W A C O, Texas, July 10 -- Unidentified Branch Davidians were heardasking “start the fire?” and “should we light the fire?” inrecordings played today in the $675 million wrongful-death ...

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.

Heather Jones was one of a handful of Branch Davidians to survive the government siege on their compound near Waco, Tx. New York Post. The saga at Waco began on February 28, 1993, when 75 agents ...

The Branch Davidians are a religious sect formed in the 1950s whose members say they are preparing for the second coming of Jesus Christ, per the Texas State Historical Association.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports on the Wrongful Death lawsuit filed by Branch Davidians. The trial, which begins today, will decide whether the federal government was responsible for the deaths of more ...

Benjamin Roden, another religious leader, founded the Branch Davidians in 1955 -- after Houteff’s death led to some reorganization and splintering.In the wake of Roden’s death, his wife Lois ...

The raid led to 80 civilian deaths. Getty Images. After its attack was repulsed, ATF told the media the Davidians ambushed its agents. But several agents stated ATF had fired first.

David Thibodeau -- a survivor of the infamous 1993 Branch Davidians siege in Waco, Texas -- is giving Justin Bieber some sage advice on religion, as some of his former friends question his association ...

It was 1993 and Whitcomb was a sniper with the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. A gun battle had been unleashed when members of the Branch Davidians clashed with agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco ...

But by then, the Branch Davidians had already been embraced as martyrs by the far-right extremists of the era, including many members of a rapidly expanding “patriot” or militia movement and ...

The surviving Branch Davidians maintain that the FBI was the aggressor, and the deadly fire resulted from the ATF’s decision to deploy stun grenades and tear gas. Related Stories ...

The Branch Davidians lived at Mount Carmel, and they seemed uninterested in leaving their home to place themselves or their children in state custody. They’d long expected to die for their faith.