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<p>Paul Mackenzie convicted over deaths of children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families</p><p>The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult disasters in recent history.</p><p>The sentence, comprising 1

Cult leader Paul Mackenzie was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus.

The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of hundreds of people has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people

Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus

Paul Mackenzie was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus.

Cult leader Paul Mackenzie has been sentenced to a total of 200 years in prison for the murder of 190 children and one adult in the Shakahola Forest, on the Kenyan coast, between January 2021 and September 2023.

WWE and The Walt Disney Company are teaming for an “Avengers”-themed collaboration. Expanding on WWE’s existing relationship with ESPN, WWE will take over the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort for two days this December. The takeover will kick off with the John Cena Classic on Dec. 14, followed […]

English politicians have taken a tongue-in-cheek approach to the end of the world. But it could be working.

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Patrick Stewart’s final movie role will be in the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday,” which marks his ninth time playing the “X-Men” character Charles Xavier on the big screen. Marvel Studios confirmed the news in their tribute to the late actor, who died at 86 years old after a brief battle with Alzheimer’s and Lewy Body Dementia. […]

Patrick Stewart, who died Wednesday at 86, starred in dozens of film, shows and TV movies across 60 years on screen. He was best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek” and Prof. Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” movies, and he received four Emmy nominations, three Golden Globe noms, a Tony nod and […]

The actor’s long and varied career included Shakespearean roles, “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” comedy and a stint in the Marvel Universe.

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier may be melting twice as much as previously predicted, even without additional global warming. Scientists discovered that warm ocean water is penetrating miles beneath the ice, weakening its foundations and accelerating its retreat. A new model predicts that the glacier could add up to 30 millimeters to global sea levels by 2100,

Anthropic thinks “closing the loop” is the best path to AI triumph—and a recipe for “existential” threats to humanity.

As the World Series got underway, MCU fans were treated to a new sneak peek at Avengers: Doomsday, premiering Dec. 18. During Friday’s Game 1, the MLB and the MCU teamed up for a special preview of the upcoming movie, in which Pedro Pascal’s Mister Fantastic takes the mound for the ceremonial first pitch to […]

Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller will make a cameo in Marvel’s “Avengers: Doomsday.” News of Hüller’s top-secret role comes as directors Anthony and Joe Russo are in post-production on the project, ahead of its Dec. 18 release date. The superhero movie is already stuffed to the gills with award-winning actors and massive movie stars, including Chris […]

The Oscar-nominated actress is having a big year, with 'Project Hail Mary' a hit in the spring.

“If you could hear it, you would think I was killing an animal.” That’s Pedro Pascal on his cello playing, more than a year after he started lessons for a movie that hadn’t been greenlit yet. The star first had lunch with Tony Gilroy in late July 2025 about taking on the lead role of […]

Ryan Carey was born into the Geelong Revival Centre, a Pentecostal church where his father was second-in-command. It was a cult, founded on abuse.

The attorney general’s comments come in the middle of a broader campaign by the Trump administration to zero in on what elections experts say is a relatively rare phenomenon of voting by noncitizens.