In the Bay Area, a place teeming with brainy computer scientists, an intellectual movement called “the rationalists” debates ...

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 ...

A journalist who has studied the Zizian movement since a border agent was killed in Vermont in January says little is publicly known about the Alaska life of the UAF graduate Jack Lasota - who prosecu ...

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

The FBI is investigating a string of killings across the nation possibly linked to a group that one expert says has hallmarks ...

The Zizians have been tied to the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border in January.

Jack “Ziz” LaSota, the alleged leader of the Zizian "murder cult" and two others, 26-year-old Daniel Blank and 32-year-old ...

A criminologist explains how vulnerable individuals are drawn to online cults, emphasizing the role of social media.

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 ...