You would think that if there were something newsworthy about “Waco,” a six-episode dramatization of the 1993 Branch Davidian shootout and siege, it would be how it depicts a key event in the ...

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.

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 mother of infamous Branch Davidian leader David Koresh was stabbed to death and her sister is in custody today charged with her slaying. Sixty-year-old Bonnie Clark Halderman was found yesterday ...

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 ...

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Justice of the Peace David Pareya thumbs through hundreds of photos taken after a windswept fire consumed the Branch Davidian compound, killing leader David Koresh and his followers 25 years ago, but ...

David Koresh, leader of an apocalyptic religious sect, perished with about 80 followers when the compound they shared burned to the ground. A Congressional investigation concluded that Koresh and his ...

Texas native Bret Anthony Johnston says he stitched a lot of Shakespeare references into his new novel, "We Burn Daylight," about star-crossed teen lovers during a siege in Waco. Johnston is the ...

When Kanye West announced at the MTV Video Music Awards that he would run for president in 2020, my reaction was, “We’ll never get that HBO comedy show, but at least the Negro still has jokes.” ...