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"She gives us the order that we were supposed to kill ourselves," Vilchez recalled. Within minutes, the aide and her three children lay dead in a bloody bathroom, their throats slit. For years, Vilchez was ashamed of the part she played in an idealistic group that imploded so terribly. |
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LONDON - Like white smoke from the Vatican announcing a new pope, the signal from Britain's Cabinet table said: We have a decision. After a year and a half of negotiating with the European Union -- and fighting with itself -- the U.K. government on Wednesday backed a deal to allow Britain's orderly.... |
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WHEN West Cork’s Fr Michael McCarthy passed away earlier this year, he left behind a final collection of poetry that was appropriately called The Bright Room. Fr Michael McCarthy, a native of Rerahanagh, Drimoleague, completed the works published by Smith|Doorstop just months before he died, on July 10th. |
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Country music's biggest night doesn't come without controversy. The star-studded Country Music Awards never fails to entertain — and, at times, shock — viewers as singers take the stage.
With co-hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley once again at the mic, this year's show will likely be no different. |
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MANILA - The Saint Lawrence church, which originally housed the Balangiga bells before they were taken by American soldiers in 1901 as war booty, is ready to receive the relics. "The physical church of Balangiga is ready for the return of its bells. It has two belfries. The other one is empty, but awaiting for the return of its bells," said Msgr. |
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Rami Malek starsd as Freddie Mercury in this Queen biopic hits a handful of high notes, but as an in-depth look at a beloved band, it offers more of a medley than a true greatest hits collection. (134 min.) FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD - THREE STARS - (PG-13) The movie may be set in.... |
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Mary-Lou McDonald was in Sligo today to remember those who had fallen in the First World War. The Sinn Fein Leader attended a Service of Remembrance and Reconciliation this morning at Calry Church which was organised by Sligo Grammar School. Members of an Garda Siochana and the Defence Forces were also at the service today. |
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"We built a community out of nothing in four years," recalled Touchette, now a 65-year-old grandfather who has worked for a Miami hydraulics company for nearly 30 years. "Being in Jonestown before Jim got there was the best thing in my life." Jim was the Rev. Jim Jones — charismatic, volatile and ultimately evil. |
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jonestown was the highlight of Mike Touchette's life — for a time. The 21-year-old Indiana native felt pride pioneering in the distant jungle of Guyana, South America. As a self-taught bulldozer operator, he worked alongside other Peoples Temple members in the humid heat, his.... |
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But some lived to struggle for decades with grief, guilt and the feeling that they were pariahs. At 16, Jordan Vilchez was put on the Planning Commission where the meetings were a strange mix of church business, sex talk and adulation for Jones. "What we were calling the cause really was Jim," she said. |
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"We built a community out of nothing in four years," recalled Touchette, now a 65-year-old grandfather who has worked for a Miami hydraulics company for nearly 30 years. "Being in Jonestown before Jim got there was the best thing in my life." Jim was the Rev. Jim Jones charismatic, volatile and ultimately evil. |
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