Cult of NXIVM Part 10: The Love Cult of El-Sicko [print version]

Jerry Sandusky was given 15 days in solitary confinement at SCI Laurel Highlands as his lawyers withdrew a state recantation claim to pursue federal court. He denies the misconduct behind the discipline.

The article argues Niagara Falls can revive its industrial legacy by keeping some locally generated hydropower for a privately financed data center, despite Gov. Kathy Hochul's statewide moratorium.

The article compares Jim Jones and Keith Raniere, arguing that both cast dominance as devotion while using secret groups, deprivation, blackmail material and sexual control to command followers.

The fourth installment examines Count Six in United States v. Wander, a witness tampering charge tied to a dinner invitation, a comment about testimony and a photo with Wander's child. His lawyers moved to dismiss, arguing the alleged conduct is not a crime.