In 1993, federal agents attempted to serve warrants at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, led by David Koresh. The confrontation escalated into a 51 day standoff between members and ...

WACO, Texas (WCSC) — Federal agents and members of the Branch Davidian cult entered a deadly standoff in Waco, Texas, that would last 51 days and end in flames, 33 years ago Saturday. Agents with the ...

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 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 ...

WACO, Texas — Thirty-two years ago, the world watched a deadly standoff unfold just outside Waco, Texas — a siege that would leave 76 people dead and spark decades of debate, documentaries and ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Feb. 12 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of the deadly 1993 fire that destroyed the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, and ended a long standoff with federal agents.

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.

A Florida Gulf Coast University professor is using her research on the Koreshans, who gave the state park in Estero its name, to draw a connection between that group and the Branch Davidians of Waco, ...