BRANCH DAVIDIANS. On February 28, 1993, the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) staged a raid on the home and church of a millennialist, sectarian group outside of Waco, Texas. The thoroughly bungled attempt to serve a search...

The Branch Davidians are a religious sect which originated from a schism in 1955 from the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists, themselves former members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who were disfellowshipped during the 1930s. From its inception in...

THE TRIAL OF 11 members of the Branch Davidian sect, charged with the murder of four federal agents during an assault on their compound in Waco last February, is underway. The defendants - 10 men and a woman - are accused of murder and...

The Branch Davidian incident awakened a sense of cooperation among the citizens in the Waco community. They shared their possessions and more importantly, they helped one another cope with the incident. The relationships among the community folks was also strengthened. Three Years Have...

In the ashes of the Branch Davidian site where nearly 80 people died in a 1993 blaze after an armed standoff with federal agents, a new religious community is slowly taking shape.Charles Pace, leader of The Branch, The Lord of Righteousness sect of the Branch...

Oklahoma City mourners on Thursday marked the 12th anniversary of the bombing that killed 168 people here by reaching out to victims of the Virginia Tech shootings and victims of violence everywhere.Mourners gather each April 19 at the former site of the Alfred P. Murrah...