Several members of a Bay Area group of computer savants and vegan activists have been investigated, criminally charged or ...

In the Bay Area, a place teeming with brainy computer scientists, an intellectual movement called “the rationalists” debates existential issues, such as preventing artificial intelligence from ...

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

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

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

Several key figures in a complex cross-country investigation involves an extremist group called the Zizians that has roots in ...

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 ...

Federal prosecutors have a new link between a deadly shootout with border agents in Northern Vermont and a cult already tied ...

The Zizians, led by Jack LaSota, have been described as a radical vegan transgender cult and have ties to six deaths across ...

Explore the chilling saga of the Zizian cult, linked to murders across three states, including rancher Curtis Lind's stabbing ...

Jack LaSota held her face in her hands and insisted on her innocence. LaSota, 33, who said she identifies as female, appeared from the Allegany County Detention Center via videoconference for a bail ...