Smoking fire consumes the Branch Davidian Compound at end the 51-day standoff with group leader David Koresh and his followers.Greg Smith/Corbis/Getty Images In 1993, a religious sect refused to ...

In choosing Waco, Texas, as the setting of what he calls the first rally of his 2024 campaign, former President Donald Trump raised some eyebrows. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 51-day ...

The Branch Davidians, once led by the ill-fated David Koresh, are thrilled that Donald Trump is bringing his campaign to Waco, Texas, calling the former president, “the battering ram that God is using ...

Writer Jeff Guinn draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians in his account of the confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children. In ...

Twenty years ago, federal agents clashed with David Koresh's Branch Davidian community near Waco, Texas. The standoff ended with a raid and fire... Two Decades Later, Some Branch Davidians Still ...

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 ...

Three new books marking the thirtieth anniversary of the Branch Davidian siege continue the unending debate over what exactly happened—and why, after all this time, it still matters. One night in the ...

The well of true crime stories for Netflix to examine has yet to run dry, and fans of the streaming network's documentaries will have another to add to their watch-list: Waco: American Apocalypse. In ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A group of scholars and Branch Davidian survivors gathered in Waco on Wednesday to discuss the actions taken by the ATF and FBI and the fire that ended the 51-day stand-off at Mt.

David Koresh “may have been a false prophet, but he was onto something,” the current pastor of the Branch Davidians recently remarked at his congregation’s compound near Waco, Texas. “That’s why the ...

According to the Texas State Historical Association, Victor T. Houteff established the Davidians, a small Adventist reform movement. A Bulgarian immigrant, Houteff left the Bulgarian Orthodox Church ...