Experts say the loose group is best described as a fringe religious sect, an affinity group or maybe even a small gang.

In the Bay Area, a place teeming with brainy computer scientists, an intellectual movement called “the rationalists” debates ...

The group, which espouses rationalist philosophy, are connected to at least 6 homicides in the U.S., potentially including ...

An alleged killer linked to a cult-like group that’s being investigated for as many as six killings was back in a Vallejo ...

Jack "Ziz" Lasota, 34, who lived in Berkeley for a time, was arrested Sunday along with Michelle Zajko, 33, and Daniel Blank, ...

Republican senators are worried the Devil is in the details of a bill that makes technical changes to state law, fearing it will open the door to state recognition of Satan, cults, witches, “weirdo ...

Jack Lasota, 34, who allegedly leads a group of a few dozen followers known as Zizians, was arrested on Sunday alongside ...

Among those most bewildered and frightened by a coast-to-coast convulsion of violence linked to a cultlike group of hardcore ...

A criminologist explains how vulnerable individuals are drawn to online cults, emphasizing the role of social media.

Jack “Ziz” LaSota, the alleged leader of the Zizian "murder cult" and two others, 26-year-old Daniel Blank and 32-year-old ...

Here's a look at the timeline of events in a series of killings that culminated in a Jan. 20 highways shootout that killed a ...