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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 Branch Davidians, a fringe religious group led by David Koresh, faced off with the FBI for 51 days in Waco in 1993. Then came the fire.

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 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.

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 ...

When federal agents attempted to end the siege on April 19, 1993, fires broke out in the compound and at least 75 Branch Davidians died. What David Koresh Said About Waco Siege: 'Someone is Going ...