was “the Seventh and Final Angel,” who would lead Branch Davidians through the Apocalypse.

Vernon Howell picked California to reveal the "New Light," a teaching which led to a major rift in the Branch Davidians. About four hours into a sermon at the cult's Pomona house on Aug. 5, 1989, Marc ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On the 30th anniversary of the devastating fire which claimed the lives of 76 Branch Davidians—members of ...

Feb. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1531, an earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, killed more than 20,000 people. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte and 1,200 men left his exile on the Isle of Elba to ...