Chris Whitcomb can vividly recall the moment he had a clear shot of doomsday cult leader David Koresh. It was 1993 and Whitcomb was a sniper with the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. A gun battle had been ...

This 1998 file photo shows Branch Davidian leader David Koresh in a police line-up following a gun battle with former Davidians ; The Branch Davidians' Mount Carmel compound burns to the ground during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 51 days in the spring of 1993, all eyes were on New Mount Carmel Center, an isolated ranch eight miles east of Waco, Texas, ...

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.

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 ...

"David Koresh was very complex. There were times where we had good positive conversations. And there were other times where he was extremely angry, extremely paranoid, always narcissistic," says a ...

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 ...

Donald Trump held a rally in Waco, Texas, this weekend during the 30 year anniversary of the federal government’s siege on the Branch Davidian compound in 1993. Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz said ...