Howell, 33, is their salvation. They pay dearly for those beliefs, say former Branch Davidians like Marc Breault, a one-time confidant of Howell’s. An eight-month Tribune-Herald investigation ...

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32 years since Waco Siege at Branch Davidian compound It's been 32 years since the deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound just outside Waco. The siege followed a 51-day standoff between federal ...

(AP Photo/Steve Rasmussen, File) McVeigh timed the Oklahoma City attack to coincide with the second anniversary of the fiery end to the standoff in Waco, in which 76 Branch Davidians were killed.

His name was Timothy McVeigh. The standoff ended with the feds using tanks to force the Davidians out. The compound burned to the ground. David Koresh and 75 of his followers, including children ...

In 1993, the 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended as the Davidians set fire to their compound following an FBI tear gas attack. Seventy-five people, including 25 ...

Jane Borden’s new book “Cults Like Us: Why Cults Are As American As Apple Pie” has us thinking about cults. The Manson Family and Branch Davidians come to mind. Borden, who grew up in Greensboro and ...

A total of 76 Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire. 1995 ‒ At 9:02 a.m. CST, a truck containing a homemade bomb exploded at the entrance of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building ...

The Manson Family and Branch Davidians come to mind. Borden, who grew up in Greensboro and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill, is a proven writer. Her 2011 book about living and working in New York ...