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Political violence is far from ‘unheard of’ in the United States

Joe Biden’s claim that political violence is ‘unheard of’ in the US is a far bigger gaffe than getting a name wrong.

Crikey

Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown – How 918 people followed a cult leader to their deaths

In a new National Geographic documentary on Hulu, survivors discuss their memories of the jungle ‘utopia’ in Guyana where Reverend Jim Jones caused the death of nearly a thousand of his followers in 1978

The Independent UK

‘It wasn’t suicide … they were murdered’: inside the Jonestown cult massacre

A shocking new Hulu docuseries, Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown, returns to 1978 and the tragedy that killed over 900 people on a controlling leader’s orders

The Guardian - US

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What Really Happened to Jessica Savitch?

In the 40 years since her death, the pioneering newscaster has become an Icarus-like parable, a woman who was punished for her outsize ambition.

Marie Claire

Kenya case sparks memories of worst cult-related mass deaths

At least 90 bodies have been found at the ranch of a Kenyan pastor who is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus

The Independent UK

Memory of macabre cult massacre buried in Guyana jungle

Jonestown (Guyana) (AFP) - Deep in the Guyanese jungle, only a signpost and a nondescript plaque serve as reminders of a cult settlement where one of the most spine-chilling mass murder-suicides in modern history took place almost five decades ago.

AFP

Sister's death drives lawmaker's push for gun reform

"This trauma has been with me all my life," U.S. Rep. Salud Carbaja told Axios.

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